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Package was developed to create content edit multiform by means of several subform compound. Each subform appointed to edit some of interfaces content-component.
Subform displayed only when needed interface is provided by component. This approach allow create universal forms fit to edit large set of component.
The multiform is like to context menu: content chooses automaticaly in depend from interfaces provided by content. However, using multiform is rather then menu, because of clicks number is fewer.
Directive definitions
Package introduce two directives: multiform and multiformitem, relations beetween ones is like on menu and menuitem directives. Multiform define place for content, Multiform item define content.
multiform
The directive allow to define multiform created from several simple form. Binding form and multiform is defined by means of interfaces entered in manager fields of both directive multiform and multiformitem. It's to be equal or have some level affinity.
name : TextLine Name of multiform page in web
permission : Permission The permission needed to use the view of forms.
class : GlobalObject Mix-In class supplied helper attributes and methods for the multiform view .
for : GlobalObject The interface or class this multifirm view is for.
label : MessageID The title of multiform.
layer : GlobalInterface The skin the view is in.
manager : GlobalObject Interface used to bound page and forms contents from.
menu : MenuField The browser menu to include the page (view) in. Many views are included in menus. It's convenient to name the menu in the page directive, rather than having to give a separate menuItem directive.
template : Path (по умолчанию = None) Page template Refers to a file containing a page template (should end in extension .pt or .html).
title : MessageID The browser menu label for the page (view) This attribute must be supplied if a menu attribute is supplied.
mulltiformitem
The directive used to define multiform item.
permission : Permission The permission needed to use the view of forms.
schema : GlobalInterface The schema from which the form is generated.
class : GlobalObject Mix-In class supplied helper attributes and methods for the form.
for : GlobalObject The interface or class this form is for.
layer : GlobalInterface The skin the view is in.
manager : GlobalObject Interface used to bound page and forms contents from.
name : TextLine (по умолчанию = None) Name of form, used to distinguish form in inner presentation algorithm.
order : Int (по умолчанию = None) Form order
template : Path Form template. Refers to a file containing a template (should end in extension .pt or .html).
fields : Tokens List of fields to display in form item.
Subdirective widget
Register custom widgets for a form. This directive allows you to quickly generate custom widget directives for a form. Besides the two required arguments, field and class, you can specify any amount of keyword arguments, e.g. style='background-color:#fefefe;'. The keywords will be stored as attributes on the widget instance. To see which keywords are sensible, you should look at the code of the specified widget class.
field : TextLine Field Name, The name of the field/attribute/property for which this widget will be used.
class : GlobalObject Widget Class. The class that will create the widget.
- Wed Mar 04 2009 Andrey Orlov <dbdt@dreambot.ru> 0.0.5
- A few comments and debug statements removed.
- Sun Aug 31 2008 Andrey Orlov <dbdt@dreambot.ru> 0.0.4
- Field "fields" added into multiform directive to do enumeerate
fields possible.
- Mon Jan 21 2008 Andrey Orlov <dbdt@dreambot.ru> 0.0.3
- Documentation enchanced
- Mon Jan 21 2008 Andrey Orlov <dbdt@dreambot.ru> 0.0.2
- Form update occurred before rendering
- Error messages displayed correctly
- Some docimentation is in state of write :)
- Fri Jan 18 2008 Andrey Orlov <dbdt@dreambot.ru> 0.0.1
- first official release
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