Re: evaluation context

> Weeell... this example is precisely one of the more tricky cases. I do
> remember extended discussions about having form controls inside captions
> - or more precisely, about prohibiting them. What is the use or need (or
> meaning) of having, say, a xf:input _inside_ a xf:caption? or inside a
> xf:help or xf:hint? We do have open content models for these three
> because we believe that for the integration in other markup languages,
> it doesn' make sense to disallow markup from _these_ languages (like for
> example XHTML). In the group, we are pretty convinced that XForms inside
> caption, help and hint does not make sense.
>
> What do you think about that?

Except for xf:output, xf:repeat, xf:switch. These form controls and
structures are useful inside caption, help and hint, I think...

> Unless I've missed a subtle point, that's the idea of the bind
> attribute: to be a simple replacement for ref+nodeset so that the UI
> designer doesn't have to write lengthy XPaths all the time.

Errr... Looks like I've missed that point (the use of bind instead of
nodesets).

> Hope this helps,

Oh yes, it does !

Thanks,

Jérôme

Received on Friday, 19 October 2001 10:01:29 UTC