ZK Developer's Guide

Creating Custom Components
application/vnd.mozilla.xul-xml
zhtml
text/html
zip
application/x-zip
zul
text/html
index.zul
index.zhtml
index.html
index.htm
If we want to provide just a new mold to a component, it's possible to
declare a mold-uri in the component tag. A new mold means a new
.dsp file.
Summary
In this chapter, we have learned how to customize existing components. We have
the ability to use styles which are known from HTML to change the layout of the
components. Additionally we have seen that it is possible to build new components
(macro components) on the basis of existing components. And last but not least, in
the last section of this chapter we have learned how to create a complete custom
component that is based on a .dsp file.
Our advice is first to try to build on an existing component, instead of creating
a complete component of your own. Use object-oriented inheritance, not code
duplication, which would loose advantage of error corrections in newer versions.
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