RenderSimpleTopicCreator
TopicFunction to display a simple form to create a new topic

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Documentation

This function renders a topic creator form that holds a set of initial input elements to create a topic.

Parameters
  • TEXT: headline text; defaults to "Create a new INCLUDINGTOPIC"
  • LABEL: label of the TopicTitle field, defaults to "Title"
  • BUTTONTEXT: text on the twisty buttinm; default New
  • VALUE: initial value of the title input field (optional)
  • VALUES: map of initial values to formfields; format is <fieldName1>=<value1>;<fieldName2>=<value2>;...
  • FORM: DataForm to be used when creating a topic, defaults to INCLUDINGWEB.INCLUDINGTOPIC
  • TEMPLATE: TopicTemplate to be used (optional)
  • TYPE: initial TopicType value, defaults to values predefined in the form definition
  • PARENT: parent topic for the new topic, defaults to the BASETOPIC
  • WHITEBOARD: switch on/off the whiteboard textarea
  • EXTRA: additional formfields
  • SCRIPT: script to be used to create the topic, eg save or edit, defaults to edit
  • EDITOR: TopicView to be used as an edit_template

Implementation

%STARTINCLUDE%%IF{"'%BASEWEB%.%BASETOPIC%' allows 'CREATE'" 
   then="$percntDBCALL{\"Applications.RenderSimpleTopicCreator\"
            section=\"form\"
            TEXT=\"%TEXT{default="%TRANSLATE{"Create a new [_1]" args="%INCLUDINGTOPIC%"}%"}%\"
            LABEL=\"%LABEL{default="%TRANSLATE{"Title"}%"}%\"
            BUTTONTEXT=\"%BUTTONTEXT{default="%TRANSLATE{"New"}%"}%\"
            VALUE=\"%VALUE{default=""}%\"
            VALUES=\"%VALUES{default=""}%\"
            FORM=\"%FORM{default="%INCLUDINGWEB%.%INCLUDINGTOPIC%"}%\"
            TEMPLATE=\"%TEMPLATE%\"
            TYPE=\"%TYPE{
                  default="%RENDERFORMDEF{
                  form="%FORM{default="%INCLUDINGWEB%.%INCLUDINGTOPIC%"}%"
                  fields="TopicType"
                  format="$value"
               }%"
            }%\"
            PARENT=\"%PARENT{default="%BASETOPIC%"}%\"
            WHITEBOARD=\"%WHITEBOARD{default="on"}%\"
            EXTRA=\"%EXTRA{default="<!-- -->"}%\"
            SCRIPT=\"%SCRIPT{default="edit"}%\"
            EDITOR=\"%EDITOR{default="%FORMFIELD{"Editor" topic="%FORM{default="%INCLUDINGWEB%.%INCLUDINGTOPIC%"}%"}%"}%\"
         }$percnt"
}%%STOPINCLUDE%

form

%STARTSECTION{"form"}%%TWISTY{
    link="%BUTTON{
    "%BUTTONTEXT%"
    icon="fa-plus"
  }%%CLEAR%"
  mode="div"
}%

<form class='createTopicForm jqValidate' action="%SCRIPTURLPATH{"%SCRIPT%"}%/%BASEWEB%/" method="post">
<div class='foswikiFormSteps'>
<input type="hidden" name="web" value="%BASEWEB%" />
<input type="hidden" name="onlynewtopic" value="on" />
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="%IF{"$WHITEBOARD='off'" then="form"}%" />
<input type="hidden" name="onlywikiname" value="off" />
<input type="hidden" name="topicparent" value="%PARENT%" />
<input type="hidden" name="templatetopic" value="%TEMPLATE{default="%FORMFIELD{"Template" topic="%FORM%"}%"}%" />
<input type="hidden" name="formtemplate" value="%FORM%" />
<input type="hidden" name="template" value="%EDITOR%" />
%DBCALL{"%WEB%.%TOPIC%" 
   section="topicnaming" 
   mode="%FORMFIELD{"TopicNamingMode" topic="%FORM%"}%"
   form="%FORM%"
   value="%VALUE%"
}%<!-- -->
%EXTRA%
%RENDERFOREDIT{
  form="%FORM%"
  topic="%TEMPLATE{default=""}%"
  fields="%FORMATLIST{"%VALUES%"
      split=";"
      pattern="(.*)=(.*)"
      format="$1"
      separator=","
  }%, no such thing"
  exclude="^(TopicType%RENDERFORDISPLAY{
                 form="%FORM%"
                 topic="%TEMPLATE{default=""}%"
                 includeattr="\bc\b"
                 format="$name"
                 header="|"
                 separator="|"
              }%)$"
  format="<input type='hidden' value='$value' name='$name' />$n"
  %FORMATLIST{"%VALUES%"
      separator=" "
      split=";"
      pattern="(.*)=(.*)"
      format="$1_value=\"$2\""
  }%
}%<!-- -->
%IF{"$'TEXT'=''"
   then="<!-- -->"
   else="<h2 >%TEXT%</h2>"
}%
%RENDERFOREDIT{
  form="%FORM%"
  topic="%TEMPLATE{default=""}%"
  fields="TopicTitle"
  excludeattr="\bH\b"
  format="<div class='foswikiFormStep'><h3>$title:$mandatory</h3>$edit<div class='foswikiFormDescription'>$description</div></div>"
  TopicTitle_value="%VALUE{default=""}%"
  TopicTitle_title="%LABEL%"
}%
%RENDERFOREDIT{
  form="%FORM%"
  topic="%TEMPLATE{default=""}%"
  exclude="^(TopicType|TopicTitle)$"
  includeattr="\bc\b"
  Summary_value=""
  format="<div class='foswikiFormStep'><h3>$title:$mandatory</h3>$edit<div class='foswikiFormDescription'>$description</div></div>"
  %FORMATLIST{"%VALUES%"
      separator=" "
      split=";"
      pattern="(.*)=(.*)"
      format="$1_value=\"$2\""
  }%
}%
%RENDERFOREDIT{
  form="%FORM%"
  topic="%TEMPLATE{default=""}%"
  fields="TopicType,WikiApplication,Summary"
  excludeattr="\bc\b"
  WikiApplication_value="%FLEXWEBLIST{include="%BASEWEB%" format="$name"}%" 
  TopicType_value="%TYPE%"
  Summary_value=""
  header=""
  footer=""
  format="<input type='hidden' name='$name' value='$value' />"
  separator="$n"
}%
  <div class="foswikiFormStep foswikiFormButtons">
    %BUTTON{"%TRANSLATE{"Submit"}%" type="submit" icon="fa-check"}%
    %CLEAR%
  </div>
</div>
</form> 

%ENDTWISTY%%JQREQUIRE{"wikiword"}%%ENDSECTION{"form"}%

%STARTSECTION{"topicnaming"}%%IF{"'%mode%'=~'^(default)?$'"
   then="<input type='hidden' name='topic' class='jqWikiWord' data-source='input[name=TopicTitle]' data-transliterate='true' value='%value%' />$n"
}%%IF{"'%mode%'='template'"
   then="<input type='hidden' name='topic' value='%FORMFIELD{"TopicNameTemplate" topic="%form%"}%' value='%value%' />$n"
}%%IF{"'%mode%'='derived'"
   then="<input type='hidden' name='topic' class='jqWikiWord' value='%value%' $percntDBQUERY{
                topic=\"%form%\"
                format=\"data-source='$formfield(TopicNameSource)' \
                         data-prefix='$formfield(TopicNamePrefix)' \
                         data-suffix='$formfield(TopicNameSuffix)' \
                         data-transliterate='$formfield(TopicNameTransliterate)'\"
              }$percnt/>"
}%%ENDSECTION{"topicnaming"}%

Test

Create a new Topic

Title:

Summary:

short description of this topic

Calls to 'RenderSimpleTopicCreator'

Copyright

© 2006-2019 Michael Daum http://michaeldaumconsulting.com

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