[Seaside] Smalltalk Variable into CSS Style Method

[Boris Popov]

MyComponent>>style
 ^'.testArea {background-color: ', self session user preferredColor,
';}'

Hope this helps,

-Boris

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: seaside-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org [mailto:seaside-
> bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org] On Behalf Of dirk newbold
> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 12:38 PM
> To: Seaside - general discussion
> Subject: [Seaside] Smalltalk Variable into CSS Style Method
> 
> All,
> 
> In an attempt to copy the MySpace effect where a user controls the CSS
of
> their own page, is it possible to achieve that simply by passing a
> Smalltalk object into the CSS 'style' Method???
> 
> I've been playing around but can't get it to work.
> 
> For example let's say the user has set:
> testColor := '#000099'
> 
> How do I pass that into the Style Method - I'm guessing that Smalltalk
> code must be surrounded by <* ..... *> as the 'style' Method reads as
per
> normal html - is this correct?.
> So if I have my divClass as follows:
> 
> .testArea {
>      float: left;
>      border: 1px solid boack
>      background-color: <* WHAT DO I PUT IN HERE? *>
> }
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Dirk
>