category

category

category

Field component to liase with all category field types

Examples

Basic
<cfproperty 
    name="catBasic" type="longchar" required="no" default="" 
    fttype="category" />
Start tree from branch where alias is "news"
<cfproperty 
    name="catNews" type="longchar" required="no" default="" 
    fttype="category" ftAlias="news" />
Render tree as select field
<cfproperty 
    name="catSelect" type="longchar" required="no" default="" 
    fttype="category" ftRenderType="dropDown" />
Render tree as select field with 10 rows displayed and first option as "Please Select..."
<cfproperty 
    name="catSelect" type="longchar" required="no" default="" 
    fttype="category" ftRenderType="dropDown" ftSelectSize="10" 
    ftDropdownFirstItem="Please Select..." />

Formtool Metadata

Name category
Package Path farcry.core.packages.formtools.category

Attributes

Name Default Options Required Hint
ftAjaxMethod No The function that will be used to render the html output for ajax requests of a property
ftAlias No Used to render only a particular branch of the category tree.
ftClass No CSS Class that can be used on the formtool input
ftDisplayMethod No The function that will be used to render the html output for displaying a property
ftDropdownFirstItem No Used when ftRenderType is set to dropDown, prepends an option to select list with null value.
ftEditMethod No The function that will be used to render the html output for editing a property
ftFieldset No Used if you are relying on the framework to render your form. Used to group the fields into HTML fieldsets.
ftLabel No Used by the FarCry form layout as the label of the form field. This will default to the [name].
ftLabelAlignment inline inline, block No Used by FarCry Form Layouts for positioning of labels. inline or block.
ftLegend No Used when ftRenderType is set to prototype or extjs. Inserts a legend above category tree.
ftRenderType jquery No This formtool offers a number of ways to render the input. (dropdown, prototype, extjs, jquery)
ftSelectMultiple true No Allow selection of multiple items in category tree. (true, false)
ftSelectSize 5 No Used when ftRenderType is set to dropDown, specifies the size of the select field.
ftSeq No Used if you are relying on the framework to render your form. Used to sort the fields on the form.
ftStyle No CSS Style that can be used on the formtool input
ftType No Tells the framework which of the formtool ui components to use when rendering your form. This will default to the [type].
ftValidateMethod No The function that will be used to render the html output for validating (processing) a property form submission
ftValidation No List of CSS classes that can be used for js validation
ftWizardStep No Used if you are relying on the framework to render your form. Used to setup a wizard which is a multi step form process.