[html-formfu] custom ExtJS element

[Mario Minati]

Hello Alexander,

you can write
return { xtype => "textfield", %{$super} };

This way you can overwrite the xtype.

If time permits I'll upload to svn.

Greets,

Mario

Am Mittwoch 24 Juni 2009 14:09:38 schrieb 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-d
> > >emo.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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