Component not rendering in Stand Alone Skin editor

I downloaded the stand alone skin editor and I wanted to play around with it.
But I notice that my controls are not rendering.
Kindly see sample image that I am getting. Image
Not sure why, but I cant seem to see my changes even If I change it in my property inspector.
Any hints?

Hi,
did you check the CSS source of the file to see if invalid styles are added. The visual editor is broken in the image, so there must be something causing it. Ifthe CSS was empty, would the editor render properly ?
Frank

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Here is the scenario. I am strictly a front-end developer using HTML, CSS, Javascript etc. I have been brought onboard to work on a project that uses the Oracle Fusion Middleware ADF Framework. I am a total noob with this stuff!!
We are currently working a project using jDevleoper 11.1.1.4 (We cannot use a different/updated version - we are currently stuck with this version, and no I do not know why)
I am going to be responsible for ALL of the front-end look and feel. I thought, ok no biggie, I just work my CSS magic and that will create everything as needed... Boy was I absolutely wrong! So I checked the ADF Skin Editor (have to use the stand alone version due to project being worked on within 11.1.1.4). I am having an extremely hard time find tutorials just using the standalone version! Every tutorial or demo is using the integrated Skin Editor within jDeveloper 11.1.2.
Does anyone know of any good beginner tutorials for using the standalone Skin Editor? I am really struggling with this since I don't even know if I can actually use the editor to create the .css and then how to get into the jDeveloper 11.1.1.4 project!?
Again, I am totally new to this and back-end environment. What may seem like basic ideas/thoughts/language to you, is actually like me trying to read a foreign language that I have no understanding of. So think of me like ultimate dummy here! :)
I appreciate any feedback, suggestions on tutorials/demos/books and thoughts that anyone can provide for me to learn this.
Thank you and have a great day!
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Hi,
just few inputs from me, just hoping it would be helpful, the easiest thing you can do are :
1) download jdev 11.1.2 version, there you can select new skin file, drag and drop component and play around, and then go to source, you will see code you made in design. see http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E16162_01/user.1112/e17456/adfsg_selectors.htm for more details.
2) use http://jdevadf.oracle.com/adf-richclient-demo/faces/components/skinningKeys/menu.jspx , and play around and and click print content to see the generated code.
You can copy generated code and use in your jdev 11.1.1.4 version or wtever version :)
The main idea here is, you have to know the skin selector for each component.
for example for af:menu component you css selector would be
af|menu {
and again, for menu bar item selector is :
af|menu::bar-item{
for hover :
af|menu::bar-item:highlighted{
background-color: #959595 !important;
Just to give me head up,
for af:commandButton => af|commandButton{ }
for af:breadcrumb => af|breadcrumb{}
and so forth
and each of these has psedo selector such as :selected , :highlighted ::menu-item-text but each component will have different different psedo selector ...
eg :
af|commandMenuItem::bar-item:depressed
af|commandMenuItem::bar-item:highlighted
af|commandMenuItem:highlighted::menu-item-open-indicator
af|menuBar::overflow-indicator
af|breadCrumbs::step:selected
af|breadCrumbs::step
go through this link for all different selector and psedo selectors
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B25221_05/web.1013/e18745/skin-selectors.html
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Stand alone CSS editor for WDA

im at a client who doesnt have a portal.
So there is no access to the portal theme editor.
When using WDA direct to a NW 7.11 , the customer would like to brand the output.
A few years back I recall some stand alone theme editor.
Eclipse add on ? May have been an SAP only internal tool. ?
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Did you first search SDN before posting your thread? This is a very common question and yes there is a standalone theme editor. In fact one of the sticky threads in the forum discusses it.
NWDS Theme Editor - Enhancement proposals
You can download the Theme Editor and the How To Guide from this page on SDN:
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/downloads?rid=/library/uuid/b08a05ec-e24a-2d10-189e-f5c6bcbf39a5

JSF - UICommand component not rendering properly

2:12 PM 7/11/2007
by Nirav Assar
Overview
It was discovered that in certain situations a UICommand component does not bind properly to its associated action method in the managed bean. The symptoms of this situation occur when you have a page with an action, and you click the action and nothing occurs. The page seems like it submits, but no code inside the action method of the managed bean gets executed and no errors are generated in the console!
Problem
The problem arises when you have a managed bean in request scope and you have a UICommand, either a commandLink or commandButton, associated to the bean. In addition this UICommand component has a rendered attribute tag (boolean value) that uses a managed bean method to tell it whether is renders or not. Even if the component gets rendered to the screen, the component does not get binded to the action method in the request scoped bean. This is a problem with JSF and may be due to the fact that the component gets rendered, but since the bean is not created until a request is submitted, the component never gets binded to an action. Therefore, nothing in the action method ever gets executed.
Analysis
Thus is seems like if you want to dynamically render a submit type component, such as a button or a link, you cannot effectivley do that with a bean in request scope. You'll have to place it session scope, which will work fine. Another option is to render the buttons all the time, but based on some scenario, using the "disabled" attribute to prevent a user from using the action. The "disable" attribute can access a boolean method in the managed bean.
You could also use Javascript to hide the already rendered button on certain circumstance. However this would require javascript knowing the state of the domain objects/and or managed bean state.
References:
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5127437&messageID=9461810

RamondDeCampo hit the nail on the head. If the bean used for the rendered attribute is request scope and the value differs between requests, you're going to see this type of behavior.
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In my application I created a Server side script (AJAX) which presents a select-list based on other fields on the page. The very same application runs on a 10g+APEX3.0.1 database AND on a standard XE+APEX2.1 database, which are both accessed via a HTTP-server. The application with the script runs fine on this platform (XP).
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Message was edited by: Jan
J. Hulsing

Carl,
Thanks for your suggestion to install FireFox and the Firebug tool (which I wasn't aware of).
After having looked at the problem for hours, I found what I think is the problem: the htmldb_html_elements.js script.
As already mentioned, the properly functioning XE on my local PC is accessed via a HTTP-server, as well as the 10gR2+APEX3.0.1 version also running on that PC.
On the laptop, not running HTTP-server, I get the message: 
$x is not defined 
 f_21_select_kpn(input#P21_GBREKNR 405, "P21_KOSTENPOST") 
onblur(blur )
 
That is in the 'Console' of Firebug.
When changing to Script I do see a remarkable difference.
On the PC there the following text is found in the first lines of htmldb_html_elements.js:
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var gDebug = true; 
var gkeyPressTime; 
var gLastTab=false; 
var gRegex=false; 
var ie=(document.all)?true:false; 
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$x functions have to do with either single elements or array of elements 
$v functions have to have to do with manipulating values or interaction based off a value 
$xml function have to do with manipulating xml values 
$a functions are based on ajax 
$d functions are specific dhtml constructs 
*/ 
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var node; 
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On the laptop however the first few lines are: 
/*htmld_elements will contain the lower level html access js*/ 
 
var gDebug = true; 
var gkeyPressTime; 
var gLastTab=false; 
var gRegex=false; 
if(document.all){document.expando = true;} 
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function html_GetElement(pNd){ 
try{ 
var node; 
switch(typeof (pNd)){ 
... 
I think that the difference is in these two scripts.
But why are the scripts different: it is the same XE that is installed on the laptop and the PC. The answer I found in the images/javascript directory of APEX3.0.1 which is located in the APACHE directory-tree (you have to copy the images to APACHE when you use the HTTP-server). And indeed: the htmldb_html_elements.js has exactly the same text as what I see in Firebug on the PC. So XE on the PC is using the javascripts in the image-directory of APACHE on the PC and not the XE-version of the scripts, embedded in XE.
 
So the answer seems to be: copy the APEX3.0.1 versions of the script over to the PC and try to get them into the database. Or...???
 
Can it be loaded into the database? Will XE accept it?
 
Would be nice to have answers if the conclusion I found is the right one and if it can be fixed by loading the js into XE.
 
Best regards and thanks for your help so far.
 
Jan.

Child component values submitted when parent component not rendered

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Here's the rub: When that column is not rendered and the form is submitted the values for the checkboxes are still being submitted and my data model is being updated for those non-rendered components. Seems like this shouldn't happen, but the real problem is that the values submitted for those checkboxes are always 'false'. Seems like JSF is out of sync in this case in what it does between when the form is loaded and when it is submitted (perhaps it is not loading the values from the data model yet it is updating them on the submit - with garbage).
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