On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 9:42 PM, Jack Orenstein <j...@geophile.com> wrote:
> > I'm new to Django, and making good progress rewriting a Struts-based > website. (It started rotting because I found Struts so painful and > non-intuitive. Django is so much easier.) > > The major problems I'm running into have to do with HTML generation, > first with error messages, and then with RadioSelect. In general, I > don't like the, default, as_p or as_ul options. I'm also finding that > the documentation on how to change the HTML is kind of thin, so I'm > reading code and guessing. For errors, I ended up doing something > like this: > > form.errors # Force creation of _errors > errors = form._errors.items() > > I now have a list of unformatted items which I can format anyway I want. > > I'm running into a similar problem with RadioSelect. I found > widgets.RadioFieldRender, but I can't extend it (it isn't exported). > > So I have a question and a suggestion. > > Question: How do I control HTML generation, ideally at field- or > widget-level? I feel I must be overlooking something easy. > > Suggestion: Instead of hardwiring formatting into Django, allow > attributes to specify formatting. E.g., here is the minimal HTML for > radio buttons for selecting gender: > > <input type="radio" name="gender" value="m">Male > <input type="radio" name="gender" value="f">Female > > I might want to generate some HTML before the first input, after the > last, and between adjacent inputs. RadioFieldRenderer does this in a > hardcoded way. How about providing, through the API, widget > attributes such as 'before', 'after', and 'in_between'? These could > default to what RadioFieldRendered does, but I could also substitute > my own. > > Jack Orenstein > > > > > The best way to do HTML rendering of forms(IMO) is by simply iterating over the fields: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/forms/#looping-over-the-form-s-fields. In my experience this is the best balance of power and flexibility. Alex -- "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." --Voltaire "The people's good is the highest law."--Cicero --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
