Form widget iterator

[Iain Fogg]

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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[Leon Torres-2]

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
>
>

[Iain Fogg]

Leon,

Thanks for confirming what I thought. I started down the %{bsh:....}
path last night, but I think I might go back to FTL for all but the
simplest things.

Cheers, Iain

Leon Torres wrote:

> 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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