Woozle: /* form */ "action" parameter

2007-11-24T21:41:39Z

form: "action" parameter

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	* '''target''': same as the HTML "target" parameter within a <form> tag; defines the name of the target window.		* '''target''': same as the HTML "target" parameter within a <form> tag; defines the name of the target window.
			* '''action''': supposedly this can set to be the next page loaded, but the ODSF code always seems to insert an extra "action=index.php" afterwards, overriding whatever value you set.

	===input===		===input===
	These are basically the same parameters as the HTML <input> tag:		These are basically the same parameters as the HTML <input> tag:

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==Navigation==
<section begin=navbar />{{#lst:MediaWiki extensions|navbar}}: [[Organic Design Simple Forms]]<section end=navbar />
==Overview==
This is 3rd-party documentation for the "Simple Forms" [[MediaWiki]] [[MediaWiki extensions|extension]] by [[Organic Design]]. Although the [[mwsite:Extension:Simple Forms|official documentation]] is very good, it omitted some details and I didn't know where to start trying to reorganize it – so I'm starting here from scratch.
==Functions==
The extensions defines a collection of new functions (<nowiki>{{#function:param=val|param=val|...}}</nowiki>) which allow wiki editors to put [[HTML form]]s on a regular wiki page. The forms don't really do anything more than a normal HTML form would (although the power of wiki tools does give you some flexibility), but there are a number of other tools which can make use of the form data created by site visitors who use the form.

The main function is <nowiki>{{#form:...}}</nowiki>, with a list of subsidiary functions to define elements of the form.
===form===
Parameters:
* '''target''': same as the HTML "target" parameter within a <form> tag; defines the name of the target window.
===input===
These are basically the same parameters as the HTML <input> tag:
* '''name''': the name which this parameter will have when it is passed as form data (e.g. for a GET form: ?<u>name</u>=<u>value</u>&<u>name</u>=<u>value</u>...)
* '''type''': type of input: hidden, text, textarea, submit
** '''type=text''' (default type):
*** '''size''' is the width of the input box, in something approximating character-widths
** '''type=submit''': show a button; when pressed, the form data is submitted
*** '''value''' is the text to appear on the button
*** '''update''': not sure what this does; the example says "update=result"

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