Form Fields Created with Scaffolding Macros
This section explains the following macros.
Date-data macro
The date-data macro allows editing of dates in a series of drop-down boxes in the Edit view.
The general form is:
{date-data:Name|format=[date format]}[<FIXED DATE>, yesterday, today, tomorrow, now]{date-data}
An example follows.
{date-data:MeetingDateTime|format=yyyy-MMM-dd HH-mm-ss}today{date-data}
2011-Apr-04 00-00-00
Text-data macro
The text-data macro allows entering and editing free text in the Edit view.
The general form is:
{text-data:Name|type=[line, area]}Default text.{text-data}
Username: {text-data:Username|width=100px}{text-data}
Password: {text-data:Password|type=password|width=100px}{text-data}
|| Address: | {text-data:Address|type=area|width=400px|height=150px}Street,
City, State, Postcode
Country{text-data} |
The following example shows the markup above as rendered with the type=line.
Default text.
Username:
Password:
Address: |
Street, City, State, Postcode Country |
|---|
Observation about how the text-data macro works
It appears that once a value is specified for a text-data macro of the type line, it's not possible to edit that value. For example, once the page is saved with "Default text" in the text-data macro, it is not possible to change it to "Default name." This may also be the case for editing text-data of the type area.
