If you want a custom formtool for an individual property you can create a function called "ftEdit[propertyname]" and that function essentially becomes the formtool for that property.
Copy the edit function from the formtool of your choice as the base and modify as required. -- -- Matthew Bryant Product Development Manager Daemon Internet Consultants Adobe Solutions Partner http://www.daemon.com.au/ p. 02 8302 4600 f. 02 9380 4204 On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:13 AM, modius <[email protected]> wrote: > On Nov 18, 4:34 pm, AJ Mercer <[email protected]> wrote: > > In the farcry 5.3 rewrite, are formtools getting overhauled? > > Yes. > > > I have a case where I wanted a different display for array checkbox, so > > copied array.cfc to my plugin and tweaked. > > > > I have now just discovered the the two versions of array.cfc are > different - > > core has been updated. > > > > So I was thinking that it would be neat if formtools used webskins too. > > So you could override those in project/plugin > > or create new displays > > On the surface it seems like a good feature to allow folks to alter > the way an existing formtool is rendered but there are problems. > > Formtool views are special in that they: > - require very specific naming conventions for elements, ids, etc > - adhere to a standard that allows them to be stacked and grouped with > other formtools > - must marry up exactly with their validation method > - incorporate code that may make references to private functions > within the formtool > > Allowing people to build their own edit handlers for existing > formtools makes it very difficult to change the behaviour of a > formtool and still guarantee that it will work. For that reason i > don't think its worth providing formtool views that can be overridden. > > Of course, you can create your own, complete formtool components and > add that to a plugin or project. > > A case in point is the current overhaul of formtools in 5.3 to > standardise everything on uni-form and jQuery/jQueryUI. You will be > able to upgrade without any changes but all the views have changed > dramatically. Moving forward, formtool developers should have a very > well defined set of standards for creating new formtools. > > -- geoff > http://www.daemon.com.au/ > > > -- > You received this message cos you are subscribed to "farcry-dev" Google > group. > To post, email: [email protected] > To unsubscribe, email: > [email protected]<farcry-dev%[email protected]> > For more options: http://groups.google.com/group/farcry-dev > -------------------------------- > Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/farcry > -- You received this message cos you are subscribed to "farcry-dev" Google group. To post, email: [email protected] To unsubscribe, email: [email protected] For more options: http://groups.google.com/group/farcry-dev -------------------------------- Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/farcry
