JSF 1.2 outputText tag generates a span

Question

I am new to JSF 1.2, I am trying to output some text into my javascript call like so

something(<t:outputText value="#{bean.val}"/>)

but instead of getting plain text output, this is all being wrapped in a span. How do i get rid of the span?

BalusC · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-29 22:46:43Z

I am not sure about t:outputText, but an h:outputText without any other attribute than value should not render any HTML element.

something(<h:outputText value="#{bean.val}"/>);

If you're using id, styleClass or something like that, then it will indeed render a <span> since those attributes has to get somewhere anyway.

If you're using Facelets as view technology instead of legacy JSP, then you could also just use EL in template text like follows:

something(#{bean.val})

Vladimir Ivanov · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-29 20:34:20Z

1

what about simply putting:

something("#{bean.val}");

answered Nov 29, 2010 at 20:34

43.2k19 gold badges80 silver badges103 bronze badges

2 Comments

that's strange. I'm almost sure it works fine in JSF 1.2 as well. (+1 for which)

Correction: only on Facelets. JSP doesn't support that.