Hi, are these lists of yours nested or do you have one list followed by another list? The form widget can handle the latter, but not nesting.

In my experience, the form widget is the wrong tool if you're trying to create a page with rich content. It's great for churning out simple forms, but I'd stick with an FTL file for something more complicated.

But if you still wish to go down this route, you can attempt to use <display descritpion="%{bsh: helperObject.composeMultiValue()} /> and have that function generate your multi valued nested code.

- Leon


Iain Fogg wrote:
Does anyone know how to iterate over a list of values in a form widget.

I'm trying to compose a page in the catalog manager that shows a summary of more important product elements. Several of the bits I'm interested in are multi-valued. For example, I want to show a simple list of the different product prices (along with a bunch of other stuff that traditionally lives on other screens in the catalog app):

<stuff here>

Price: $19.95 (list)
         $15.95 (default)
         $12.95 (promo)

<more stuff here>

I've thought of composing the page with multiple "list" forms, but I'm struggling to get to grips with the styles to make everything look the way I want (eg, nice alignment between forms) on the page. As much as I love CSS, I'll admit that I'm struggling to find the styles appropriate for my purpose :-)

I don't know much about "multi" forms, and they sound promising - can someone provide a pointer to some useful docs or examples. Maybe I've missed it, but I haven't been able to find anything approaching a reference manual (although Si's cookbook is great for some useful techniques).


Cheers, Iain


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