I'm setting up a new website and I'd like to have multiple files for re-usable components (header, footer, common imports on , scripts, etc). I also want to have files for each layout (combining the components I defined), like "Main Application", "Full Screen Dashboard" etc. Finnaly, I want to create pages with just the content I need and then plug that into the layout of my choice.
Something like this: Diagram of files
I have looked at this question but that requires me to call on java the layout with my content as a parameter instead of defining on my content what layout to use.
I've also considered just using my "layouts" as templates, then copy+paste into a new "content" file and edit the placeholders out.
This is a sample controller:
@View("ticketing/home")
@Get("/")
public HttpResponse home() {
final Map<String, Object> resultMap = new HashMap<>();
resultMap.put("requests", ticketingClient.getSummaryRequests()); //Returns a list of tickets to be displayed.
return HttpResponse.ok(resultMap); //Maps the resultMap variable to the ticketing/home thymeleaf template
}
This is how I'd like to have my content file structured:
<html>
<head>
<title>Tickets</title>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<p>My Content is here!</p>
<img src="wow.jpeg">
</div>
</body>
</html>
this is what I have now for my layout:
<html xmlns:th="http://www.thymeleaf.org">
<head>
<title>Application Layout</title>
<th:block th:include="./fragments/head.html :: imports"></th:block>
</head>
<body>
<div id="wrapper">
<!-- Sidebar Menu -->
<div th:replace="./fragments/sidebar.html :: sidebar"></div>
<div id="page-wrapper" class="gray-bg">
<!-- Navigation Menu -->
<div th:replace="./fragments/topbar.html :: topbar"></div>
<!-- Page Header -->
<div th:replace="./fragments/pageheader.html :: pageheader"></div>
<!-- Main Content -->
<div class="wrapper wrapper-content animated fadeInUp" th:fragment="content">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-lg-12">
<div class="wrapper wrapper-content">
<p>Content here</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div th:replace="./fragments/footer.html :: footer"></div>
<th:block th:replace="./fragments/scripts.html :: scripts"></th:block>
</body>
</html>
I expect to be able to use the same java syntax (with the annotations) to use my views.
I'd rather change more in the content file than on the layout file.
I found an answer that worked for me:
I've referenced this post, this other post and the post mentioned on the question.
Here's some code: component: content
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html xmlns:th="http://www.thymeleaf.org">
<head>
<title>Content Wrapper</title>
</head>
<body>
<div class="wrapper wrapper-content animated fadeInUp" th:fragment="content(content)">
<!-- Main Content -->
<div class="row">
<div class="col-lg-12">
<div class="wrapper wrapper-content">
<th:block th:replace="${content}"></th:block>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
component: pageheader
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html xmlns:th="http://www.thymeleaf.org" th:fragment="pageheader">
<head>
<title>Page Header</title>
</head>
<body>
<div class="row wrapper border-bottom white-bg page-heading" th:fragment="pageheader(title)">
<div class="col-sm-8 col-lg-9">
<!-- Title -->
<h2 th:replace="${title}">This is main title</h2>
<th:block th:if="${breadcrumb}">
<!-- Breadcrumb -->
<ol class="breadcrumb" th:replace="${breadcrumb}">
<li class="breadcrumb-item"><a href="index.html">This is</a></li>
<li class="breadcrumb-item active"><strong>Breadcrumb</strong></li>
</ol>
</th:block>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 col-lg-3">
<th:block th:if="${actions}">
<!-- Main Action -->
<div class="title-action btn-group" th:if="${actions}" th:replace="${actions}">
<a href="" class="btn btn-primary">Main Actions</a>
<a href="" class="btn btn-primary">Main Actions</a>
</div>
</th:block>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
layout: applayout
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html xmlns:th="http://www.thymeleaf.org" th:fragment="layout"> <!-- ${content} and ${title} are mandatory -->
<head>
<title th:replace="${title}">Application Layout</title>
<th:block th:include="./fragments/head.html :: imports"></th:block>
</head>
<body>
<div id="wrapper">
<!-- Sidebar Menu -->
<div th:replace="./fragments/sidebar.html :: sidebar"></div>
<div id="page-wrapper" class="gray-bg">
<!-- Navigation Menu -->
<div th:replace="./fragments/topbar.html :: topbar"></div>
<!-- Page Header -->
<div th:replace="./fragments/pageheader.html :: pageheader(title=${title},breadcrumb=${breadcrumb},actions=${actions})"></div>
<!-- Main Content -->
<div class="wrapper wrapper-content animated fadeInUp" th:replace="./fragments/content.html :: content(${content})"></div>
</div>
</div>
<div th:replace="./fragments/footer.html :: footer"></div>
<th:block th:replace="./fragments/scripts.html :: scripts"></th:block>
</body>
</html>
content: tickets
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en" th:replace="~{layout/applayout.html :: layout(title=~{::title},breadcrumb=~{::ol},content=~{::#main},scripts=~{::#scripts})}" xmlns:th="http://www.thymeleaf.org">
<head>
<title>Homepage</title>
</head>
<body>
<ol class="breadcrumb">
<li class="breadcrumb-item"><a href="index.html">Home</a></li>
<li class="breadcrumb-item active"><strong>wow</strong></li>
</ol>
<div id="main">
<div class="col">
<p>WOW</p>
</div>
<div class="col">
<p>WOW</p>
</div>
<div class="col">
<p>WOW</p>
</div>
</div>
<th:block id="scripts">
</th:block>
</body>
</html>
This way I can have optional parameters on my content page that get treated by each fragment individually.