Feedback on FormPlugin

We already have 2 form plugins: HtmlFormsPlugin and ControlsPlugin. Why create yet another one? Both plugins allow to create form elements (in slightly different ways), but neither plugin lets me create a complete form. And I found form validation (plus feedback) lacking.

FormPlugin is work in progress and should incorporate more traits from these plugins, for example to load form data from another topic.

-- ArthurClemens - 13 May 2007

older comments removed (see revision 21)

-- ArthurClemens - 08 Mar 2008

Using this promising plugin breaks the CSS in that when I try and view even a simple form my navigation menu switches over to the right-hand side. Viewing the FormPluginExamples? topic also shows that the CSS is broken because the example forms become centered and the font changes. I get this with both IE7.5730 and FF2.0.0.14.

I'm running TWiki version TWiki-4.2.0, Tue, 22 Jan 2008, build 16278, Plugin API version 1.2.

This means I cannot use this plugin as it looks messy.

-- JamesGMoore - 18 Jun 2008

Do you a different skin than PatternSkin?

-- ArthurClemens - 18 Jun 2008

Nope I use the default skin which is PatternSkin.

-- JamesGMoore - 19 Jun 2008

I've put more info on my user info, just click my name and read the TWiki Usage section.

-- JamesGMoore - 19 Jun 2008

I don't see any problems on IE 7 nor Firefox (2.0.0.16).

-- ArthurClemens - 27 Jul 2008

Hi Arthur, after the installation I got an

Undefined subroutine &TWiki::Func::isTrue called at /home/twiki/lib/TWiki/Plugins/FormPlugin.pm line 631.

does this mean that the TWiki version I'm running is not up to par ?

-- KeithHelfrich - 24 Sep 2008

I see there is a mistake in the code. Instead of calling TWiki::Func::isTrue it should call the internal function isTrue. Tracked in Bugs:Item6017.

-- ArthurClemens - 24 Sep 2008