2009/3/19 Johannes Peeters <[email protected]>: > > Thanks Yaron, > > It would be great to integrate with Yahoo's "DataTable" (or with > others like it). For now I solved it with three templates: > StartTable > TableRow > EndTable > > StartTable provides the <table><tr><th>A</th></tr> > TableRow provides <tr><td>Content</td></tr> (in Mediawiki's format) > EndTable only provides </table> > > That works and looks pretty neat.
Do you have a demo somewhere? or could you make one on a referata 'scratch pad'? I'd be interested in using this, because I work with people who are very familiar with MS Excel. Giving them a format they recognize can be very useful for getting them to contribute and maintain data. Cheers Dan. > On Mar 18, 7:21 pm, Yaron Koren <[email protected]> wrote: >> Well, my long-term goal is to integrate the Yahoo UI library's "DataTable" >> input into forms, and have that serve as the table editor you're talking >> about; you can see an example here: >> >> http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/examples/datatable/dt_cellediting.html >> >> For the short term, something like your first approach is probably the way >> to go, although you might be better off getting rid of the "class=formtable" >> calls, and possibly replacing with your own CSS class that minimizes the >> margins and padding. >> >> -Yaron >> >> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Johannes Peeters <[email protected]>wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> > Hi, >> >> > I am looking on how to build a basic table editor with semantic forms. >> > I would love to have an empty table in my form, with only the cell >> > headers visible. The 'add another' button would add a next row to the >> > table. >> >> > My current implementation looks like this >> > Template:TableHeader: >> > {| class="wikitable" >> > ! First Column >> > ! Second Column >> > ! Third Column >> > |} >> >> > Template:TableRow: >> > {| class="wikitable" >> > | [[has first column::{{{FirstColumnValue|}}}]] >> > | [[has second column::{{{SecondColumnValue|}}}]] >> > | [[has third column::{{{ThirdColumnValue|}}}]] >> > |} >> >> > Form:CreateTable: >> > {{{for template|TableHeader}}} >> > {| class="formtable" >> > |} >> > {{{end template}}} >> >> > {{{for template|TableRow|multiple}}} >> > {| class="formtable" >> > | {{{field|FirstColumnValue}}} >> > | {{{field|SecondColumnValue}}} >> > | {{{field|ThirdColumnValue}}} >> > |} >> > {{{end template}}} >> >> > This provides a semi-workable solution, which looks ugly. Because the >> > content of every cell will be different, there is no visible table >> > rendered. Also, a large amount of space is displayed between every row >> > (and the header). >> >> > I tried to refactor my form to wrap the rows into a table in the form >> > itself, but that messes up the page. >> >> > Form:CreateTable2 >> > {| class="wikitable" >> > ! First Column >> > ! Second Column >> > ! Third Column >> > {{{for template|TableRow|multiple}}} >> > {| class="formtable" >> > | {{{field|FirstColumnValue}}} >> > | {{{field|SecondColumnValue}}} >> > | {{{field|ThirdColumnValue}}} >> > |} >> > {{{end template}}} >> > |} >> >> > An ideal situation would be to be able to use 'compound' forms, >> > something like: >> > Form:CreateTable3 >> > {{{for template|TableHeader}}} >> > {| class="formtable" >> > {{{call Form:CreateTableRow}}} >> > |} >> > {{{end template}}} >> >> > Form:CreateTableRow >> > {{{for template|TableRow|multiple}}} >> > {| class="formtable" >> > | {{{field|FirstColumnValue}}} >> > | {{{field|SecondColumnValue}}} >> > | {{{field|ThirdColumnValue}}} >> > |} >> >> > Is there a solution to my problem in the current release of Semantic >> > Forms, or should I search for another solution? >> >> > Thanks! >> > Johannes > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Semantic Forms" group. 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/semantic-forms?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
