2008/9/17 goetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hallo, > > I trie to use get_element with no success. > > The debug output is always undef. > > When I use get_field or get_all_element I get the correct > output. > > > Any hint? > > > Her are the details: > > in the config file: > > - type: Select > name: name > label: name > > > in my controler: > > my $test = $form->get_element({ type => 'Select'}); # undef !!!!!!! > my $test01= $form->get_elements({type => 'Select'}); > my $field = $form->get_field(name => 'name'); > my $select= $form->get_all_element({type => 'Select'});
As that's only a snippet of the form config - I'm going to take a guess that you're either using auto_fieldset() - or the Select menu is nested by some other means, such as an explicit block. In which case, this behaviour is correct. $form->get_element() only returns direct children of the form object. If the Select element is nested within a fieldset or block, it'll never be returned. $form->get_elements() also won't return nested children, but it won't be undef, it'll just return an empty arrayref. $form->get_all_elements() does a recursive search, so it'll return the Select element. $form->get_field() also does a recursive search, so that'll work. If you're after a field, then get_field() / get_fields() are probably best. Cheers, Carl _______________________________________________ HTML-FormFu mailing list HTML-FormFu@lists.scsys.co.uk http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/html-formfu