form.section ViewHelper <flux:form.section>

FlexForm field section ViewHelper

Using a section to let a user add many elements

<flux:form.section name="settings.numbers" label="Telephone numbers">
<flux:form.object name="mobile" label="Mobile">
<flux:field.input name="number"/>

</flux:form.object> <flux:form.object name="landline" label="Landline"> <flux:field.input name="number"/> </flux:form.object>

</flux:form.section>

Reading section element values

<f:for each="{settings.numbers}" as="obj" key="id">
Number #{id}: <f:if condition="{obj.landline}">mobile, {obj.landline.number}</f:if> <f:if condition="{obj.mobile}">landline, {obj.mobile.number}</f:if> <br/>

</f:for>

Arguments

name

DataType
string
Required
true
Description
Name of the attribute, FlexForm XML-valid tag name string

label

DataType
string
Required
false
Description
Label for section, can be LLL: value. Optional - if not specified, Flux tries to detect an LLL label named "flux.fluxFormId.sections.foobar" based on section name, in scope of extension rendering the form.

variables

DataType
mixed
Default
array ()
Required
false
Description
Freestyle variables which become assigned to the resulting Component - can then be read from that Component outside this Fluid template and in other templates using the Form object from this template

extensionName

DataType
string
Required
false
Description
If provided, enables overriding the extension context for this and all child nodes. The extension name is otherwise automatically detected from rendering context.

inherit

DataType
boolean
Required
false
Description
If TRUE, the value for this particular field is inherited - if inheritance is enabled by the ConfigurationProvider

inheritEmpty

DataType
boolean
Required
false
Description
If TRUE, allows empty values (specifically excluding the number zero!) to be inherited - if inheritance is enabled by the ConfigurationProvider

gridMode

DataType
string
Default
'rows'
Required
false
Description
Defines how section objects which are marked as content containers, get rendered as a grid. Valid values are either "rows" or "columns". Default is to render as rows.