Read manual. 
http://book.cakephp.org/view/191/options-before-options-between-options-separator-a

echo $form->input(
    'Amenity',
    array(
        'type' => 'select',
        'multiple' => 'checkbox',
        'after' => $form->input(
            'User.name',
            array('onfocus' => 'CheckCheckBox(this.form)')
        )
    )
);

On Aug 28, 2:57 pm, fabio <3bi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Dr.Loboto, thank you very much for your suggestion... i'm
> handling on it but i would first need to know how to set the
> FormHelper options to show one text field beside each checkbox...
>
> I was thinking about something like  markup injections using
> parameters "between[string]" or "after[string]" but i'm not really
> sure it make sense...
>
> Any additional suggestion ?
>
> thanks a lot, really appreciate
>
> fabio
>
> On 28 Ago, 07:59, "Dr. Loboto" <drlob...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > echo $form->input('User.name', array('onfocus' => 'CheckCheckBox
> > (this.form)'));
>
> > On Aug 27, 9:18 pm, fabio <3bi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Dear all,
>
> > > i'm a CakePHP newbie and i'm looking for some help regarding a
> > > particular use of checkboxes in a form.
>
> > > Basically i've got a check-boxes-section in the form of a baked
> > > edit.ctp, called with a basic
>
> > > echo $form->input('Amenity', array( 'type' => 'select', 'multiple' =>
> > > 'checkbox' ));
>
> > > The models refers to a join table with an additional field 'specify':
>
> > > CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `amenities_properties` (
> > >   `id` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
> > >   `property_id` int(11) NOT NULL,
> > >   `amenity_id` int(11) NOT NULL,
> > >   `specify` varchar(100) NOT NULL default 'yes',
> > >   PRIMARY KEY  (`id`)
> > > );
>
> > > The idea is to set values like this:
>
> > > 'no' ....................if unchecked
> > > 'yes' ..................if checked
> > > 'whatever'........... if checked and a string 'whatever' is inserted
>
> > > In other words I need to associate to each checkboxes an additional
> > > input text field to be eventually filled only if the checkboxes are
> > > previously checked
>
> > > I've found what it seems a perfect solution for this, but now I need
> > > some help to implement it in CakePHP terms.
>
> > > Here it is:
>
> > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/
> > > TR/html4/strict.dtd">
> > > <html>
> > >         <head>
> > >                 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
> > > charset=iso-8859-1">
> > >                 <title>Test Checkbox</title>
> > >                 <script type="text/javascript">
> > >                         function CheckCheckBox(frm)
> > >                         {
> > >                         if (!frm.CheckThis.checked)
> > >                         frm.CheckThis.focus()
> > >                         }
> > >                 </script>
> > >         </head>
> > >         <body>
> > >          <form>
> > >                 <p><input type="checkbox" name="CheckThis">
> > >                 To insert your name check the box.</p>
> > >                 <p>
> > >                 Name:
> > >                 <input type="text" name="UserName" onfocus="CheckCheckBox
> > > (this.form)"></p>
> > >      </form>
> > >         </body>
> > > </html>
>
> > > (see it in action here:http://www.html.it/articoli/1756/esempio.html
> > > )
>
> > > How you can see, the javascript function allows the user to input an
> > > alternative value to yes/no only if the checkbox is previously checked
>
> > > So the point is:
> > > how to get done this behaviour togheter with CakePHP default Form
> > > Helper ?
> > > Do you think it's possible somehow or another approach would be better
> > > to achieve the same result ?
>
> > > Thanks a lot in advance for some suggestions
>
> > > Best regards
>
> > > fabio
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