Disabled field in custom admin generator field

[johnyspot]

Hi !

I try to make custom field for admin generator. In my model (Art.php e.g.) I add methods

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public function getTags() {
...
return 'string';
}

public function setTags($v) {
}


To my admin generator I add:

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edit:
      display: [title, content, tags, category_id, created_at]
      fields:
        tags: { name: Tags }
        content: { params: '<?php echo sfConfig::get('app_tinymce_article_options'); ?>' }


I have the field "Tags" in edit view but this field is gray - inactive. I can see the value of this field, but I can't modified it.

Thank You for any help.

[animalmother]

2 methods are not enough to create an extra field in your edit-form
anyhow you can add an extra element to the list-view. but thats easier, because the user can't change anything.

solution:
1. create a partial-file with the form-elment of your choice and save it into [your-module]/templates/_bla.php
(the generated inputs by the admin gen are good examples)
2. overload the cached update[MODULE]FromRequest() method in [your-module]/actions/actions.class.php and add your code to handle the value of the extra elements in the request.
3. to integrate that new partial in the edit-form use the display key in the generator.yml: display: [_bla]

regards,
yannick

[johnyspot]

Thank you ! (but documentation is not exactitude

"if there is a getter and/or a setter, it can also be used in the edit view."

So i thought that it "just works"

http://www.symfony-project.org/book/1_0/14-Generators#Custom %20Fields
)

[animalmother]

"if there is a getter and/or a setter, it can also be used in the edit view."

sry, never tried that.
but, i guess, SOMEWHERE you HAVE TO define what html-form-tag you want to use for that custom field. only possible then in the generator.yml with somethin like:
title: { name: Title, type: input_tag }

if those 3 parts (getter, setter, type-definition) suffice to do it,.. that would be new to me
let me know

yannick

[iv_]

the solution for this problem:

the "tags" field must be explicitly marked as "disabled=false" in the "fields" section in the generator.yml. your "edit" part must look lik this:

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edit:
      display: [title, content, tags, category_id, created_at]
      fields:
        tags: { name: Tags, params: disabled=false }


[cordsally]

Its a good idea,iv.