Comments on: Snippet: Symfony Forms – Setting the Form Formatter http://erisds.co.uk/symfony/snippet-symfony-forms-setting-the-form-formatter Web development, Symfony, Wordpress and general geekery Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:22:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Rolf Ernsthttp://erisds.co.uk/symfony/snippet-symfony-forms-setting-the-form-formatter/comment-page-1#comment-422 Rolf Ernst Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:45:19 +0000 http://erisds.co.uk/?p=222#comment-422 This only works with dynamically generated forms and not say forms generated via the the form generation commands with verbose templates. For that you have to generate a whole new model tree structure, mostly clone it and make manual changes. It's a big drawback and I would hope the developers will fix it somehow that you can specify the formatter on the command itself. (Verbose templates generate a full form, not just the form generation tag). Since the CRUD operations for the front-end almost always result in you adjusting you the results for your specific needs (I add fieldset legends, turn on niceforms, etc.) this is a major pain in the neck. This only works with dynamically generated forms and not say forms generated via the the form generation commands with verbose templates. For that you have to generate a whole new model tree structure, mostly clone it and make manual changes. It’s a big drawback and I would hope the developers will fix it somehow that you can specify the formatter on the command itself. (Verbose templates generate a full form, not just the form generation tag). Since the CRUD operations for the front-end almost always result in you adjusting you the results for your specific needs (I add fieldset legends, turn on niceforms, etc.) this is a major pain in the neck.

]]> By: Oncle Tomhttp://erisds.co.uk/symfony/snippet-symfony-forms-setting-the-form-formatter/comment-page-1#comment-135 Oncle Tom Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:16:06 +0000 http://erisds.co.uk/?p=222#comment-135 No problem :) you can also setup a global formatter from a project configuration file with<code>sfWidgetFormSchema::setDefaultFormFormatterName('yourFormatter');</code>It's pretty neat to override the default table one without modifying your forms definitions. No problem :) you can also setup a global formatter from a project configuration file with

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sfWidgetFormSchema::setDefaultFormFormatterName('yourFormatter');

It’s pretty neat to override the default table one without modifying your forms definitions.

]]> By: ErisDShttp://erisds.co.uk/symfony/snippet-symfony-forms-setting-the-form-formatter/comment-page-1#comment-120 ErisDS Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:29:35 +0000 http://erisds.co.uk/?p=222#comment-120 Thanks for the compliments. I love Symfony but anyone who uses it knows that the documentation is lacking. I hope to fill in a few gaps with my blog! Thanks for the compliments. I love Symfony but anyone who uses it knows that the documentation is lacking. I hope to fill in a few gaps with my blog!

]]> By: Oncle Tomhttp://erisds.co.uk/symfony/snippet-symfony-forms-setting-the-form-formatter/comment-page-1#comment-117 Oncle Tom Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:16:18 +0000 http://erisds.co.uk/?p=222#comment-117 Nice code and tip. Indeed it's not a very documented area of sfForms. Code digging ;-) Nice code and tip. Indeed it’s not a very documented area of sfForms.
Code digging ;-)

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