use tiles to configure a "deep" layout

hello,

let me start with an example to make my problem / misconception clear:

i have a tiles-config which describes my common page layout
(simplified

if have a page which assembles my jsp:

works fine. :-)

but say i have a component "userlist.jspf" on admin.jspf, which i want to use sometimes and from multiple places. i want to be able to insert it in my tiles config. or say i want to use admin.jspf in different configurations, sometimes with a userliser (for a super admin), sometimes without (for a normal admin).

i thought i put it like this:

no changes on page.jsp, but i like to insert

somewhere on admin.jspf.

does not work :-( <body_include> is unknown from within admin.jspf

i figured out that each <tiles:insert> creates a new ComponentContext, which is empty if i try to evaluate it from admin.jspf tried a lot with <tiles:importattribute>, but does not work either. :-(

what i'd like to achieve is clear: being able to control my page and all of its sub-components with one central definition. and evaluate it from all the way down the hierachy, not only from the first level (page.jsp).

any help appreaciated,
many thanks,
jan.

Try adding this line in common/page.jsp, the page that assembles the tiles:

before the piece of code that inserts the body. Its worked for me, so should be the same for you.

thanks a million so far...

i see the parameter is written into the request, and i am able to dump it. but - stupid me - how am i able to call my appropriate insertion now?

this is in the request:

that's what i'm trying:

That's what I get:

note that the path is mixed up and wrong...

how are you calling / processing it?

many greetings,
jan

works like a charm...

many thanks again,
jan