Almost all your questions are related to JavaScript: * WYSIWYG editors usually hook on top of <textarea> using a class or ID * Field focusing is purely JS * Input masks are ONLY possible with JS * Autotab is also only possible with JS, just don't abuse it
Kevin Monceaux wrote: > Fellow Catalyst Enthusiasts, > > The more I see of Catalyst the more I'm liking it. I just started taking it > for a spin a week or so ago. > > After just finishing the HTML::Widget plugin portion of the Catalyst > tutorial yesterday I saw the post announcing the FormBuilder plugin. Both > look very promising. There are a couple of features I'd love to see > available in one form library or another. I searched through the vast > asortment of available Catalyst plugins and didn't see what I was looking > for. So I thought it might be best to ask if any of the current plugins > provide such functionality. If none do perhaps someone will see this post > and think, "Hay, that would really be helpful. I think I'll enhance my > plugin." > > Are there currently any form libraries that integrate a WYSIWYG style HTML > editor such as the FCKEditor? > > Does any of the available form libraries have the ability to set the focus > to a particular field? I have a simple bit of JavaScript that combined with > a <body onLoad="FieldFocus()"> will set the focus to the first form field on > a page if the page contains a form, but it would be nice to have such > functionality built into a form library. For some reason my JavaScript > doesn't appear to work with HTML::Widget generated forms. I haven't tried > it with FormBuilder generated forms yet. > > Does any available form library implement input mask type functionality? > Okay, I'll admit it - I'm a fan of old-fashioned text based data entry apps. > When entering a date, for example, I much prefer to be able to enter > something like 02132006 into a text field and have the application > automatically add the separator characters transforming it to 02/13/2006. I > absolutely hate drop-down boxes on html forms for date entry. Input mask > type functionality is also helpful for such things as social security > numbers, phone numbers, etc. > > Does any available form library implement an autotab feature? Extending the > example above it would be nice to have the cursor automatically skip to the > next field after entering the last digit of a date in a date field. > > And now I have a couple of image plugin related questions. Are there any > Catalyst plugins to help deal with uploaded images? I'm looking for > something along the lines of: > > 1. Generate a random name to avoid duplicate filename conflicts and move > the uploaded image to an image directory. > > 2. Generate a thumbnail for the image. > > 3. Store the needed image path and size info in a database. > > 4. Helper functions to spit out an appropriate image tag in a template > for images in the database. > > > Kevin > http://www.RawFedDogs.net > http://www.WacoAgilityGroup.org > Bruceville, TX > > Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes. > > _______________________________________________ > List: Catalyst@lists.rawmode.org > Listinfo: http://lists.rawmode.org/mailman/listinfo/catalyst > Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.rawmode.org/ > Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ > _______________________________________________ List: Catalyst@lists.rawmode.org Listinfo: http://lists.rawmode.org/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.rawmode.org/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/