makeId() - Generate unique id attributes for HTML elements

[dartar]

In a number or different contexts we want to generate HTML elements that have an id attribute. The result will only be valid XHTML if the id is unique on the page.

This is the development page for a new method that can generate id values while making sure they are actually unique. Of course the latter will only work reliably if every bit of Wikka code that (now) generates an id (or would need to) makes use of this method so it can keep track of already-used id values.

Status

tested

Ref

•  http://wikkawiki.org/GenerateUniqueId

Related tickets

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[NilsLindenberg]

[227] -adding makeID and needed constant to the core.

[DarTar]

adding related ticket

[JavaWoman]

Changing milestone to 1.1.7 and assigning to myself: makeID() is already in trunk, but needs to be used by more client methods.

[DarTar]

Retargeting to 1.3. Code for this ticket may have already been committed to trunk, from which 1.3 will be branched. Consider backporting urgent issues to 1.2.X

[DarTar]

Ported to branches/1.2 in [1493]

[BrianKoontz]

id attributes appear to be unique.

[BrianKoontz]

Updated milestone to 1.3.1