Jonathan,
On 12/04/08 18:14, Jonathan Pryor wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-12-04 at 11:41 +0100, Michael Brauer - Sun Germany - ham02
>> That means: It is possible to identify controls by their ID, or by their
>> name (which is also used for grouping). And it is in particular possible
>> to assign an ID to a radio button in addition to a name. I'm therefore
>> not sure if I do understand what is missing here, or why we should
>> require a third name or ID, which in any case does not make things easier.
>
> What's missing is that I didn't know about the addition of xml:id, nor
> did anyone else I conferred with. xml:id should be a workable answer,
> and I'll work on supporting this.
That sounds good to me.
>
>> Well, it is true that the script engine of OpenOffice.org does use the
>> name of controls to access them rather then their ID and that there
>> currently is no UI support for xml:id. But these are details of the
>> implementation. The script engine may also search for the ID of controls
>> if this is more appropriate.
>
> A related question is one of naming: is it acceptable within the script
> engine to have two different names for the same control? If not, then
> xml:id could pose problematic. I don't know if the ODF standard says
> anything about this scenario.
ODF does not say anything about this.
Best regards
Michael
>
> Thanks,
> - Jon
>
>
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