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JavaScript and CSS support

(You might want to check out Adding Javascript or CSS using a Resource also.)

Overview

There are two ways of adding CSS/JavaScript support to a Wicket page. The first is by using the <wicket:head> section, while the other is by simply providing a link to a CSS/JavaScript page.

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In general terms, when you create a panel and want to contribute something to the page head, you would use this type of structure:

panel
Code Block
html
html

  <wicket:head>panel header</wicket:head>


  <wicket:panel>

panel

      panel
  </wicket:panel>

So, assuming that your page output looks something like this:

panel
Code Block
html
html
<html>
<body>
...
</body>
</html>

  <html>
      <body>
          ...
      </body>
  </html>

The output generated, including the contribution to head made by the panel above, will look something like:

Code Block
html
html

  <html>
      
Panel
<html>
<head><wicket:head>panel header</wicket:head></head>

<body>
<span

      <body>
          <span wicket:id="panel"><wicket:panel>

panel

              panel
          </wicket:panel></span>


      </body>


  </html>
Panel

Note: since the head of a "normal" page is automatically
contributed to the output, and therefore the
<wicket:head> tag would be redundant, use of this
tag on a "normal" page will throw an exception.

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If we are able to use the <wicket:head> section above to contribute to the page model, then we can certainly use it to reference a CSS resource!

First, the html:

panel
Code Block
html
html
<html>

  <html>
      <wicket:head>

<link

          <link wicket:id="mycss" rel="Stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles/main.css"/>


      </wicket:head>


      <wicket:panel>

panel

          panel
      </wicket:panel>


  </html>

And now, the java:

Panelcode

  import wicket.markup.html.WebMarkupContainer;

  
  ...
WebMarkupContainer css = new WebMarkupContainer(

  
  WebMarkupContainer css = new WebMarkupContainer( "mycss" );


  add( css );

That's it!

Customizing CSS output based on some parameters

You can customize CSS output based on various parameters, such as local, browser agent, etc. The easiest way is to use an anonymous class as follows.

In your html:

Code Block
Panel
html
html

  <link 
<link
wicket:id="mycss" rel="Stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles/main.css"/>

In your java:

Code Block
  import wicket.markup.html.WebComponent;
  import wicket.model.IModel;
  import wicket.model.Model;
  import wicket.AttributeModifier;
  import wicket.Component;
  
  ...
  
  WebComponent c = new WebComponent( "mycss" );
  IModel model = new Model()
  {
      public Object getObject( Component c )
      {
          if ( someConditionIsTrue )
              return "stylesheetx.css";
          else
              return "stylesheety.css";
      }
  };
  c.add( new AttributeModifier( "href", model ) );
  add( c );

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There is one more thing to mention. The onLoad attribute of <body> is sometimes used to initialize certain functionality. E.g.

Code Block
Panel
html
html

  <wicket:head>panel header</wicket:head>


  <body onload="function()">


      <wicket:panel>

panel

          panel
      </wicket:panel>


  </body>

Wicket will not only inject the <wicket:head> region into the output, it will also (anymore) append the <body> onLoad attribute to the Page's onLoad attribute. The output generated may look like:

Panel

<html xmlns:wicket>
<head>
<!-- insert header even though no <wicket:head> is given -->
<wicket:head>panel header</wicket:head>
</head>
<body onload="function()">
<span wicket:id="panel">
<wicket:panel>
panel
</wicket:panel>
</span>
</body>
</html>

To append javascript to the onLoad, have your component implement IHeaderContributor and add it there.

Linking directly to a CSS page

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To the CSS file(s), insert something like this in your markup:

Code Block
html
html

  <link 
Panel
<link
wicket:id="pageCSS" rel="Stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/page.css"/>

and this in your Page Java file for Wicket 1.1:

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