Struts2 select tag nested in table row by default

[Kjeld Sigtermans]

Hi,

I am new to Struts2 and I have just implemented the Struts2 'select' tag... (thanks!)

<s:select value="myProperty" name="aName" list="#{'1':'Aap','2':'Noot','3':'Mies'}" onchange="some JS"/>

In the HTML result the select tag is surrounded by:

<tr><td class="tdLabel"></td><td>

<select>...</select></td>

</tr>

Why is this tr/td wrapper added by default? I (eventually) do not want to use my select box in a table cell. Just need the <select> tag and its contents. Do I have to specify a style?

Thanks!

[David Newton]

The default "xhtml" theme wraps form tags in table tags (as you've seen). You can specify the "simple" theme, with the caveat that error messages will no longer be displayed.

See the following (they may not all apply to you):

http://struts.apache.org/2.x/docs/themes-and-templates.html
http://struts.apache.org/2.x/docs/selecting-themes.html
http://struts.apache.org/2.x/docs/extending-themes.html

I almost always extend an existing theme, although I may switch over to Java-based tags for performance--haven't decided yet.

[Kjeld Sigtermans]

David, thank you. I applied the simple theme since I do not need the extra features in this particular case.