[STR-2358] <html:base /> enhancement

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Future
• Fix Version/s: 1.3 Family
• Component/s: Extras
• Environment: Operating System: Windows 2000; Platform: PC
• Bugzilla Id: 33426
• Assignee: David Evans
• Reporter: Graham Reeds
• Created: 08/Feb/05 01:34
• Updated: 24/Apr/06 23:03
• Resolved: 24/Apr/06 23:03

Description

This enhancement is to the <html:base> tag. The reason for this enhancement
request is that the base tag as it stands only points to the jsp file that it is
contained in. However the base tag is exceptionally useful when pointed at the
root of the URL.

My proposal is to add an optional attribute to the <html:base> tag. If the
attribute is missing (or is set to false) then the tag acts as it normally does.
With the addition of the attribute being set to "true" then the tag points to
the root of the URL (ie //www.mysite.com/ or //locahost/mysite/).

Currently the only way of getting this is currently to have a block of
JavaScript code in every webpage and still needs to be set for each site and
copied into everypage.

tag: base
attributes:

• root : Optional. Boolean value that determines whether the base tag points at
  the root URL or the current page. The default is false.