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Allows editing of preferences using fields predefined in a form

Introduction

Allows editing of preferences using fields predefined in a TWikiForms. However, the edit fields are inlined in the text, similar to how tables are edited in EditTablePlugin.

Insert the %EDITPREFERENCES% variable (see below) anywhere in your topic. It will be replaced by a button that allows editing each preference in its predefined input format (or a text box, when no format is defined for this preference).

In edit mode, the edit button is replaced by Save and Cancel buttons, with their obvious meanings.

Syntax Rules

Examples

Plugin Settings

Plugin Installation Instructions

You do not need to install anything in the browser to use this extension. The following instructions are for the administrator who installs the extension on the server where TWiki is running.

Like many other TWiki extensions, this module is shipped with a fully automatic installer script written using the BuildContrib.

Plugin Info

Plugin Author: TWiki:Main.ThomasWeigert
Copyright: © 2005TWiki:Main.ThomasWeigert,
© 2005-2010 TWiki:TWiki/TWikiContributor
License: GPL (GNU General Public License)
Plugin Version: 18690 (2010-05-29)
Change History:  
2010-05-15: TWikibug:Item6433 - doc improvements; replacing TWIKIWEB with SYSTEMWEB
17 Apr 2009: Peter Thoeny: Save of preferences can only be done with http POST method, not GET
05 Nov 2007: Kenneth Lavrsen fixed problem when settings are hidden in html comments. These settings are now ignored.
23 Jun 2007: Crawford Currie added testcases, recoded to work without a form definition, fixed for TWiki 4.2
08 Feb 2007: Arthur Clemens added access keys for Save and Cancel, bold style for editable preference names, and a descriptive Save button label.
15 Apr 2006: Adding css classes to buttons. Removed debug print statement causing 500s on SunOne. Prevent extra space in settings on saves. Switched to earlier handler. Converted all SCRIPTURL to SCRIPTURLPATH, and added support. The only SCRIPTURLs should be the one in the BASE tag and those in mail notification templates. Because the forms package was throwing an exception when it failed to create a form, the edit preferences plugin was aborting the whole of the session whenever the form specified in EDITPREFERENCES didn't exist. Changed it so that the Form constructor does not throw, but returns undef on a non-existant form, and changed preferences plugin to be tolerant of missing forms (ie defaults all fields to text if the form is missing, of is a Set exists which is not in the form).
26 May 2005: Crawford Currie recoded to use code from Form.pm to render form fields.
08 May 2005: Add plugin preference to define default input length
07 May 2005: Initial version
TWiki Dependency: $TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.026
CPAN Dependencies: none
Other Dependencies: none
Perl Version: 5.005
TWiki:Plugins/Benchmark: GoodStyle nn%, FormattedSearch nn%, PreferencesPlugin nn%
Plugin Home: http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/PreferencesPlugin
Feedback: http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/PreferencesPluginDev
Appraisal: http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/PreferencesPluginAppraisal

Related Topics: TWikiPreferencesForm, TWikiPreferences, TWikiForms, TWikiPlugins

Revision r10 - 2010-05-16 - 03:22:42 - TWikiContributor Edit