I 2nd Spry: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/spry/demos/formsvalidation/
And, FWIW, DWCS4's built-in Spry support makes me smile. On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Aaron Rouse <[email protected]> wrote: > For something like this I tend to use a combination of libraries. Offhand > I'd probably end up using qForms(yes, I know, old school) and Spry, Spry to > divide the thing up into sections and qForms for its validation. For some > reason jQuery's form validation has just not bought me as a user but > probably because I have made so many custom functions to work with qForms > over the years that just not been a need to change my validation methods. > > On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Chris Watkins <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You are my hero! That is cool stuff. I've been doing much less in CF and >> more in Grails these days, and it's great to remember that Javascript does a >> lot of cool stuff like that. Grails comes with support for prototype and >> YUI. I will check if there is a plugin for jQuery, too. By support, I mean >> that there are Grails tags (e.g. AJAX) that will adapt themselves to >> generate client code compatible with the Javascript library of your choice, >> requiring nothing more than telling Grails which library you're using. >> >> Thanks! >> Chris >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Ken Auenson, II >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Ramon, >>> >>> The built-in features in CFForm are good for the majority of use cases >>> when you are dealing with simple forms, but when you start dealing with >>> trying to customize the javascript features, it is sometimes better to look >>> elsewhere. >>> >>> I personally use jQuery for all of my JS functionality these days and >>> there are great form validation functionalities built in. >>> http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation >>> >>> This allows the "this field required" text to be placed next to the form >>> element when the user attempts to submit the form, instead of in one large >>> pop-up. >>> (try the demo on that page) >>> >>> hope this helps! >>> >>> -- >>> Ken Auenson >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Ecung II,Ramon J < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hey, I've got a quick question. I have a form with about 200 questions >>>> on it with all of the questions being required. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Right now if a user doesn't input any data and just hits submit, an >>>> alert box pops up that is too large for the screen. Does anyone have any >>>> ideas about how make this more user-friendly? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Ramon Ecung, BS, ACHDS, MCP >>>> >>>> Support Services Analyst - Web Application Developer >>>> >>>> Division of Cancer Medicine - FC10.2005 >>>> >>>> 713-794-4273 | [email protected] | Unit 421 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > Aaron Rouse > http://www.happyhacker.com/ > > > > -- John Bliss IT Professional LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jbliss --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Houston ColdFusion Users' Group" discussion list. To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit http://groups.google.com/group/houcfug?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
