FormitFastPack - a FormIt helper component to optimize/ maintain/ generate forms

I think it's hard to get overall picture and 'we' are in need of better documentation a guide or tutorial ...

I took the task of creating a Formbuilder UI that relies on FormIt and FormItFastPack. There seem to be only one problem, there is no way to set default for select, radio and checkbox fields.

@khyrlik: It would be great if I could get a page for FFP at the MODX extras docs, but no one seems to reply to my requests about that. Failing that, I'll put up better examples when I have time somewhere else.

@Silent Works: This was a bug I discovered recently. It's fixed in the latest GitHub version, but not yet in the repository. Use the parameter &default_value to set the default, and let me know if you have any trouble.

The fieldSetDefaults snippet can also now reset the defaults with &resetDefaults.

Here is the repository link: https://github.com/yoleg/formitfastpack

Also, let me know if you want more features in the existing snippets. I use FormitFastPack on all of my sites, so I develop it fairly frequently.

I have tested the git version and it works great. I will log anymore issues I have in the issue tracker on github.

Thanks for that yoleg. Can you push a new package for this please, I need it to be available before I can release my Extra.

For those who were asking for a FormBuilder UI that works with FormItFastPack, here you go.

https://github.com/downloads/silentworks/formz/formz-1.0.0-beta1.transport.zip

This will be available via the Package Management system in MODX soon.

Note: you need to use the Github version of FormItFastPack in order for this to function correctly, until yoleg releases the next version of FormItFastPack.

Sorry for the delay. I am fixing a bug I just found and am testing to make sure there are no other bugs in this version before release. The new version should be in the package manager today.

OK, the new package is out. Please test Formz with the repository version of FFP before releasing, because I made a few tweaks since the GitHub version you used.

From a quick look, Formz looks great. Just a quick suggestion: add a textarea option to the field form where you can enter a JSON array of options to pass to the field snippet. Then use $modx->fromJSON to parse it into the snippet properties you pass to field.

For example

{"note":"Your email will not be published.", "class":"cleardefault"}

This way you can take advantage of most of the field snippet capabilities, including custom placeholders.

This is a good suggestion, but I am not sure it will be added. I am trying to keep the UI as simple as possible for clients and not just developers. Currently even using the

is complicated enough, which I am going to address in a later version to give the user a more wufoo form feel. [ed. note: easylancer last edited this post 11 years, 8 months ago.]