midcom_helper_datamanager_widget_text
This is a flexible text widget, that allows for input of plain text in several forms. Supported widgets are:
- Simple single line text field ('shorttext')
- Auto-wrapping textarea ('longtext')
- Preformatted textarea ('longtext_preformatted')
- Password field, it will show only a single * for an entered password ('password')
- text
- number
widget_text_inputstyle: This defines the actual widget to use, as listed above, defaults to 'shorttext'.
widget_text_maxlength: The maximum input length, only relevant for the single line modes shorttext and password. It defaults to 255 there. The value will be ignored for the longtext fields. If set, this must be a positive integer number.
widget_text_height, widget_text_width: These to variables are only used with the longtext widgets, they allow you to override the size of the fields using the CSS width and height parameters while editing only. The style='' is used to override the default values.
Sample configuration
"title" => array (
"description" => "Title",
"datatype" => "text",
"location" => "title",
"required" => true,
"widget_text_inputstyle" => "longtext",
"widget_text_height" => "5em",
// Example for the shorttext (default) input style
// "widget_text_maxlength" => 60,
),CSS Styles in use by the Widget
The input fields have one of these CSS classes assigned to them in respect to the selected inputstyle:
- input.shorttext
- textarea.longtext
- textarea.longtext_preformatted
- input.password
Located in /midcom/helper/datamanager/widget_text.php (line 66)
midcom_helper_datamanager_widget | --midcom_helper_datamanager_widget_text
string
$_height
(line 94)
Height of longtext fields.
Remember to define em or px, as this uses CSS rules, this overrides any rules in ais.css.
string
$_inputstyle
(line 83)
The widget style to use, one of shorttext, longtext, longtext_preformatted or password.
int
$_maxlength
(line 74)
Maximum length of the input text for single-line fields.
string
$_width
(line 105)
Width of both long- and shorttext fields.
Remember to define em or px, as this uses CSS rules, this overrides any rules in ais.css.
Inherited Variables
Inherited from midcom_helper_datamanager_widget
midcom_helper_datamanager_widget::$missingrequired
- midcom_helper_datamanager_widget::draw_view()
- Wenn called, this method should display the current data without any editing widget.
- midcom_helper_datamanager_widget::draw_widget()
- This method draws the HTML-Form widgets required to edit the data. This can be anything from a single form tag to a full list of them. Note, that you will be automatically enclosed within the calls to draw_widget_start and draw_widget_end.
- midcom_helper_datamanager_widget::_constructor()
- The constructor populates the internal members with a reference to the datamanger we belong to, the definition of the field we use and the default value we should use to initialize the widget's data.
Overriden to handle the password style widget. It mustn't update in certain cases.
- midcom_helper_datamanager_widget::_read_formdata()
- Reads the HTTP POST request data if available.
Inherited Methods
Inherited From midcom_helper_datamanager_widget
midcom_helper_datamanager_widget::midcom_helper_datamanager_widget()
midcom_helper_datamanager_widget::draw_helptext()
midcom_helper_datamanager_widget::draw_view()
Documentation generated on Mon, 21 Nov 2005 18:24:55 +0100 by phpDocumentor 1.3.0RC3