Hi, I'm not sure with it can help you, but you should take a look in formalchemy and fa.jquery. it Works very well with pylons. Maybe what you want is a Javascript framework.
Good Lucky! On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:55 AM, BrendanC <[email protected]> wrote: > Newbie qn here - I'm currently evaluating Pylons and Django with a > view to building complex CRUD data input forms - lots of data > dependent/cross field validation; densely packed data fields; multiple > tabs per form. My question may not be specific to any particular > framework, but i'd be interested in getting feedback from who has > 'been there/done that' with these frameworks. > > I don't care/want/need the default Django Admin forms - I need to > create custom forms for each model as that is the interface users will > see. > > I've done a lot of CRUD GUI front ends and basic web forms feel > extremely limited by comparison. Web forms seem to be pretty much > based on 1 input field per row. e.g. I have a form with several > check boxes defined for input - these could easily fit on a single row > (vs one row for each check box). However every tutorial/demo seems to > adopt this form design metaphor - Django has a 'forms from Model' > helper that does this as well. > > I find this very wasteful of screen real estate t and users feel that > this is a step backward from classic GUI design. Where are the > examples that show more complex form layouts (if they exist)? It would > be great if I could somehow define a 'field group' that combines > specific fields onto a single row as part of the default layout - > especially if this could be specified in the model class and have the > form created dynamically (I can always dream <g>). > > Maybe I'm tilting at windmills here and should just 'go with the > flow' - however I'd be interested in hearing feedback from others on > this. Are there any specific features of Pylons that improve over this > default layout approach? > > Thanks for listening, > BrendanC > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "pylons-discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<pylons-discuss%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/pylons-discuss?hl=en. > > -- Renato Shibutani. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pylons-discuss" 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/pylons-discuss?hl=en.
