Oops, it might be:
SHtml.text(user.name, user.name = _) %
("size" -> "24") %
("maxlength" -> "48") %
("id" -> "user_name") %
("title" -> "Enter your name")
One or both of those should work.
--j
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Jorge Ortiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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.
>>
>> >>
>>
>
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