Re: [xsl] Choice between Javascript/CSS:display:none and client-side XSLT

["Emmanuil Batsis (Manos)" <mbatsis@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Cas Tuyn wrote:

> Now my question is which technique is easiest to implement and gives the best 
> client-side performance: 
>
> 1. Javascript that switches the display CSS property between "block" and 
> "none" as seen in many automatic collapsing tree menus, see example:
> http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2002/02/22/hierarchical_menus.html


This is really easy to implement and will work on most browsers. The DOM 
of the document though, will include data not to be presented.


> 2. the 'pure-XML approach' with XML and several different XSLTs, because I can 
> guarantee I have IE6 or Moz1.4 as browsers. I have not seen any examples of 
> this way and wonder if it is because it's too bleeding edge.

I dont consider it bleeding edge but that's just me. The problem here is 
browser compatibility. If you are only targeting Mozilish browsers and 
IE, Sarissa may be usefull:

http://sarissa.sourceforge.net/


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