[news.eclipse.webtools.jsf] Re: Linking actions to buttons

[cameron.bateman@xxxxxxxxxx (Cameron Bateman)]

Q Beukes wrote:

> Hey,

> Is there a way to do something similar in Eclipse?

You can create a new JSP page by right-clicking on the folder where you 
want it and going to New->JSP in the Project Explorer (use the JavaEE 
perspective).  You can drag the page onto the Navigation editor canvas in 
the faces-config editor.  To drop a button on the JSP, open the file in 
the Web Page Editor (may need to right-click the file and select Open 
With.. if the WPE is not the default editor), select the button from the 
pallette and drop it on the canvas.  This may be an extra step or two but 
it's basically the same.

> my company doesn't use Eclipse... it's JSF editor is very plain/weak 
> compared to that of Netbeans.

Can you elaborate?

> I would even be willing to aid in the development of these, as Eclipse is 

Great! We always welcome contributions.  The best way to start is to 
search on bugs.eclipse.org under the WTP->JavaServer Faces product to see 
if the enhancements you want are already logged.  If not, create new ones. 
Once you have logged an enhancement bug, add a comment on the bug broadly 
addressing how you want to solve it and we can start discussing how it 
fits into our archtitecture and where in the code to start looking.


--Cam