+1 for FormFragment... more concise than some of the other options, more
descriptive than still other options, and we get a little alliteration to
boot ;-)



On Feb 18, 2008 3:46 PM, Chris Poulsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Howard Lewis Ship wrote:
> > I've been continuing to work on Ajax/Form functionality.
> >
> > Last couple of days has been on a component I'm calling a SubForm.
> >
> > A SubForm is part of a Form that is conditionally visible.
> >
> > It is always rendered, but a trigger (typically a checkbox) makes it
> > visible or hidden.
> >
> > Form controls on the client side are only validated if visible.
> > Actually, "deep visible", meaning that they are visible and that their
> > containers are recursively visible.
> >
> > On submission, a hidden field for each SubForm tracks its deep
> visibility.
> >
> > On the server side, the form submission for components enclosed by the
> > SubForm only occurs when the SubForm is visible on the client side.
> > If the SubForm is invisible, then no form processing for those
> > components occur.
> >
> > It's all working pretty nicely, but I'm not sure "SubForm" is the right
> name.
> >
> > Other idea:
> >
> > - Section
> > - FormSection
> > - FormConditional
> > - ???
> >
> > I'll be committing changes later this afternoon so nows a great time
> > to get the naming right.
> >
>
> FormFragment ?
>
> I'm looking forward to playing with the changes regardless of what you
> decide to call it ;)
>
> --
> Chris
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>


-- 
Daniel Gredler
http://daniel.gredler.net/

Reply via email to