Hello,
The renderkit specification doesn't require it. Haven't dug through the
history to see if there's a reason yet, but I'd recommend logging an
issue [1].
[1]
https://javaserverfaces.dev.java.net
On 2/24/10 12:24 PM, webtier_at_javadesktop.org wrote:
> I've just come back to JSF after a multi-year absence so I'm still feeling my way a bit, but there is one thing that's current niggling me.
>
> Is there a good reason why Mojarra 2.0.2 adds a new line character in front of the content of every<h:outputLabel> element?
>
> That results in this:
>
> [b]<h:outputLabel for="rememberMe" value="Remember Me"/>[/b]
>
> becoming this:
>
> [b]<label for="rememberMe">
> Remember Me</label>[/b]
>
> instead of this:
>
> [b]<label for="rememberMe">Remember Me</label>[/b]
>
> While Firefox ignores the \n character in most cases, if you put a label after, say, a checkbox field, the \n is converted into a space character, and there is no way to get rid of it. It's hard coded into the Renderkit source (LabelRenderer.java line 118):
>
> writer.writeText("\n", component, null);
>
> Is this a bug or a feature of the JSF spec? It seems to me that the only reason why you would add a newline was to make a source code more readable, in which case it should be added before the open label tag, not after it.
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