Automagic date field without the day
I'm looking to create an automagic date field, but I only want to show the month and year selects. The user doesn't need to see or pick a day. I have used the date and year type inputs for other things, but they are kind of inconvenient and it would be nice to treat the date info like all the rest of the form's data. Any thoughts? Thanks, Frank --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups CakePHP group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: create an input with $form-input() and disable it?
@CraigFisher: I ended up going readonly too - using the field as disabled was not quite as intuitive as I was hoping. It wasn't any harder and selecting it for styling it was easy. @mscdex: I was looking for a generic form related attribute. id would be a better example than width, but there's probably an option in the options array for setting the id. Perhaps a rel attribute or something like that - I can't think if rel is allowed in an input tag, but I think you get the idea. Thanks all! Frank On Feb 18, 4:05 am, CraigFisher crayfis...@gmail.com wrote: I got caught by the phantom data loss: the $data array after POSTing doesn't contain the all the fields from the Model-read; only those that aren't disabled - so if you fail validation, and theformis redisplayed, the data which was originally populated via the Model- read will have lost the fields which were disabled. Readonly and css was the way that I used... otherwise you can't use the 'Input' styling for consistent looks view code. -C --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups CakePHP group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: create an input with $form-input() and disable it?
Because I want to show the data as part of the form, for reference. I don't want it modified. In this case, it's an id number and a created date. Neither should be changed, but I want both incorporated into the form. Frank On Mar 2, 12:52 pm, brian bally.z...@gmail.com wrote: Why not just make it hidden? On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 11:01 AM, FranktheTank frankbirchstu...@gmail.com wrote: @CraigFisher: I ended up going readonly too - using the field as disabled was not quite as intuitive as I was hoping. It wasn't any harder and selecting it for styling it was easy. @mscdex: I was looking for a generic form related attribute. id would be a better example than width, but there's probably an option in the options array for setting the id. Perhaps a rel attribute or something like that - I can't think if rel is allowed in an input tag, but I think you get the idea. Thanks all! Frank On Feb 18, 4:05 am, CraigFisher crayfis...@gmail.com wrote: I got caught by the phantom data loss: the $data array after POSTing doesn't contain the all the fields from the Model-read; only those that aren't disabled - so if you fail validation, and theformis redisplayed, the data which was originally populated via the Model- read will have lost the fields which were disabled. Readonly and css was the way that I used... otherwise you can't use the 'Input' styling for consistent looks view code. -C --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups CakePHP group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: create an input with $form-input() and disable it?
Because my client wanted a consistent interface. I realize I could have hard-coded the input in HTML and inserted the value, but I wanted the advantage of the HTML helper. It's also nice to know that if I modify the helper, these fields will remain consistent with the rest of the inputs. Frank On Mar 2, 1:54 pm, brian bally.z...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 1:39 PM, FranktheTank frankbirchstu...@gmail.com wrote: Because I want to show the data as part of the form, for reference. I don't want it modified. In this case, it's an id number and a created date. Neither should be changed, but I want both incorporated into the form. So just print the ID and date. Why create an input at all? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups CakePHP group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
create an input with $form-input() and disable it?
I am looking to display some data in a form and I'd like to include some non editable data in a disabled input box. My client likes the consistent look of the page and I'd like to output this data, along with the rest of the editable data, for reference. Is there a simple way to use $form-input() to display a disable input box? Or is there a common method used as an alternative? Thanks, Frank --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups CakePHP group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: create an input with $form-input() and disable it?
Thank you - this is exactly what I needed. I love the way cake works,
though sometimes it can be so easy that it's frustrating - I end up
over-thinking and find out later that the thing I want do is a
standard, simple option or feature.
Thanks again, this worked perfectly.
On Feb 16, 3:14 pm, Marcelo Andrade mfandr...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 5:01 PM, FranktheTank
frankbirchstu...@gmail.com wrote:
(..) Is there a simple
way to use $form-input() to display adisableinputbox?
Something like that in your view must work:
echo $form-input( 'Model.fieldname', array('disabled'= 'disabled') );
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Re: create an input with $form-input() and disable it?
I do realize that the disabled field won't get posted, and I don't want it to - it's the automatically generated Created date, and I just wanted to show what that date is, and it's convenient to do so right on the form. So if I were to use the 'readonly' option, the data appears on the form and posts with the form, but it's not editable in the form? That's an interesting option to have. Thanks for the info - very helpful. Frank On Feb 16, 4:04 pm, Me keithnorris.spect...@gmail.com wrote: Note that using disabled has the additional consequence that the disabled data you show won't POST through on the form, which may be OK depending on your situation. If you don't expect it, you can have phantom data loss If you want non-editable data but need it to POST, use array ( 'readonly' = 'readonly'). You can use css to gray it out if you want a disabled appearance. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups CakePHP group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: create an input with $form-input() and disable it?
OK, I'll admit my noobishness - can you add any HTML attribute to the options array, and cake just adds it to the tag? For instance, if you add 'width' = '50' it will set width=50 in the input tag? If so, that rocks, and will keep me from asking questions like this one again. Thanks! Frank On Feb 16, 5:31 pm, FranktheTank frankbirchstu...@gmail.com wrote: I do realize that the disabled field won't get posted, and I don't want it to - it's the automatically generated Created date, and I just wanted to show what that date is, and it's convenient to do so right on the form. So if I were to use the 'readonly' option, the data appears on the form and posts with the form, but it's not editable in the form? That's an interesting option to have. Thanks for the info - very helpful. Frank On Feb 16, 4:04 pm, Me keithnorris.spect...@gmail.com wrote: Note that using disabled has the additional consequence that the disabled data you show won't POST through on the form, which may be OK depending on your situation. If you don't expect it, you can have phantom data loss If you want non-editable data but need it to POST, use array ( 'readonly' = 'readonly'). You can use css to gray it out if you want a disabled appearance. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups CakePHP group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
access the name of the active model in the view
Short of performing surgery on the URI, how can I determine the model which has called the current view? I'd like to add it to my default layout so I can automate some tabs. Thanks. Frank --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups CakePHP group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
