NAME

FormMaker - Build forms on the fly

VERSION

FormMaker is a javascript framework to build forms on the fly * work in progress *

SYNOPSIS

1. define your form with a json. Make plugins as necessary if you customize a field or need some which is not implemented.

var form_definition = {
     "name" : "Type text <here>",
     "fields" : [
         {
             "id" : "title",
             "type": "text",
             "label" : "Title:"
         },  
         {
             "id" : "message",
             "type": "textarea",
             "label" : "Message:"
         },  
         [
             //array of fields
             {
                 "id" : "send",
                 "type" : "submit",
                 "label" : "Submit",
                 "events" : {
                     "click": function ( ev ) {
                         ev.stopPropagation();
                         ev.preventDefault();
                         alert( 'Serialize form and make PUT request');
                         return false;
                     }   
                 }   
             },  
             {
                 "id" : "cleanup",
                 "type" : "submit",
                 "label" : "Cleanup",
                 "events" : {
                     "click": function ( ev ) {
                         ev.stopPropagation();
                         ev.preventDefault();
                         alert( 'cleanup form or re-open url or something');
                         return false;
                     }   
                 }   
             },  
         ],  
         {
             "type" : "javascript",
             "script":"$(document).ready( function () {$('#title').click( function () { alert('clicked title') } ) }) ",
         }   
     ]   
 }

2. Instanciate FormMaker and generate form

var form_maker          = new FormMaker();
var field_input_text    = new FormMakerFieldInputText( form_maker );
var field_input_submit  = new FormMakerFieldSubmit( form_maker );
var field_javascript    = new FormMakerFieldJavascript( form_maker );
var field_textarea      = new FormMakerFieldTextarea( form_maker );

var form = form_maker.generate_form( form_definition );

3. use your form

$( ".preview .result" ).append( form );

EXAMPLE

See example . This first example shows a form structure and the form rendered.

The second example demonstrates how to load data into the forms example2

DESCRIPTION

JS FormMaker allows you to create forms on the fly based on javascript form definitions. With FormMaker you can build html forms using json notation.

This is useful when you must store forms for later reuse.

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT

Followed by whatever licence you wish to release it under. For Perl code that is often just:

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See perldoc perlartistic.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

hernan604 / JS-FormMaker