Merge fields for HTML5 attributes of Visualforce tags

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Is it possible to include merge fields for custom HTML attributes of Visualforce tags? The following code doesn't seem to work.

<apex:repeat value="{!lst_items}" var="item">
   <apex:inputText value="{!item.Value}" html-data-object="{!item.objectName}" />
</apex:repeat>

The above code throws the following compilation error:

Unknown property : Classname.item

The item property is declared public with getters and setters. In fact, the following works fine.

<apex:repeat value="{!lst_items}" var="item">
   {!item.objectName}
</apex:repeat>

Saroj Bera · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-16 11:27:50Z

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No it is not possible. As per Salesforce documentation.

Pass-through attributes aren’t supported in dynamic Visualforce.

I also tried and it is only working for static values.

answered Jun 16, 2015 at 11:27

Saroj Bera

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Well that's awfully lame... Any idea if HTML-passthroughs are supported by Dynamic VF Components? If so, you could probably accomplish the same
– RenegadeCoder
Jun 16, 2015 at 20:19
I am not using dynamic visualforce component but using merge fields in static markup. Isn't dynamic visualforce is something you create using apex? developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.pages.meta/pages/…
– user5050
Jun 17, 2015 at 6:03
@user5050 What I meant to say was if you write html-data-object="xyz" it will work but if you write html-data-object="{!item.objectName}" it won't as the value is dynamic.
– Saroj Bera
Jun 17, 2015 at 8:11

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