[html-formfu] Can't get element name

[Carl Franks]

Hi,

Are you setting explicit IDs or are you relying on auto_id()?
If it's auto_id(), then they're not created until render time - in
which case you'll need to inspect
    $form->render_data()

To get the name, you need $element->name(), as it also isn't put into
the attributes until render time.
Again, if you inspect $form->render_data(), it should be in the
{attributes} by then.

Cheers,
Carl

2009/8/31 Ascii King <tech at swattermatter.com>:
> Why doesn't this code return the name and id of the element?
>
> I have declared all of my variables, I just didn't include it here. This
> code will put the title and maxlength attributes of a text field into the
> Repeatables_List, but not the id or name.
>
> The code is supposed to find a text field that has a "title" attribute and
> put a div tag right after it. The code fails because it never actually grabs
> the name of the retrieved element. Why not?
>
> I have so much trouble understanding what is going on inside of the arrays
> and hashes that I work with.
>
> -----------------------------------------
>  my @Repeat_List = $form->get_all_elements({ type => 'Text'});
>
>  while (@Repeat_List->[0][$count]) {
>
>   if (@Repeat_List->[0][$count]->attributes->{'title'}) {
>       tester = tester . "title == " .
> @Repeat_List->[0][$count]->attributes->{'title'} . "<BR>";
>     tester = tester . "id == " .
> @Repeat_List->[0][$count]->attributes->{'id'} . "<BR>";
>     tester = tester . "name == " .
> @Repeat_List->[0][$count]->attributes->{'name'} . "<BR>";
>     tester = tester . "maxlength == " .
> @Repeat_List->[0][$count]->attributes->{'maxlength'} . "<BR>";
>
>     $new_element = $form->element({ type => 'Block', id =>
> @Repeat_List->[0][$count]->attributes->{'id'} });
>  #      $position = @Repeat_List->[0][$count];
>     $position = $form->get_element({ type => 'Text', name =>
> @Repeat_List->[0][$count]->attributes->{'name'} });
>       $form->insert_after( $new_element, $position );
>   }
>     $count++;
>  }
>
>  $c->stash->{Repeatables_List} = tester;
>
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