[html-formfu] Problem with rendering Label type on invalid submission

[Rippl, Steve]

>>On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 7:19 PM, Rippl, Steve <rippls at woodlandschools.org> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have some largish forms which include Multi elements like the
>>> following, composed of Labels and Radios.  If another element on the
>>> form has a constraint that fails, and the form is re-rendered with the
>>> appropriate error messages, then none of the Label types appear, I'm
>>> left with radios buttons (with their labels with a small l), but the
>>> Lables (big L) don't show up.
>>>
>>>
> On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Carl Franks <fireartist at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Steve,
>>
>> I'm afraid I haven't had a chance to try running any code for this,
>> but I suspect the problem is because the Label element doesn't have a
>> "name" defined.
>> Although the name isn't used anywhere in the output xhtml, the Label
>> element is still a Field element internally, and so must have a name.
>>
>> Carl
>>
>
> Thanks for the response Carl, but I don't think that's doing it!  I
> changed the Multi and Labels to
>
>   - type: Fieldset
>     elements:
>     - type: Multi
>       name: jointcustody-multi
>       elements:
>         - type: Label
>           tag: span
>           name: jointcustody-label
>           value: "IS THERE A JOINT-CUSTODY OR WASHINGTON STATE
> PARENTING PLAN IN EFFECT?"
>           container_tag: span
>
>         - type: Radio
>           name: jointcustody
>           label: yes
>           value: yes
>           container_tag: span
>           reverse_multi: 1
>
>         - type: Radio
>           name: jointcustody
>           label: no
>           value: no
>           container_tag: span
>           reverse_multi: 1
>
>         - type: Label
>           value: " (If yes, Washington State Parenting Plan must be
> on file with the school for enforcement.) "
>           name: jointcustody-label2
>
> and still the Labels don't get rendered if other fields in the form
> fail a constraint.  Here's the actual output...
>
> <fieldset>
> <div class="multi">
> <span class="elements">
> <span name="jointcustody-multi.jointcustody-label"></span>
> <input name="jointcustody-multi.jointcustody" type="radio" value="yes" />
>
> <label>yes</label>
> <input name="jointcustody-multi.jointcustody" type="radio" value="no" />
> <label>no</label>
> <span name="jointcustody-multi.jointcustody-label2"></span>
> </span>
>
> the <span></span> tags for the Labels are there in the output even if
> I don't include the name attribute, they just don't have a name in
> that case, but as you can see in either case the tags are empty.
>



This is still a problem for me under 0.09002, I'd dig around in the
code but I don't really know where to begin?

Any pointers would be appreciated...

Thanks,
Steve


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Steve Rippl
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Woodland Public Schools
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