How to add CSS to struts2 tags

css, java, struts2, tags

Solution

The struts2 tags have two attributes that are used for this, the cssClass and the cssStyle attributes. The cssClass attribute takes the name of a class that you create in your CSS file. The cssStyle attribute take a string representing CSS style. E.g.

 <s:checkbox cssClass="mycheckbox" label="checkbox test" name="checkboxField1" value="aBoolean" fieldValue="true"/>

and

  <style>
      .mycheckbox{
        /* Your style here */
      }

  </style>

Problem

I am using struts2 to build a web application and I use struts2 tags extensively. I am not able to apply `CSS` styles to my struts2 `textfields`, `buttons`, `labels` etc. What is the trick for setting `CSS` rules to struts2 UI components.

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