[REQUEST] Feature: Form / ManualField ViewHelper

[NamelessCoder]

This ViewHelper should do everything a plain input form ViewHelper in Fluid does - but never return a rendered field. It should only register a form field token - see in the abstract form ViewHelper in Fluid examples of 1) getting the resulting name of a form field created in a ViewHelper and 2) registering that name to include it in token HMAC building.

Purpose:

<v:form.manualField property="relatedObjects" />
<input type="hidden" name="tx_ext[scope][object][manualName]" />
<!-- insert super advanced selector for related objects here. Results in perfect HMAC with fully custom field -->

[NamelessCoder]

Correction to propsal: let ViewHelper always return the name of the field. Rename to reflect this.

<input type="hidden" name="{v:form.fieldName(property: 'relatedObjects')}" />

Much smoother and easier to predict result :)

[NamelessCoder]

Could also make sense to add a silent attribute - for example to build HMACs for each <option> in a <select> since options don't have name attributes and HTML comments would be bad...

[bjo3rnf]

Sorry, I don't get it. Could you please describe what this ViewHelper should do for dummies like me ;) ?

[NamelessCoder]

It would be my pleasure to describe it in more detail - but I hope you can live with it being later today? :)

[bjo3rnf]

but I hope you can live with it being later today

Abso-effin-lutely ;)

[NamelessCoder]

We did not get around to discussing this one on Friday (was my 2nd item but then I had to leave, had guests coming over) perhaps you have ~15 minutes on IRC today? :)

[bjo3rnf]

I sure have, but not before tonight. I'll knock.

[bjo3rnf]

ping @NamelessCoder and @cedricziel ;)

[cedricziel]

Dude what's happening on your drive? Please check the casing of the filename again. Didnt I PR to fix this above? :-)

[bjo3rnf]

Ehm, yes, that's why it's properly named...? Timewarp is also fixed long time ago (pun)...?

[cedricziel]

Ehm. WTF is going on GitHub? Maybe it's a layer 8 problem on my side, please dont mind then :-/

[NamelessCoder]

Under review; closing this feature request.