[WW-4447] Hidden fields silently drop 'label' attributes in Struts 2.3.20

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.3.20
• Fix Version/s: 2.3.24
• Component/s: Expression Language
• Labels: hidden label

Environment

Freemarker 2.3.21

• Assignee: Lukasz Lenart
• Reporter: Mitth'raw'nuruodo
• Created: 13/Jan/15 04:10
• Updated: 30/Nov/15 14:47
• Resolved: 14/Jan/15 15:31

Description

Hidden fields (populated in a Freemarker template using <@s.hidden>) are silently dropping the 'label' attribute, as of Struts 2.3.20. Renaming the attribute to anything else works.

We are using the s.hidden tag with a custom theme to display read-only fields on the page, and we make use of the label attribute.

This change could be intended behavior for hidden fields, but it was not the case in 2.3.16.3, and I could not find anything in the changelog for 2.3.20.

Issue Links

• is broken by: WW-4297 XHTML validations for s:hidden in form