Nice, though I worry glancing at some of the css that it might be
somewhat brittle in different layouts.  Then again, I haven't had to
deal with IE chicanery for awhile so maybe that's just me. :P

On Aug 5, 9:30 am, Bryan Larsen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've got a big demo set up for tomorrow.  Hopefully after that I can
> start getting caught up on hobousers again.   In the meantime, here's
> a tag and some css that I'll probably put into hobo-contrib.   Please
> try it out.   Enjoy!
>
> <!--- This tag is very similar to Rapid's `field-list`.  However,
> instead of rendering a table, it renders what [Anatoli Papirovski
> calls "perfect form markup"](http://fecklessmind.com/2009/01/23/how-to-
> reliable-css-forms/)
>
> It takes the same attributes & parameters as [field-list](http://
> cookbook.hobocentral.net/api_tag_defs/field-list), with the addition
> of a `legend` parameter and a `required` attribute.
>
> The `required` attribute is a list of methods.  If the current field
> is included in the list, the field div has the `required` class added
> to it.
>
> The accompanying css allows this fieldset to be rendered in three
> different ways.  You may trigger these by setting a class of
> `horizontal`, `vertical` or `inline-vertical`.  `inline-vertical`
> fieldset's may also be nested inside of a `horizontal` fieldset.
>
> ### Example
>
> Simple example:
>
>     <form>
>       <feckless-fieldset class="vertical"/>
>     </form>
>
> And a more complicated one that you may actually want to steal:
>
>     <extend tag="signup-form" for="User">
>       <old-signup-form >
>         <field-list: replace>
>           <fieldset class="horizontal">
>             <legend>New Account Registration</legend>
>             <div class="field name-field">
>               <label class="name-label" for="user_name">Name</label>
>               <feckless-fieldset id="user_name" class="inline-
> vertical" fields="salutation, first_name, last_name, suffix"
> required="first_name, last_name" />
>             </div>
>             <div class="field contact-field">
>               <label class="contact-label" for="user_contact">Contact</
> label>
>               <feckless-fieldset id="user_contact" class="inline-
> vertical" fields="email_address, phone_number"
> required="email_address" />
>             </div>
>             <div class="field passwords-field">
>               <label class="passwords-label"
> for="user_contact">Password</label>
>               <feckless-fieldset id="user_passwords" class="inline-
> vertical" fields="password, password_confirmation" required="password,
> password_confirmation">
>                 <password-label:></password-label:>
>                 <password-confirmation-label:>Confirmation</password-
> confirmation-label:>
>               </feckless-fieldset>
>             </div>
>           </fieldset>
>         </field-list:>
>       </old-signup-form>
>     </extend>
>
> -->
> <def tag="feckless-fieldset" attrs="tag, no-edit, required">
>   <% tag ||= scope.in_form ? "input" : "view"; no_edit ||= "skip" -%>
>   <% required ||= "" ; required = comma_split(required.gsub('-', '_'))
> -%>
>   <fieldset class="feckless-fields" merge-attrs="&attributes -
> attrs_for(:with_fields)">
>     <legend param if="&parameters[:legend]" />
>     <with-fields merge-attrs="&attributes & attrs_for(:with_fields)">
>     <% field_name = this_field_name
>        input_attrs = {:no_edit => no_edit} if tag == "input" &&
> no_edit == "disable"
>        field_method = this_field.to_s.sub('?', '')
>        id_for_this = param_name_for_this.gsub('[', '_').gsub(']', '')
>     -%>
>       <div class="field #{field_method}-field #{'required' if
> required.include?(field_method)} " unless="&tag == 'input' && no_edit
> == 'skip' && !can_edit?">
>         <label for="&id_for_this" param="#{field_method}-label"
> unless="&field_name.blank?">
>           <%= field_name %>
>         </label>
>         <do param="#{field_method}-view">
>           <do param="view"><call-tag tag="&tag" param="#{field_method}-
> tag" merge-attrs="&input_attrs"/></do>
>         </do>
>         <span param="#{field_method}-help" class="input-help"
> if="&tag.to_sym == :input && !this_field_help.blank?">
>           <%= this_field_help %>
>         </span>
>       </div>
>     </with-fields>
>   </fieldset>
> </def>
>
> css:
>
> /* see:http://fecklessmind.com/2009/01/23/how-to-reliable-css-forms/
> */
>
> /* put a class of 'vertical', 'horizontal' or 'inline-vertical' on
> your fieldset to choose your layout. */
>
> /* fieldset {clear: both;} */
> legend {padding: 0 0 1.286em; font-size: 1.167em; font-weight: 700;}
> fieldset fieldset legend {padding: 0 0 1.5em; font-size: 1em;}
> * html legend {margin-left: -7px;} /* ie6 */
> *+html legend {margin-left: -7px;} /* ie7 */
>
> fieldset .field, fieldset .buttons {/* clear: both; */ margin: 0 0
> 1.0em;}
> fieldset .field label, fieldset .field .input-help {display: block;}
> fieldset ul.fields {margin: 0 0 1.0em; padding: 0;}
> fieldset ul.fields li {list-style-type: none; margin: 0;}
> fieldset ul.inline li, fieldset ul.inline label {display: inline;}
> fieldset ul.inline li {padding: 0 .75em 0 0;}
>
> input.radio, input.checkbox {vertical-align: top;}
> label, button, input.submit, input.image {cursor: pointer;}
> * html input.radio, * html input.checkbox {vertical-align: middle;} /*
> ie6 */
> *+html input.radio, *+html input.checkbox {vertical-align: middle;} /*
> ie7 */
>
> textarea {overflow: auto;}
> input.text, input.string, input.email-address, input.password,
> textarea, select {margin: 0; font: 1em/1.3 Helvetica, Arial,
> "Liberation Sans", "Bitstream Vera Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align:
> baseline;}
> input.text, input.string, input.email-address, input.password,
> textarea {border: 1px solid #444; padding: 2px;}
>
> /* horizontal layout */
> fieldset.horizontal .field {padding-left: 150px; }
> fieldset.horizontal .field label {display: inline; float: left; width:
> 140px; margin-left: -150px; clear:none;}
> fieldset.horizontal .input-help { display: inline; margin-left:
> 0.5em; }
>
> /* inline vertical layout.  We make sure to undue all the
> fieldset.horizontal styles so that this can be nested inside a
> fieldset.horizontal */
> fieldset.inline-vertical .field {padding-left: 0; display: inline-
> block; float: none; margin-left: 0; clear: none; height:1%;
> *display:inline;}
> fieldset.inline-vertical .field label {display: block; float: none;
> width: 100%; margin-left: 0;}
> fieldset.inline-vertical .input-help { display: block; margin-left:
> 0; }
>
> fieldset .field.required {color: red; }
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