is to not have HTML in translation labels. There are a few reasons for
1. ability to use labels in non-webapp contexts
2. be able to externally format/style the labels, perhaps differently
3. avoid HTML in labels interfering with other HTML/CSS in the page
> Why would we want to put HTML in the UI labels?
>
> -Adrian
>
> Andrew Zeneski wrote:
>> Here is a patch which does exactly this, and appears to work with
>> just a little testing. I'm just not sure of the total impact it
>> will cause.
>> On Apr 23, 2009, at 1:44 PM, Andrew Zeneski wrote:
>>> Well there is an option which might be viable. We could simply
>>> wrap all values in the uiLabelMap using StringUtil.wrapString().
>>> This will allow HTML characters in the UI labels again and
>>> shouldn't be too much of a security risk, as only developers have
>>> access to these strings.
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>>
>>> Andrew
>>>
>>> On Apr 23, 2009, at 10:56 AM, Adrian Crum wrote:
>>>
>>>> I agree. We should look into the widget code and the label
>>>> manager code to get these issues fixed properly.
>>>>
>>>> -Adrian
>>>>
>>>> Scott Gray wrote:
>>>>> That's probably something we can fix in the widget code isn't
>>>>> it? If the title attribute is missing then use the field name
>>>>> otherwise render whatever is specified in the title even if it
>>>>> is just an empty string.
>>>>> Regards
>>>>> Scott
>>>>> HotWax Media
>>>>>
http://www.hotwaxmedia.com <
http://www.hotwaxmedia.com/>
>>>>> On 23/04/2009, at 8:53 PM, Jacopo Cappellato wrote:
>>>>>> I think it is related to the situation where you want to
>>>>>> specify an empty content for the "title" attribute in form
>>>>>> widgets. if title element is missing or is set to title="" then
>>>>>> the widgets render it with the name of the field or simialr.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jacopo
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Apr 23, 2009, at 10:43 AM, Scott Gray wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I can't remember the reason for adding the CommonEmptyHeader
>>>>>>> label but I'm wondering if we should consider removing it and
>>>>>>> find another solution to whatever problem it solved?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>> Scott
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> HotWax Media
>>>>>>>
http://www.hotwaxmedia.com>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 23/04/2009, at 8:25 PM, Jacques Le Roux wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Andrew,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> From: "Andrew Zeneski" <
[hidden email] <mailto:
[hidden email]
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> I think this is due to the new HTML security, but now we
>>>>>>>>> have these " " codes floating all over the place. I'm
>>>>>>>>> not sure what the best solution for this is, but I thought
>>>>>>>>> I would check in a change like this:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This is not as simple. I agree it's a quick fix for the issue
>>>>>>>> at hand. But this is due to Labels Manager. If you put a sole
>>>>>>>> space (ie > < ) then if you do some modifications with Labels
>>>>>>>> Manager in this file and then save in the file you will get
>>>>>>>> <property key="CommonEmptyHeader">
>>>>>>>> <value xml:lang="en"/>
>>>>>>>> </property>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In order to cope with this I tried to write directly at
>>>>>>>> SaveLabelsToXmlFile.saveLabelsToXmlFile[93] the String
>>>>>>>> " " which should be ok. But I guess I would have to
>>>>>>>> change the format passed to UtilXml.writeXmlDocument some
>>>>>>>> lines below since else it write "&#160;" and not " "
>>>>>>>> as intended. Not sure it's possible though. And I have no
>>>>>>>> time to look at it right now.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So I made the change you proposed at r767845 and r767848
>>>>>>>> for R9.04
>>>>>>>> And we will have to deal with that in a complete way since
>>>>>>>> else we will find an even worst trouble later (as soon
>>>>>>>> someone will use Labels Manager to save changes in this file)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Jacques
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I had some zele here (ok not only here ;o)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Index: config/CommonUiLabels.xml
>>>>>>>>> =
>>>>>>>>> =
>>>>>>>>> =
>>>>>>>>> =
>>>>>>>>> =
>>>>>>>>> ==============================================================
>>>>>>>>> --- config/CommonUiLabels.xml (revision 767649)
>>>>>>>>> +++ config/CommonUiLabels.xml (working copy)
>>>>>>>>> @@ -1997,7 +1997,7 @@
>>>>>>>>> <value xml:lang="zh_CN">电子邮件</value>
>>>>>>>>> </property>
>>>>>>>>> <property key="CommonEmptyHeader">
>>>>>>>>> - <value xml:lang="en">&#160;</value>
>>>>>>>>> + <value xml:lang="en"> </value>
>>>>>>>>> </property>
>>>>>>>>> <property key="CommonEnabled">
>>>>>>>>> <value xml:lang="ar">شغال</value>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Any thoughts???
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Andrew
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>