Yes, it's a wart from HTML. Even if we were inclined to alter the name to make it idiomatic Python (which isn't necessarily a good idea in this case -- the HTML naming convention makes sense), it would be impractical to change it at this point in Django's lifecycle - there is so much code depending on the old naming that a change would represent a massive disruption for no real gain.
Yours, Russ Magee %-) On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 10:50 PM, Alex Ogier <[email protected]> wrote: > It's probably just a wart from HTML. The XyzInput widgets correspond more > or less to <input type="xyz"> tags, but the Textarea widget corresponds to > <textarea>. There's only two tags like this that are HTML form elements but > are not <input> tags, the other being <select>, whose widget "Select" > similarly has one capital letter and no "Input" suffix. So the naming is > consistent, and agrees with the HTML tags, even though it looks a little > weird without that knowledge. > > Best, > Alex Ogier > > > On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 3:26 AM, Wim Feijen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi guys, >> >> I was just wondering, and maybe my English language skills are >> insufficient. >> >> Django defines several widgets, like: >> TextInput >> PasswordInput >> HiddenInput >> DateInput >> DateTimeInput >> TimeInput >> Textarea >> >> Why isn't Textarea CamelCased: TextArea, like the other widgets? It seems >> inconsistent. But maybe I am missing something? >> >> -- Wim >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Django developers" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-developers/-/1V71BI3iUBQJ. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en.
