ah, shame to hear I was wrong, happy to hear you found the correct usage :-)
thanks for posting back with the correct syntax
On 6/27/07, Siegfried Hirsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello Jonathan,
>
> thanks for the suggestion, but it is wrong.
>
> with class you can only specify the class of the <input> itself. But with
> the
> formhelper, there is always a <div> surrounding the <label> and the
> <input>.
>
> But there is a solution:
>
> you can specify the class of the surrounding div in this way by using
> div instead
> of class, as in your sample.
>
> $form->input('fieldname',array('div'=>'floatleft') );
>
> With this it is possible to have different css classes for the
> different input elements
> of a form.
>
> Siegfried
>
> 2007/6/26, Jonathan Langevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > What you would do, is when you call (Cake 1.2 style) the input method,
> > specify the class to be used
> > $form->input('fieldname',array('class'=>'floatleft') );
> >
> > I believe floatleft would be appended to the class 'input' (resulting in
> > 'input floatleft'), but you should test it
> >
> >
> > On 6/26/07, Siegfried Hirsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > I have the same problem here.
> > >
> > > I want some input fields in horizontal position and some as usual
> > > with the label above the input field.
> > > Is there a way to specify a second class for the surrounding <div
> > class="input">
> > > so that I am able the change the css behavior of different input
> fields.
> > >
> > > I know I could do this by hand, but that is not very cake like I guess
> and
> > > I really want to use the formhelper, whereever possible.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Siegfried
> > >
> > > 2007/6/25, trooney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > > >
> > > > You can chain together multiple classes on a single element, eg <div
> > > > class="input floatleft">. But your question is more related to
> > > > stylesheets, rather than CakePHP. You should consult the Google
> oracle
> > > > for more information on CSS.
> > > >
> > > > On Jun 24, 3:24 pm, Amy1234 <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
> > > > > can I overide the <div class ="input"> in my css class to how I
> want
> > > > > all my forms to be?
> > > > >
> > > > > On Jun 24, 2:27 pm, trooney < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Google CSS & Floats to find articles on how to dynamically
> position
> > > > > > elements on a page.
> > > > >
> > > > > > If you've baked your views with 1.2, your form elements are
> wrapped
> > in
> > > > > > <div class="input"> tag. A quick and dirty method would be
> applying
> > > > > > the style attribute directly to the divs wrapping the title and
> > author
> > > > > > elements, then clearing the next div element after these two.
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Jun 24, 1:26 pm, Amy1234 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > > Hello,
> > > > >
> > > > > > > I have googled this but is unable to find out how to do this.
> On
> > my
> > > > > > > forms instead of vertically listed fields such as:Title:
> ______
> > > > > > > Author: _______
> > > > >
> > > > > > > I would like it to be: Title: ________ Author: ________
> > > > >
> > > > > > > how would I do that.
> > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks for your help
> > > > > > > Amy
> > > > >
> > > > > > > "________" would be the input box.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
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> > > > >
> > >
> >
>
>
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