Re: Subclassing a QuickForm element

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 09:10:16AM -0800, Justin Patrin wrote: > On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 21:37:43 -0800, Ken Restivo <ken@restivo.org> wrote: > > I need to create a subclass of a standard QF text input element that includes a link wiht > > an onClick which calls some JS to populate the associated element's value with some custom > > stuff. > > > > The best way I can imagine do this is by subclassing the text element, and then > > overloading the toHTML() method to include my link and overloading the _getJS() method to include my > > JS. I got this idea from looking at Jamie Alessio's advmultiselect... it seems that's how > > he does it there. > > > > But I can't for the life of me find the original toHTML() method that the text > > element uses! I've searched through its inheritance, and the only toHTML() method I can find is > > in HTML_Common, and it's essentially blank (virtual method?). So I guess that's not it. > > > > Where would be the toHTML() method of a text element that I should use as a template for > > my custom text element? > > > > Ummm....the direct parent of HTML_QuickForm_text is > HTML_QuickForm_input which has a toHtml method. > Duh. And so it is. It was so small I missed it: 5 lines of code. Thanks. Happy now. - -ken - -- - --------------- The world's most affordable web hosting. http://www.nearlyfreespeech.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCFwoke8HF+6xeOIcRAlC6AKDGlP1na973c/l9Zi8RlOe+9j+vkgCfZrvX 4mA7E342wB2GnXcHbwbuq7I= =TrTe -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----