Taglib documentation for tag mak:editForm#
Description#
Makes a form for editing the object indicated by any of the labels of the mandatory enclosing <mak:object> or <mak:list>. Also linked objects can be edited through the same form.
Attributes#
| Name | Required | Runtime expression | Description | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| object | true | false | The label of the MQL object to edit
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Mandatory.
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| recordChangesIn | false | false | In which variable to record the changed values in
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Fixed, optional.
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| handler (from mak:form) |
false | false | the Java method that handles the response
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Arguments: (Dictionary<String, Object> formFields, Attributes restOfArguments, Transaction t) Not mandatory. A form without handler will simply set attributes (as makumba objects) for the next page
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| action (from mak:form) |
false | true | the response page of the form
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Mandatory if a <mak:action> is absent
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| method (from mak:form) |
false | true | the HTTP method (get or post)
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Defaults to get
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| name (from mak:form) |
false | true | the name of the form
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Optional name of the form, used to identify it by other makumba tags
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| message (from mak:form) |
false | true | the message that is displayed in the response page upon success
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Defaults to "changes done".
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| triggerEvent (from mak:form) |
false | true | Name of the event to be raised after successful AJAX submission of the form
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In case of a successful response, the event is fired.
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| annotation (from mak:form) |
false | true | Indicates whether validation errors should be shown in the form, or be displayed in the <mak:response/>.
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Taken into account only if reloadFormOnError is not set to false. Values are none (displayed in <mak:response/>), before (before the input), after (after the input) or both (displayed both before and after the input). Defaults to none.
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| annotationSeparator (from mak:form) |
false | true | Prints the given separator between the annotation and the input field.
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Also HTML can be used, e.g. printing an error icon.
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| reloadFormOnError (from mak:form) |
false | true | Indicates whether the form page shall be reloaded on an error, or the specified form action page will be loaded directly.
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Values are true or false; defaults to false.
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| clientSideValidation (from mak:form) |
false | true | Controls whether client side validation shall be used.
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Values are false (off), true (on submission) or live (while tpying).
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| target (from mak:form) |
false | true | Form-specific HTML tag attribute
(generic) |
The content is copied to the resulting <form...> tag. Careful with (escaping) quotes.
(generic)
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| onReset (from mak:form) |
false | true | ||
| onSubmit (from mak:form) |
false | true | ||
| styleClass (from mak:form) |
false | true | Generic HTML tag attribute
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results in class="..."
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| style (from mak:form) |
false | true | Generic HTML tag attribute
(generic) |
The content is copied to the resulting html tag. Careful with (escaping) quotes.
(generic)
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| title (from mak:form) |
false | true | ||
| onClick (from mak:form) |
false | true | ||
| onDblClick (from mak:form) |
false | true | ||
| onKeyDown (from mak:form) |
false | true | ||
| onKeyUp (from mak:form) |
false | true | ||
| onKeyPress (from mak:form) |
false | true | ||
| onDblClick (from mak:form) |
false | true | ||
| onMouseDown (from mak:form) |
false | true | ||
| onMouseUp (from mak:form) |
false | true | ||
| onMouseMove (from mak:form) |
false | true | ||
| onMouseOut (from mak:form) |
false | true | ||
| onMouseOver (from mak:form) |
false | true |
See also#
mak:input, mak:newForm, mak:addForm, mak:editForm, mak:deleteLink, mak:delete
Examples#
<mak:object from="company.Employee e" where="e=$employee">
<mak:editForm object="e" action="employeeView.jsp" method="post">
<mak:input name="name"/>
<mak:input name="surname"/>
<mak:input name="gender"/>
<mak:input name="birthdate"/>
<mak:input name="salary"/>
<mak:input name="department"/>
<input type=submit value="Save changes">
</mak:editForm>
</mak:object>