Difference Between outputText and outputLabel

[Abiodun Adisa]

Please i want to know what is the difference between <hutputText> and <hutputLabel>, to me they accomplish the same and i don't really know when to use which

[Mark Spritzler]

They produce different HTML, such that there are also different properties that you can set on it.

Sorry for being so brief.

Mark

[Yasir Bajwa]

hutputText is for just that, text output, but keep in mind this will output text for html by default so it escapes characters as needed

hutputLabel is intented to act as a label, for example, with an h:inputText control -- example
<hutputLabel for="myinputid">Label Text:</hutputLabel>
<h:inputText id="myinputid" value="#{mybean.property}" />

would generate html something like:

<label for="myinputid">Label Text:</label>
<input id="myinputid" type="text" name="myinputid" />

[Abiodun Adisa]

Originally posted by Yasir Bajwa:
hutputText is for just that, text output, but keep in mind this will output text for html by default so it escapes characters as needed

hutputLabel is intented to act as a label, for example, with an h:inputText control -- example
<hutputLabel for="myinputid">Label Text:</hutputLabel>
<h:inputText id="myinputid" value="#{mybean.property}" />

would generate html something like:

<label for="myinputid">Label Text:</label>
<input id="myinputid" type="text" name="myinputid" />

thanks for your answer I have been using both of them without knowing the reason mainly because they produce identical output to me but since i now know the difference I would know when to use and when not to use

[Leonardo Shikida]

outputlabel is also used automatically for validation errors

[Seetharaman Venkatasamy]

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