Please use English in potential issues, let's keep it clean, shall we?, (*1)
This is a library that lets you use Bootstrap 4 forms in
Nette framework., (*2)
Rather than being just a renderer, this introduces a custom set of controls
(which covers all default controls) and a renderer., (*3)
Note that this is an alpha, so it may be buggy. That is where you can
help by reporting issues., (*4)
See example here, (*5)
Features
Installation
The best way is via composer:, (*6)
composer require czubehead/bootstrap-4-forms
Note that if you simply clone the main branch from this repo, it is not guaranteed to work, use releases instead, (*7)
Requirements
- Works with
Nette\Application\UI\Form, not Nette\Forms\Form, so you need the
whole Nette framework.
- PHP 5.6+
- Client-side bootstrap 4 stylesheets and JS (obviously)
Compatibility
This package is compatible with any version version of Bootstrap 4
(last tested on v4.0.0-beta.2), (*8)
How to use
Probably the main class you will be using is Czubehead\BootstrapForms\BootstrapForm.
It has all the features of this library pre-configured and extends
Nette\Application\UI\Form functionality by:
- Only accepts Czubehead\BootstrapForms\BootstrapRenderer or its children (which is default)
- Built-in AJAX support (adds ajax class upon rendering) via ajax(bool) property
- Has direct access to render mode property of renderer (property renderMode)
- All add* methods are overridden by bootstrap-enabled controls, (*9)
$form = new BootstrapForm;
$form->renderMode = RenderMode::Vertical;
It will behave pretty much the same as the default Nette form, with the exception of not grouping buttons.
That feature would only add unnecessary and deceiving overhead to this library,
use grid instead, it will give you much finer control, (*10)
Render modes
-
Vertical (
Enums\RenderMode::VerticalMode) all controls are below their labels
-
Side-by-side (
Enums\RenderMode::SideBySideMode) controls have their labels
on the left. It is made up using Bootstrap grid.
The default layout is 3 columns for labels and 9 for controls. This can be altered
using BootstrapRenderer::setColumns($label, $input).
-
Inline
Enums\RenderMode::Inline all controls and labels will be in one
enormous line
Each default control has has been extended bootstrap-enabled controls and
will render itself correctly even without the renderer. You can distinguish
them easily - they all have Input suffix., (*11)
TextInput
TextInput can have placeholder set ($input->setPlaceholder($val)). All text-based
inputs (except for TextArea) inherit from this control., (*12)
Its format can be set ($input->setFormat($str)), the default is d.m.yyyy h:mm
(though you must specify it in standard PHP format!)., (*13)
You may use DateTimeFormats class constants as a list of pretty much all formats:, (*14)
DateTimeFormat::D_DMY_DOTS_NO_LEAD . ' ' . DateTimeFormat::T_24_NO_LEAD
is the default format for DateTime. See its PhpDoc for further explanation., (*15)
Nothing out of ordinary, but it Needs <html lang="xx"> attribute to work., (*16)
Has property buttonCaption, which sets the text on the button on the left.
The right button is set by Bootstrap CSS, which depends <html lang="xx">., (*17)
These can accept nested arrays of options., (*18)
[
'sub' => [
1 => 'opt1',
2 => 'opt2'
],
3 => 'opt3',
]
will generate, (*19)
<optgroup label="sub">
<option value="1">opt1</option>
<option value="2">opt2</option>
</optgroup>
<option value="3">opt3</option>
Renderer
The renderer is enhanced by the following API:, (*20)
| property |
type |
meaning |
| mode |
int constant |
see render mode above in form section |
| gridBreakPoint |
string / null |
Bootstrap grid breakpoint for side-by-side view. Default is 'sm' |
| groupHidden |
bool |
if true, hidden fields will be grouped at the end. If false, hidden fields are placed where they were added. Default is true. |
Grid
The library provides a way to programmatically place controls into Bootstrap grid and thus
greatly reduces the need for manual rendering., (*21)
Simply add a new row like this:, (*22)
$row = $form->addRow();
$row->addCell(6)
->addText('firstname', 'First name');
$row->addCell(6)
->addText('surname', 'Surname');
And firstname and surname will be beside each other., (*23)
Notes
- By calling
getElementPrototype() on row or cell, you can influence the elements of row / cell
- A cell can only hold one control (or none)
- You are not limited to numerical column specification.
Also check out
\Czubehead\BootstrapForms\Grid\BootstrapCell::COLUMNS_NONE
and \Czubehead\BootstrapForms\Grid\BootstrapCell::COLUMNS_AUTO
Assisted manual rendering
Why do we use manual rendering? Mostly to just rearrange the inputs, we rarely
create a completely different feel.
But there is a hefty price for using manual rendering - we have to do almost everything
ourselves, even the things the renderer could do for us. Only if there were a way to
let the renderer do most of the work..., (*24)
What can it do
Assisted manual rendering will render label-input pairs for you using a filter.
This means that it will take care of wrapping things into div.form-group and validation
messages - the most mundane thing to implement in a template., (*25)
Implementation
First of all, you must implement this yourself, this won't work out of the box!
The implementation is quite dirty, but I think the benefits outweigh this cost., (*26)
It works like this:, (*27)
1. Implement a filter
add a new filter to your latte engine, for example:, (*28)
$this->template->addFilter('formPair', function ($control) {
/** @var BootstrapRenderer $renderer */
$renderer = $control->form->renderer;
$renderer->attachForm($control->form);
return $renderer->renderPair($control);
});
2. Use it
{$form['firstname']|formPair|noescape}
That will result in, (*29)
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