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    <h1 class="no_toc" id="xhtml-theme">xhtml theme</h1>

<ul id="markdown-toc">
  <li><a href="#wrapping-the-simple-theme" id="markdown-toc-wrapping-the-simple-theme">Wrapping the Simple Theme</a></li>
  <li><a href="#xhtml-theme-header" id="markdown-toc-xhtml-theme-header">XHTML Theme Header</a></li>
  <li><a href="#xhtml-theme-footer" id="markdown-toc-xhtml-theme-footer">XHTML Theme Footer</a></li>
  <li><a href="#special-interest" id="markdown-toc-special-interest">Special Interest</a>    <ul>
      <li><a href="#xhtml-head-template" id="markdown-toc-xhtml-head-template">xhtml head template</a></li>
      <li><a href="#form-template" id="markdown-toc-form-template">form template</a></li>
      <li><a href="#xhtml-form-template" id="markdown-toc-xhtml-form-template">xhtml form template</a></li>
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<p>The xhtml provides all the basics that the <a href="simple-theme.html">simple theme</a> provides and adds several features.</p>

<ul>
  <li>Standard two-column table layout for the HTML <a href="struts-tags.html">Struts Tags</a> (<a href="form-tag.html">form</a>, 
<a href="textfield-tag.html">textfield</a>, <a href="select-tag.html">select</a>, and so forth)</li>
  <li>Labels for each of the HTML <a href="struts-tags.html">Struts Tags</a> on the left hand side (or top, depending on 
the <code class="highlighter-rouge">labelposition</code> attribute)</li>
  <li><a href="../core-developers/validation.html">Validation</a> and error reporting</li>
  <li><a href="../core-developers/pure-java-script-client-side-validation.html">Pure JavaScript Client Side Validation</a> using 
100% JavaScript on the browser</li>
</ul>

<h2 id="wrapping-the-simple-theme">Wrapping the Simple Theme</h2>

<p>The xhtml theme uses the “wrapping” technique described by <a href="extending-themes.html">Extending Themes</a>. Let’s look at how 
the HTML tags are wrapped by a standard header and footer. For example, in the <code class="highlighter-rouge">text.ftl</code> template, the <code class="highlighter-rouge">controlheader.ftl</code>
and <code class="highlighter-rouge">controlfooter.ftl</code> templates are wrapped around the simple template.</p>

<figure class="highlight"><pre><code class="language-freemarker" data-lang="freemarker">&lt;#--
/*
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
 * distributed with this work for additional information
 * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
 * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
 * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 * specific language governing permissions and limitations
 * under the License.
 */
--&gt;
&lt;#include "/${parameters.templateDir}/${parameters.expandTheme}/controlheader.ftl" /&gt;
&lt;#include "/${parameters.templateDir}/simple/text.ftl" /&gt;
&lt;#include "/${parameters.templateDir}/${parameters.expandTheme}/controlfooter.ftl" /&gt;</code></pre></figure>

<blockquote>
  <p>The <code class="highlighter-rouge">controlheader.ftl</code> is referenced using <code class="highlighter-rouge">${parameters.theme}</code> so that the code can be reused 
by the <a href="ajax-theme.html">ajax theme</a>.</p>
</blockquote>

<h2 id="xhtml-theme-header">XHTML Theme Header</h2>

<p>Now let’s look at the <code class="highlighter-rouge">controlheader.ftl</code> and <code class="highlighter-rouge">controlheader-core.ftl</code>. Again, these are split up for easy re-use with 
the <a href="ajax-theme.html">ajax theme</a>) contents:</p>

<figure class="highlight"><pre><code class="language-freemarker" data-lang="freemarker">&lt;#--
/*
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
 * distributed with this work for additional information
 * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
 * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
 * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 * specific language governing permissions and limitations
 * under the License.
 */
--&gt;
&lt;#include "/${parameters.templateDir}/${parameters.expandTheme}/controlheader-core.ftl" /&gt;
    &lt;td 
        &lt;#if parameters.align?? &gt;
            class="align-${parameters.align}"
         &lt;#else &gt;
            class="tdInput"            
        &lt;/#if&gt;
&gt;&lt;#t/&gt;</code></pre></figure>

<figure class="highlight"><pre><code class="language-freemarker" data-lang="freemarker">&lt;#--
/*
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
 * distributed with this work for additional information
 * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
 * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
 * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 * specific language governing permissions and limitations
 * under the License.
 */
--&gt;
&lt;#--
	Only show message if errors are available.
	This will be done if ActionSupport is used.
--&gt;
&lt;#assign hasFieldErrors = parameters.name?? &amp;&amp; fieldErrors?? &amp;&amp; fieldErrors[parameters.name]??/&gt;
&lt;#if (parameters.errorposition!"top") == 'top'&gt;
&lt;#if hasFieldErrors&gt;
&lt;#list fieldErrors[parameters.name] as error&gt;
&lt;tr errorFor="${parameters.id}"&gt;
    &lt;td class="tdErrorMessage" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;#rt/&gt;
        &lt;span class="errorMessage"&gt;${error}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;#t/&gt;
    &lt;/td&gt;&lt;#lt/&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/#list&gt;
&lt;/#if&gt;
&lt;/#if&gt;
&lt;#if !parameters.labelposition?? &amp;&amp; (parameters.form.labelposition)??&gt;
&lt;#assign labelpos = parameters.form.labelposition/&gt;
&lt;#elseif parameters.labelposition??&gt;
&lt;#assign labelpos = parameters.labelposition/&gt;
&lt;/#if&gt;
&lt;#--
	if the label position is top,
	then give the label it's own row in the table
--&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;#if (labelpos!"") == 'top'&gt;
    &lt;td class="tdLabelTop" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;#rt/&gt;
&lt;#else&gt;
    &lt;td class="tdLabel"&gt;&lt;#rt/&gt;
&lt;/#if&gt;
&lt;#if parameters.label??&gt;
    &lt;label &lt;#t/&gt;
&lt;#if parameters.id??&gt;
        for="${parameters.id}" &lt;#t/&gt;
&lt;/#if&gt;
&lt;#if hasFieldErrors&gt;
        class="errorLabel"&lt;#t/&gt;
&lt;#else&gt;
        class="label"&lt;#t/&gt;
&lt;/#if&gt;
    &gt;&lt;#t/&gt;
&lt;#if (parameters.required!false) &amp;&amp; ((parameters.requiredPosition!"right") != 'right')&gt;
        &lt;span class="required"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;#t/&gt;
&lt;/#if&gt;
${parameters.label}&lt;#t/&gt;
&lt;#if (parameters.required!false) &amp;&amp; ((parameters.requiredPosition!"right") == 'right')&gt;
 &lt;span class="required"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;#t/&gt;
&lt;/#if&gt;
${parameters.labelseparator!":"}&lt;#t/&gt;
&lt;#include "/${parameters.templateDir}/${parameters.expandTheme}/tooltip.ftl" /&gt;
&lt;/label&gt;&lt;#t/&gt;
&lt;/#if&gt;
    &lt;/td&gt;&lt;#lt/&gt;
&lt;#-- add the extra row --&gt;
&lt;#if (labelpos!"") == 'top'&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;/#if&gt;</code></pre></figure>

<p>The header used by the HTML tags in the xhtml theme is complicated. However, a close look reveals that the logic produces 
two behaviors: either a two-column format or a two-row format. Generally the two-column approach is what we want, so that 
is the default option. To use the two-row approach, change the <code class="highlighter-rouge">labelposition</code> parameter to <code class="highlighter-rouge">top</code>.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>The <code class="highlighter-rouge">fieldErrors</code>, usually caused by <a href="../core-developers/validation.html">Validation</a>, are printed out as a row above 
the HTML form element. Some people prefer that the errors display elsewhere, such as in a third column. If you wish 
to place these elsehwere, overriding the headers is easy, allowing you to continue to use the other features provided 
by this theme. See <a href="template-loading.html">Template Loading</a> for more information on how to do this.</p>
</blockquote>

<h2 id="xhtml-theme-footer">XHTML Theme Footer</h2>

<p>The primary objective of <code class="highlighter-rouge">controlfooter.ftl</code> is to close the table. But, before the table closes, the template checks 
for an <code class="highlighter-rouge">after</code> parameter.</p>

<figure class="highlight"><pre><code class="language-freemarker" data-lang="freemarker">&lt;#--
/*
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
 * distributed with this work for additional information
 * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
 * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
 * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 * specific language governing permissions and limitations
 * under the License.
 */
--&gt;
${parameters.after!}&lt;#t/&gt;
    &lt;/td&gt;&lt;#lt/&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;#if (parameters.errorposition!"top") == 'bottom'&gt;
&lt;#assign hasFieldErrors = parameters.name?? &amp;&amp; fieldErrors?? &amp;&amp; fieldErrors[parameters.name]??/&gt;
&lt;#if hasFieldErrors&gt;
&lt;#list fieldErrors[parameters.name] as error&gt;
&lt;tr errorFor="${parameters.id}"&gt;
    &lt;td class="tdErrorMessage" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;#rt/&gt;
        &lt;span class="errorMessage"&gt;${error}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;#t/&gt;
    &lt;/td&gt;&lt;#lt/&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/#list&gt;
&lt;/#if&gt;
&lt;/#if&gt;</code></pre></figure>

<p>While <code class="highlighter-rouge">after</code> isn’t an attribute supported by any of the <a href="struts-tags.html">Struts Tags</a>, if you are using 
<a href="freemarker-tags.html">FreeMarker Tags</a>, <a href="velocity-tags.html">Velocity Tags</a>, or the <a href="param-tag.html">param</a> tag in any 
template language, you can add an <code class="highlighter-rouge">after</code> parameter to place any content you like after the <a href="simple-theme.html">simple theme</a> 
template renders. The <code class="highlighter-rouge">after</code> attribute makes it easier to fine-tune HTML forms for your specific environment.</p>

<h2 id="special-interest">Special Interest</h2>

<p>Two xhtml templates of special interest are <code class="highlighter-rouge">head</code> and <code class="highlighter-rouge">form</code>.</p>

<h3 id="xhtml-head-template">xhtml head template</h3>

<p>The xhtml <a href="head-tag.html">head</a> template extends the <em>simple head template</em> and provides an additional CSS that helps 
render the form elements.</p>

<figure class="highlight"><pre><code class="language-freemarker" data-lang="freemarker">&lt;#--
/*
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
 * distributed with this work for additional information
 * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
 * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
 * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 * specific language governing permissions and limitations
 * under the License.
 */
--&gt;
&lt;link rel="stylesheet" href="&lt;@s.url value='${parameters.staticContentPath}/xhtml/styles.css' includeParams='none' encode='false'/&gt;" type="text/css" &lt;#include "/${parameters.templateDir}/simple/nonce.ftl" /&gt; /&gt;
&lt;#include "/${parameters.templateDir}/simple/head.ftl" /&gt;</code></pre></figure>

<p>The head template imports a style sheet. The contents of <strong>styles.css</strong> are:</p>

<figure class="highlight"><pre><code class="language-css" data-lang="css"><span class="c">/*
 * $Id$
 *
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
 * distributed with this work for additional information
 * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
 * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
 * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 * specific language governing permissions and limitations
 * under the License.
 */</span>

<span class="nc">.wwFormTable</span> <span class="p">{}</span>
<span class="nc">.label</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="nl">font-style</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="nb">italic</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span>
<span class="nc">.errorLabel</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="nl">font-style</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="nb">italic</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nl">color</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="no">red</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span>
<span class="nc">.errorMessage</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="nl">font-weight</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="nb">bold</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nl">color</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="no">red</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span>
<span class="nc">.checkboxLabel</span> <span class="p">{}</span>
<span class="nc">.checkboxErrorLabel</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="nl">color</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="no">red</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span>
<span class="nc">.required</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="nl">color</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="no">red</span><span class="p">;}</span>
<span class="nc">.tdLabel</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="nl">text-align</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="nb">right</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nl">vertical-align</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="nb">top</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span>

<span class="nc">.tdTransferSelect</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="nl">text-align</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="nb">center</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nl">vertical-align</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="nb">middle</span><span class="p">;}</span>
<span class="nc">.tdLabelTop</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="nl">text-align</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="nb">left</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nl">vertical-align</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="nb">top</span><span class="p">;}</span>
<span class="nc">.tdCheckboxLabel</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="nl">text-align</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="nb">right</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nl">vertical-align</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="nb">top</span><span class="p">;}</span>
<span class="nc">.tdCheckboxInput</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="nl">text-align</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="nb">left</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nl">vertical-align</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="nb">top</span><span class="p">;}</span>
<span class="nc">.tdCheckboxErrorMessage</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="nl">text-align</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="nb">left</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nl">vertical-align</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="nb">top</span><span class="p">;}</span>
<span class="nc">.tdErrorMessage</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="nl">text-align</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="nb">center</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nl">vertical-align</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="nb">top</span><span class="p">;}</span>
<span class="nc">.formButton</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="nl">text-align</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="nb">right</span><span class="p">;}</span>
<span class="nc">.tdInput</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="nl">text-align</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="nb">left</span><span class="p">;}</span>


<span class="nc">.align-center</span><span class="p">{</span><span class="nl">text-align</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="nb">center</span><span class="p">;}</span>
<span class="nc">.align-right</span><span class="p">{</span><span class="nl">text-align</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="nb">right</span><span class="p">;}</span>
<span class="nc">.align-left</span><span class="p">{</span><span class="nl">text-align</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="nb">left</span><span class="p">;}</span>
<span class="nc">.align-justify</span><span class="p">{</span><span class="nl">text-align</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="nb">justify</span><span class="p">;}</span></code></pre></figure>

<h3 id="form-template">form template</h3>

<p>The xhtml form template sets up the wrapping table around all the other  form elements. In addition to creating this 
wrapping table, the opening and closing templates also, if the <code class="highlighter-rouge">validate</code> parameter is set to true, enable 
<a href="../core-developers/pure-java-script-client-side-validation.html">Pure JavaScript Client Side Validation</a>.</p>

<figure class="highlight"><pre><code class="language-freemarker" data-lang="freemarker">&lt;#--
/*
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
 * distributed with this work for additional information
 * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
 * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
 * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 * specific language governing permissions and limitations
 * under the License.
 */
--&gt;
&lt;#include "/${parameters.templateDir}/${parameters.expandTheme}/form-validate.ftl" /&gt;
&lt;#include "/${parameters.templateDir}/${parameters.expandTheme}/form-common.ftl" /&gt;
&lt;#if (parameters.validate!false)&gt;
  onreset="&lt;#outputformat 'JavaScript'&gt;${parameters.onreset!'clearErrorMessages(this);clearErrorLabels(this);'}&lt;/#outputformat&gt;"
&lt;#else&gt;
  &lt;#if parameters.onreset??&gt;
  onreset="&lt;#outputformat 'JavaScript'&gt;${parameters.onreset}&lt;/#outputformat&gt;"
  &lt;/#if&gt;
&lt;/#if&gt;
&gt;
&lt;#include "/${parameters.templateDir}/${parameters.expandTheme}/control.ftl" /&gt;</code></pre></figure>

<p>The closing template, <code class="highlighter-rouge">form-close.ftl</code>:</p>

<figure class="highlight"><pre><code class="language-freemarker" data-lang="freemarker">&lt;#--
/*
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
 * distributed with this work for additional information
 * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
 * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
 * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 * specific language governing permissions and limitations
 * under the License.
 */
--&gt;
&lt;#include "/${parameters.templateDir}/${parameters.expandTheme}/control-close.ftl" /&gt;
&lt;#include "/${parameters.templateDir}/simple/form-close.ftl" /&gt;
&lt;#include "/${parameters.templateDir}/${parameters.expandTheme}/form-close-validate.ftl" /&gt;
&lt;#if parameters.focusElement??&gt;
&lt;script type="text/javascript" &lt;#include "/${parameters.templateDir}/simple/nonce.ftl" /&gt; &gt;
    StrutsUtils.addOnLoad(function() {
        var element = document.getElementById("${parameters.focusElement}");
        if(element) {
            element.focus();
        }
    });
&lt;/script&gt;
&lt;/#if&gt;</code></pre></figure>

<h3 id="xhtml-form-template">xhtml form template</h3>

<p>The xhtml form template sets up the wrapping table around all the other <a href="xhtml-theme.html">xhtml theme</a> form elements. 
In addition to creating this wrapping table, the opening and closing templates also, if the <code class="highlighter-rouge">validate</code> parameter is set 
to <code class="highlighter-rouge">true</code>, enable <a href="../core-developers/pure-java-script-client-side-validation.htmk">Pure JavaScript Client Side Validation</a>.</p>

<p>See the <strong>form.ftl</strong> contents:</p>

<figure class="highlight"><pre><code class="language-freemarker" data-lang="freemarker">&lt;#--
/*
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
 * distributed with this work for additional information
 * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
 * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
 * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 * specific language governing permissions and limitations
 * under the License.
 */
--&gt;
&lt;#include "/${parameters.templateDir}/${parameters.expandTheme}/form-validate.ftl" /&gt;
&lt;#include "/${parameters.templateDir}/${parameters.expandTheme}/form-common.ftl" /&gt;
&lt;#if (parameters.validate!false)&gt;
  onreset="&lt;#outputformat 'JavaScript'&gt;${parameters.onreset!'clearErrorMessages(this);clearErrorLabels(this);'}&lt;/#outputformat&gt;"
&lt;#else&gt;
  &lt;#if parameters.onreset??&gt;
  onreset="&lt;#outputformat 'JavaScript'&gt;${parameters.onreset}&lt;/#outputformat&gt;"
  &lt;/#if&gt;
&lt;/#if&gt;
&gt;
&lt;#include "/${parameters.templateDir}/${parameters.expandTheme}/control.ftl" /&gt;</code></pre></figure>

<p>The closing template, <strong>form-close.ftl</strong>:</p>

<figure class="highlight"><pre><code class="language-freemarker" data-lang="freemarker">&lt;#--
/*
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
 * distributed with this work for additional information
 * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
 * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
 * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 * specific language governing permissions and limitations
 * under the License.
 */
--&gt;
&lt;#include "/${parameters.templateDir}/${parameters.expandTheme}/control-close.ftl" /&gt;
&lt;#include "/${parameters.templateDir}/simple/form-close.ftl" /&gt;
&lt;#include "/${parameters.templateDir}/${parameters.expandTheme}/form-close-validate.ftl" /&gt;
&lt;#if parameters.focusElement??&gt;
&lt;script type="text/javascript" &lt;#include "/${parameters.templateDir}/simple/nonce.ftl" /&gt; &gt;
    StrutsUtils.addOnLoad(function() {
        var element = document.getElementById("${parameters.focusElement}");
        if(element) {
            element.focus();
        }
    });
&lt;/script&gt;
&lt;/#if&gt;</code></pre></figure>


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