[CLK-4] Fieldset Control

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Assignee: Malcolm Edgar
• Reporter: Malcolm Edgar
• Created: 04/Sep/05 05:50
• Updated: 01/Oct/05 16:57
• Resolved: 27/Sep/05 14:50

Description

This issue was raised by Jake Robwood on S:

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1268101&group_id=82095&atid=565027

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Hi,

I think a Fieldset Control is absolutely necessary and
should have a higher priority than mentioned in the forum.
One can't really make a bigger form without it
fieldsets (look at any form in Internet that has more
than a few fields).

The Fieldset is a HTML specific tag and should exist as
CLICK control, since it's required by any well formed form.
CSS styling is also impossible in a right way without
it (I mean table less forms - only CSS based)

Simple requirements:
===============

• Basically it should be a 'container' control since it
  can hold elements.
• the fielset should have common/bulk methods(e.g. read
  only, hide, disable) for the elements, to mainpulate al
  at once.
• It should work with the autolayout(this is very
  important)
• errors should be fieldset aware (if one selects it so)

First solution:
==========
The solution proposed by Malcolm on the forum is not
enough IMHO:

• autolayout is one of the most appealing features of
  CLICK.In that case one is giving it up.
• writing own layouts for the most users is not simple,
  thus giving away the first reason most users choose
  CLICK - simplicity.
• controls that are layouted in a form(by

hand) will
still not behave as a group, since CLICK 'error
feedback', have no knowledge about the fieldset
group-ing, so one needs to write extra code to control
them as a group -> giving simplicity away.

Second solution:
============
Really don't know how to implement it since I don't
know how CLICK is made, but if you want to see some
examples on how a form should behave or just ideas, see
these links:

• http://jeffhowden.com/code/css/forms/ - (if you click
  submit, you'll see how the error feedback is made -
  very nice)

• http://www.formassembly.com/ - I think this needs no
  comments . Just use the FormBuilder, and you'll see
  that the fieldsets make life very easy.
  btw, wForms is a very nice javascript validating
  library (much better than fValidate). Maybe it could be
  used in CLICK too (to release the users from embedding
  javascript by hand - Should I make another tracker ticket?)

• http://www.picment.com/articles/css/funwithforms/
  -(try the link Step V - simply sweet)

• http://www.themaninblue.com/experiment/InForm/ - not
  so eye candy but with some layout ideas (see the layout
  ways on top of the form)

-http://webstandards.org/learn/tutorials/accessible-forms/01-accessible-forms.html

• see all the 3 parts.

http://www.aplus.co.yu/css/forms/?css=4

I hope the above references will help,

regards,

Jake..