Right, I definitely agree there should be standardization of controls. However, plugins etc. shouldn't really be using the optionscontrols_*.
I agree that the markup of the formcontrol_* html could be improved. Maybe if you have improved markup/css you could submit it to Trac? On May 30, 2:15 pm, Colin <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree 100% about the creating my own formcontrols, and I do it now, > but if a lot of plugin authors have to do this, we could end up with a > lot of different formcontrols which duplicate a lot of code due to a > small inconsistency. Maybe I'm just a stickler for simplicity and > uniformity. > > WRT to the table support: yes, good point, I forgot people would use > it for lazy layout. I was actually thinking about using it for > tabulating saved data (in this case logs) in an easy way and wasn't > looking at FormUI as purely a form tool (though it's name does kind of > give it's function away ;-) ). I suppose a table form control is > probably unnecessary given the risks of bad practise and the > infrequent use. > > > > On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Arthus Erea <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Remember, you are free to create your own formcontrols to be packaged > > with plugins/themes if the defaults do not satisfy you. > > > Colin wrote: > >> No probs. > > >> As we're on the topic of improving FormUI, I've got a couple of my own > >> suggestions: > > >> 1. How about table support? I've taken a quick look and I suspect > >> this can be done in a similar way to the fieldset functionality, just > >> a bit more complex. > > > What possible use do tables have within forms? FormUI is for creating > > forms, not for creating other types of data. > > > Tables should be used for tabular data, NOT as a lazy way to lay stuff out. > > > I am a strong -1 on introducing table support into FormUI. > > -- > Colin Seymour > Blog:http://www.colinseymour.co.uk > Tech Stuff:http://www.lildude.co.uk --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
