Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS4 Bible

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Part VI

Enhancing Productivity and Web Site Management

You can add additional condition testing by including more <xsl:when> tags prior to the

<xsl:otherwise> tag. In Dreamweaver, this is accomplished by applying the XSLT Conditional

Region object prior to the

<xsl:otherwise> tag. By using the two conditional objects in conjunc-

tion with one another, you can test for as many conditions as you’d like and retain a default result.

To create multiple XSLT conditional regions, follow these steps:

1. Select the text, image, page object, or code you want to render if the first condition is true.

2. From the Insert panel’s XSLT category, choose Multiple Conditional Region.

3. When the Multiple Conditional Region dialog box opens, enter the condition to evaluate in

the Test field; click OK when you’re done.

Dreamweaver displays three different tabs: the

<xsl:choose> area surrounds the

<xsl:when>—which holds your previously selected content—and the <xsl:otherwise>

area, which displays the placeholder text

Content goes here, as shown in Figure 32-10.

FIGURE 32-10

Dreamweaver displays the content for both outcomes in a Multiple Conditional Region.

If you just want to insert a single condition with a default result, you can stop here.

4. To add additional conditions and results, place your cursor in the placeholder content in

the

<xsl:otherwise> area and choose the <xsl:otherwise> t ...