FormBuild 3.1.0

3.1

2011-02-09

• Better support for nested record format

• Support for regular expressions in option definitions, useful for sharing options within repeated fieldsets

3.0.3

2010-09-01

• Allow a list or tuple of escaped HTML string as argument to action_bar()

• Gave submit() default arguments, submit and Submit.

3.0.2

2010-08-07

• Fixed bug with end_layout()

• Added optional side argument to field() so that labels can be put above fields when it is set to False

• Added a required_position argument to field() so that the required asterix can be put after the label when set to 'after'.

3.0.1

3.0

FormBuild 3 is a complete from-the-ground-up re-write of FormBuild 2 with deliberately more limited scope but increased real-world usefuleness.

Major changes since previous version:

• Removal of the formbuild.helpers module

• Removal of dependency on WebHelpers

• Removal of all previously deprecated code

• Renaming the values, errors, state and options argument to Form to value, error, flow and option respectively

• Removal of ability to set values, or options at design time

• Introduction of a checked argument to Form to determine whether checkboxes are checked or not at form execution time, not based on values or at design time

• The id attribute is no longer automatically generated based on the name and the type attribute comes before name for <input> fields

• Added doctests for all fields

• Added full documentation

2.2.1

2009-10-20

• Added helpers for combo() and dropdown()

• Refactored the options code for using a dropdown in a field

• Started updating the documentation

• Removed some old comments, moved deprecated code to the end

2.2.0

2.1.3

2009-07-13

• Used CSS for spacing of required asterix

• Added an options argument to Form instead of individual fields having options

2.1.2

• Added a stricter errors_to_dict() function that catches errors such as forgetting allow_extra_fields, filter_extra_fields.

• Added a values_to_dict() function for encoding values

• Added a .validation_state attribute and ValidationState class.

• The title() field and action bar now have a colspan of 3

2.1.1

• Added a title() field to the Form

• Added an imagebutton field

• Added field_pre and field_extra options to the field() method

2.0.1

• Updated the tests

• Added a style used for padding to the labels in checkbox groups.

• Changed _group() helper to automatically convert arguments to unicode.

2.0.0

• First pre-alpha version of the refactored FormBuild.