Changing XFORMS_SEPARATOR_1 - was Re: Adding unique IDs in xforms with JS

> Stephanie,
>
> On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Stephanie Hall (TT)
> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>                                                 <div id=”div_3”>…</div>
>
> You can just keep your div as is, and each iteration will
> automatically have the id you specified followed by a separator,
> followed by the index of the iteration (starting with 1). The
> separator is a special character, and I recommend you use
> XFORMS_SEPARATOR_1. So in JavaScript to access fourth iteration, you'd
> write: "div_3" + XFORMS_SEPARATOR_1 + "4".
>
> Alex
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> You could change it, but you will have to recompile Orbeon Forms. This
> constant is defined in two places:
> * xforms.js
> * XFormsConstants.java
> You just need to make sure you are changing it to a character unlikely to be
> used by a form author. That's why we picked the funny "dot" (or
> multiplication) character.
> -Erik
>
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 1:00 AM, Inigo Surguy <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> A related question - is it possible to change the special character
>> that's being used as a separator? The middle-dot character · is
>> causing problems for me when I'm trying to use the CKeditor 3 - I've
>> raised it as a CKeditor bug, but it would be nice to have a workaround
>> in the meantime.
>>
>> Incidentally, CKeditor 3 works well with Orbeon, after a bit of
>> fiddling. It's much faster than using FCK 2.x with Orbeon. I'll write
>> up docs on doing it once I've got the last few minor issues sorted
>> out.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Inigo
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 1:52 AM, Alessandro Vernet <[hidden email]>
>> wrote:
>> > Stephanie,
>> >
>> > On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Stephanie Hall (TT)
>> > <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> >>                                                 <div id=”div_3”>…</div>
>> >
>> > You can just keep your div as is, and each iteration will
>> > automatically have the id you specified followed by a separator,
>> > followed by the index of the iteration (starting with 1). The
>> > separator is a special character, and I recommend you use
>> > XFORMS_SEPARATOR_1. So in JavaScript to access fourth iteration, you'd
>> > write: "div_3" + XFORMS_SEPARATOR_1 + "4".
>> >
>> > Alex
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>> > My Twitter: http://twitter.com/avernet
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> Thanks Eric,
>
> I've changed it to ~ in my local build, and that's fixed the problem.
>
> The issue was that if you use CKeditor 3 inside an XForms repeat in
> Orbeon, then the content of that editor is always the value
> "undefined" in IE (Firefox is fine). This is a CKeditor bug, which
> I've raised as
> http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/4581
>
> Cheers
>
> Inigo
>
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 11:52 PM, Erik Bruchez <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> You could change it, but you will have to recompile Orbeon Forms. This
>> constant is defined in two places:
>> * xforms.js
>> * XFormsConstants.java
>> You just need to make sure you are changing it to a character unlikely to be
>> used by a form author. That's why we picked the funny "dot" (or
>> multiplication) character.
>> -Erik
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 1:00 AM, Inigo Surguy <[hidden email]>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> A related question - is it possible to change the special character
>>> that's being used as a separator? The middle-dot character · is
>>> causing problems for me when I'm trying to use the CKeditor 3 - I've
>>> raised it as a CKeditor bug, but it would be nice to have a workaround
>>> in the meantime.
>>>
>>> Incidentally, CKeditor 3 works well with Orbeon, after a bit of
>>> fiddling. It's much faster than using FCK 2.x with Orbeon. I'll write
>>> up docs on doing it once I've got the last few minor issues sorted
>>> out.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Inigo
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 1:52 AM, Alessandro Vernet <[hidden email]>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Stephanie,
>>> >
>>> > On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Stephanie Hall (TT)
>>> > <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>> >>                                                 <div id=”div_3”>…</div>
>>> >
>>> > You can just keep your div as is, and each iteration will
>>> > automatically have the id you specified followed by a separator,
>>> > followed by the index of the iteration (starting with 1). The
>>> > separator is a special character, and I recommend you use
>>> > XFORMS_SEPARATOR_1. So in JavaScript to access fourth iteration, you'd
>>> > write: "div_3" + XFORMS_SEPARATOR_1 + "4".
>>> >
>>> > Alex
>>> > --
>>> > Orbeon Forms - Web forms, open-source, for the Enterprise
>>> > Orbeon's Blog: http://www.orbeon.com/blog/
>>> > My Twitter: http://twitter.com/avernet
>>> >
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