That's a neat trick. I'll have to document that on the wiki. Thanks.
Chas. Jorge Ortiz wrote: > Try: > > SHtml.text(user.name <http://user.name>, user.name <http://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] > <mailto:[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 <http://user.name>, user.name > <http://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 <http://user.name>, user.name > <http://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 [email protected] 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
