Re: [xsl] ID of HTML control must have value of XML tag

[David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>]

> i am a newbie, but i think you need to do it this way using xsl:element and 
> xsl:attribute

you only need use xsl:element xsl:attribute if teh element and attribute
names are not known in advance (ie they are constructed from the input
data)

> 
>                                  <xsl:element name="label">
>                                          <xsl:attribute 
> name="for"><xsl:value-of select="name()"/></xsl:attribute>
>                                          <xsl:value-of select="name()"/>
>                                  </xsl:element>
>                                  <xsl:element name="input">
>                                          <xsl:attribute 
> name="type">text</xsl:attribute>
>                                          <xsl:attribute 
> name="size">4</xsl:attribute>
>                                          <xsl:attribute 
> name="id"><xsl:value-of select="name()"/></xsl:attribute>
>                                          <xsl:attribute 
> name="name"><xsl:value-of select="$path"/></xsl:attribute>
>                                          <xsl:attribute 
> name="value"><xsl:value-of select="."/></xsl:attribute>
>                                  </xsl:element>
> 
> 

could more simply be written

<label for="{name()}"/><xsl:value-of select="name()"/></label>
<input type="text" size="4" id="{name()}" name="{$path}" value="{.}"/>


David


 XSL-List info and archive:  http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list