[html-formfu] custom ExtJS element

[Alexander Hartmaier]

Am Montag, den 22.06.2009, 21:02 +0200 schrieb Moritz Onken:
> Hi Alex,
> 
> 
> did you try to just use a Text element?
> 
>   - elements:
>       - type: Text
>         attrs:
>           xtype: itemselector
> 
> 

I've already tried this before making a custom element class. It doesn't
work because the xtype is overwritten by the Text element in render by
return { %{$super}, xtype => "textfield" };

Should we add a Element::Generic class for such cases?

> This should do it. If you want to create a custom ExtJS element you  
> have to create both a HTML::FormFu::Element::ExtJS::ItemSelector and a  
> HTML::FormFu::ExtJS::Element::ItemSelector.
> 
> The elements in the HTML::FormFu::ExtJS::Element namespace are not  
> objects in the OO sense. They just provide a "render" method which is  
> used by ::ExtJS to render a HTML::FormFu::Element.

Which part of HTML::FormFu::ExtJS holds that magic?

> 
> cheers,
> 
> moritz
> 
> Am 22.06.2009 um 18:15 schrieb Alexander Hartmaier:
> 
> > I'm trying to create an Element::ItemSelector
> > (http://extjs.com/deploy/ext-3.0-rc2/examples/multiselect/multiselect-demo.html 
> > ) in my Catalyst apps' namespace for many-to-many rels but keep  
> > getting the error:
> >
> > "Can't locate object method "new" via package
> > "NAC::Web::NAC::HTML::FormFu::ExtJS::Element::ItemSelector"
> > at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/HTML/FormFu/ObjectUtil.pm line 167.
> > at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/HTML/FormFu.pm line 151"
> >
> > At the moment the class is just a copy of ExtJS::Element::Text:
> >
> > package NAC::Web::NAC::HTML::FormFu::ExtJS::Element::ItemSelector;
> >
> > use base "HTML::FormFu::ExtJS::Element::_Field";
> >
> > use strict;
> > use warnings;
> > use utf8;
> >
> > sub render {
> >    my $class = shift;
> >    my $self = shift;
> >    my $super = $class->SUPER::render($self);
> >    return { %{$super}, xtype => "itemselector" };
> > }
> >
> > 1;
> >
> > HTML::FormFu::ExtJS::Element::_Field doesn't have a base class and  
> > also
> > has no new contructor.
> > The HTML::FormFu::Element classes all do have a new constructor, why  
> > the
> > ExtJS not?
> >
> > What are I'm missing?
> >
> > --
> > BR Alex
> >
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