How to do deep styling on express form (e.g bootstrap form-horizontal)
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Hi All,
I want to use bootstrap form-horizontal layout on my site, and have successfully done this as a custom template for legacy forms.
But that was only after stubbing my toe trying to do it with express forms. There, I discovered that the fields in the form are rendered by code and are not accessible to the template. I'm in the midst of reading through the sources and see how the rendering is done in services/forms, but don't understand the architecture enough to know where the edges are.
I'd appreciate some guidance on how to approach this project, since I'm only recently engaged with concrete5.
1. Am I missing a bet? Is there a simple way to use the custom template mechanism with express forms but to gain access to the array of fields and bypass the built-in rendering?
2. Am I missing some other bet? Is there a way to design a custom view for each of my express forms and do the layout in the custom view? I don't have so many forms that tailoring each one would be objectionable, though it would be tedious.
3. If it comes down to a code change, what's the best way to provide an editor option to select the default or my customized layout?
Regards,
Bob
I want to use bootstrap form-horizontal layout on my site, and have successfully done this as a custom template for legacy forms.
But that was only after stubbing my toe trying to do it with express forms. There, I discovered that the fields in the form are rendered by code and are not accessible to the template. I'm in the midst of reading through the sources and see how the rendering is done in services/forms, but don't understand the architecture enough to know where the edges are.
I'd appreciate some guidance on how to approach this project, since I'm only recently engaged with concrete5.
1. Am I missing a bet? Is there a simple way to use the custom template mechanism with express forms but to gain access to the array of fields and bypass the built-in rendering?
2. Am I missing some other bet? Is there a way to design a custom view for each of my express forms and do the layout in the custom view? I don't have so many forms that tailoring each one would be objectionable, though it would be tedious.
3. If it comes down to a code change, what's the best way to provide an editor option to select the default or my customized layout?
Regards,
Bob
https://documentation.concrete5.org/developers/express/express-forms...