[Twisted-web] Formless, custom form layout

[Richard Wall]

Phil,

Have just learnt on irc that a replacement for formless is imminent...
svn://pollenation.net/forms/trunk

-RichardW.

Richard Wall wrote:
> Phil Mayers wrote:
> 
>>Richard Wall wrote:
>>
>>>I am trying to customise my Formless layout based on
>>>examples/customform.py, but I'm not sure how I can group inputs in
>>>fieldsets.
>>
>>Good question. I asked the same one a while back (no reply - maybe the
>>mail didn't get through). I mused:
> 
> 
> It did, but I didn't spot it until after I'd posted my message. I've
> learned alot since.
> 
> 
>>I suspect I can subclass annotate.Typed or use the complexType stuff to
>>somehow group a textbox and dropdown together into one logical bit of
>>HTML that is rendered as a single "control"
>>...but other commitments have kept me from revisiting this
> 
> 
> For custom output look at custom renderers. You have to register them as
> adaptors using compy.registerAdaptor.
> 
> Read this article if adaptors are new to you (they were to me)...
> http://twistedmatrix.com/projects/core/documentation/howto/components.html
> 
> Incase your wondering where Nevow registers it's default adaptors (I
> did) they're in nevow/__init__.py.
> 
> Some examples...
> 
> A multiple choice element (missing from Nevow)...
> http://deadbeefbabe.org/paste/888
> ...I'd like to see this (or something similar) included as default. It's
> a very common form pattern.
> 
> A date parser element. User can enter date into text box however they
> want...
> http://deadbeefbabe.org/paste/889
> 
> A fix for the output of radio lists...
> http://deadbeefbabe.org/paste/890
> 
> 
>>>eg. http://rafb.net/paste/results/dhZOhk37.html
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>>I get a 404
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> 
> I think they expire after a while. Have used another pastebin here.
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> 
>>>That's my ideal layout, can anyone give me hints on howto achieve it?
>>
>>Let me know if you find out!
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> 
> I found out on #twisted.web from fog, STemplar and others.
> 
> First checkout examples/customform.py from Nevow svn but it doesn't
> demonstrate argument slots (as opposed to argument patterns)
> 
> Here's an example of argument slots and patterns...
> http://rafb.net/paste/results/Tko2XM57.html
> 
> So you do get control over each arguments layout and position. The
> default Nevow argument pattern doesn't validate (div inside span!).
> Using dl,dt,dd makes more sense.
> 
> You might also want to apply this patch to nevow...
> http://divmod.org/users/roundup.twistd/nevow/issue203
> 
> Hope this saves you some time.
> 
> -RichardW.
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