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Bob Schellink commented on CLK-643:
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Having Form properties to override defaults could be useful, but an intuitive
default will be good.
According to the spec, the disabled attribute was meant to be used in the
context of JavaScript, so catering for this use case make sense. I have a
feeling that disabled usage is underutilized because of its strange behavior.
> Form copy to object behaviour
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>
> Key: CLK-643
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLK-643
> Project: Click
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: core
> Affects Versions: 2.1.0
> Reporter: Malcolm Edgar
> Assignee: Malcolm Edgar
> Priority: Minor
> Fix For: 2.2.0
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> The Form#copyFormToObject() behaviour can be misleading in two respects.
> When a HTML forms field is disabled, its value is displayed in the browser
> window but it is not editable and is disable. However when the user submits
> the form the field value is not submitted even if it is populated. The
> Form#copyFormToObject() method will actually nullify the target objects
> property value, as the disabled field has a null value. This is clearly not
> the expected behaviour.
> The other scenario which is problematic is with readonly fields. By default
> the Form#copyFormToObject() method will write read only field value into the
> target objects properties. Sometimes this is not the behaviour you are after,
> as type coercion behaviour cause errors. For example if you are using a form
> which has some TextFields showin a date property as a readonly field, when
> the form is submitted the string value will be set on the target objects
> property which will cause type coercion issues, or may truncate data. The
> Form should have an option to not write readonly field values when copying
> form field values to a target object.
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