Hi All
I got very excited when I read about the upcoming template based widgets,
it is something that is really needed. I would like to hear your comments
on a proposal I have that should only be a couple of lines to add but would
add a massive usability boost.
I propose that we add the concept of "template sets", that gives us the
ability to switch between sets of widget templates on a global or per form
level.
Taking Bootstrap as an example; you have a required structure for stacked
forms another for inline forms and in v4 another for custom forms. The
actual widget rendering for say a RadioSelect is different in all
situations. You could manually change widget templates for each different
situation etc, but...
Imagine if you could simply say:
class MyForm:
class Meta:
template_set = 'bootstrap_inline' # or 'admin',
'bootstrap_stacked', 'foundation', 'skeleton', 'uikit',..
and the required widget templates would automatically be used.
3rd party applications would quickly popup with template sets for
Bootstrap, Foundation, Skeleton, UiKit etc and Django will automatically
generate forms for that particular framework.
To implement this would be as easy as injecting an additional templates
directory based on the value of template_set. Not setting template_set
would mean the default template resolution applies.
I believe this would make Django truly framework agnostic and easy to
implement any framework of your choosing or switch from one framework to
another...
Your thoughts on 1) concept and 2) implementation?
Regards
Gert Steyn
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