Try:
SHtml.text(user.name, user.name = _) %
("size", "24") %
("maxlength", "48") %
("id", "user_name") %
("title", "Enter your name")
That should work.
--j
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Charles F. Munat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I spend a lot of time writing % new UnprefixedAttribute(...) to add
> attributes to SHtml form elements (input, textarea, select, etc.).
>
> It would be nice if the relevant SHtml methods would permit optional
> extra parameters in the form of tuples where contents are name-value
> pairs that get translated to attributes. I don't think this would be a
> breaking change.
>
> In other words, instead of:
>
> SHtml.text(user.name, user.name = _) %
> new UnprefixedAttribute("size", "24",
> new UnprefixedAttribute("maxlength", "48",
> new UnprefixedAttribute("id", "user_name",
> new UnprefixedAttribute("title", "Enter your name", Null)
> )
> )
> )
>
> I could do:
>
> SHtml.text(user.name, user.name = _,
> ("size", "24"),
> ("maxlength", "48"),
> ("id", "user_name"),
> ("title", "Enter your name")
> )
>
> Which is a hell of a lot cleaner and faster, and I don't have to import
> UnprefixedAttribute and remember the % and the new keywords.
>
> Or is this already possible and I'm missing it?
>
> I have an online survey with 43 questions on 5 pages involving more than
> 150 database fields. The snippet is already over 700 lines and growing.
> It's just unmanageable.
>
> Another thing: the <label> element is a very important part of
> accessibility to persons with disabilities, but it needs a "for"
> attribute that references the "id" attribute of the input element (or
> textarea, etc.). The current SHtml output (unlike Rails) does not
> generate an id attribute, so they have to be added by hand. Has anyone
> given any thought to automatically-generated id elements on form fields?
> Better yet, some way to integrate labels?
>
> Ideally, I would do something like this:
>
> <survey:name label="Your name"/>
>
> Or this:
>
> <survey:name>Your name</survey:name>
>
> and bind would allow me to generate this:
>
> <label for="id123">Your name
> <input type="text" id="id123" value="" name="F1226951216428645000_I0G"/>
> </label>
>
> What do others think? Is this already possible?
>
> Chas.
>
> >
>
--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"Lift" group.
To post to this group, send email to liftweb@googlegroups.com
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
