Nested placeholders and output modifiers - FormIt/Formalicious

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phil_skipps2 Reply #1, 8 years, 1 month ago

The Formalicious (from Sterc) beta uses nested placeholders:

[[!+fi.error.field_[[+id]]]]

... in templates ...

<div class="row">
	<div class="form-group col-xs-12">
		<label for="field_[[+id]]">[[+title]]:</label>
		<select name="field_[[+id]]" id="field_[[+id]]" class="form-control">[[+values]]</select>
		[[!+fi.error.field_[[+id]]]]
	</div>
</div>

Is it possible to use those with an output modifier to conditionally display some text as you would a normal FormIt error?

[[!+fi.error.name:notempty=`blah blah blah`]]

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BobRay Reply #2, 8 years, 1 month ago

In theory, yes, but sometimes when things get too deeply nested (e.g., if the tag for the snippet that sets the error placeholder is in a chunk, it might not work). Conditional output modifiers inside placeholder tags, inside Tpl chunks sometimes don't work.

I assume that you want something like this:

[[!+fi.error.field_[[+id]]:notempty=`<p>`[[!+fi.error.field_[[+id]] ]] ]]</p>

It's worth a try, though I usually use a custom snippet for something like this because it's faster and more reliable.

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phil_skipps2 Reply #3, 8 years, 1 month ago

Quote from: BobRay at Mar 01, 2016, 11:34 PM

[[!+fi.error.field_[[+id]]:notempty=`<p>`[[!+fi.error.field_[[+id]] ]] ]]</p>

I wanted to avoid adding a new dependency if possible. But what you described seems to be the case here, so a quick snippet will be the way to go.

Thanks!