Form field docs update (fixes #7521)

docs/en/reference/form-field-types.md

@@ -1,83 +1,75 @@
 # Form Field Types
 
-This is a highlevel overview of available `[apiFormField]` subclasses. An automatically generated list is available through our [API](api:FormField)
+This is a highlevel overview of available `[api:apiFormField]` subclasses. An automatically generated list is available through our [API]
 
-## Formatted Input
+## Basic
 
-*  `[AjaxUniqueTextField](api:AjaxUniqueTextField)`: Text field that automatically checks that the value entered is unique for
-the given set of fields in a given set of tables
-*  `[AutocompleteTextField](api:AutocompleteTextField)`
-*  `[ConfirmedPasswordField](api:ConfirmedPasswordField)`: Shows two password-fields, and checks for matching passwords.
-*  `[CreditCardField](api:CreditCardField)`
-*  `[CurrencyField](api:CurrencyField)`
-*  `[EmailField](api:EmailField)`
-*  `[HTMLEditorField](api:HTMLEditorField)`: A WYSIWYG editor field, powered by tinymce.
-*  `[NumericField](api:NumericField)`: A Single Numeric field extending a typical TextField but with validation.
-*  `[PasswordField](api:PasswordField)`
-*  `[UniqueRestrictedTextField](api:UniqueRestrictedTextField)`: Text field that automatically checks that the value entered
-is unique for the given set of fields in a given set of tables
-*  `[UniqueTextField](api:UniqueTextField)`: Text field that automatically checks that the value entered is unique for the
-given set of fields in a given set of tables
-
-## Date/Time
-
-*  `[DateField](api:DateField)`: Represents a date in a textfield (New Zealand)
-*  `[DatetimeField](api:DatetimeField)`: Combined date- and time field
-*  `[TimeField](api:TimeField)`: Represents time in a textfield (New Zealand)
+ * `[api:CheckboxField]`: Single checkbox field.
+ * `[api:DropdownField]`: A `<select>` tag. Can optionally save into has-one relationships.
+ * `[api:ReadonlyField]`: Read-only field to display a non-editable value with a label.
+ * `[api:TextareaField]`: Multi-line text field.
+ * `[api:TextField]`: Multi-line text field.
+ * `[api:PasswordField]`: Masked input field
 
-## Structure
+ ## Actions
 
-*  `[CompositeField](api:CompositeField)`: Base class for all fields that contain other fields. Uses `<div>` in template, but
-doesn't necessarily have any visible styling.
-*  `[FieldGroup](api:FieldGroup)`: Same as CompositeField, but has default styling (indentation) attached in CMS-context.
-*  `[api:FieldList]`: Basic container for sequential fields, or nested fields through CompositeField. Does NOT render a
-`<fieldgroup>`.
-*  `[TabSet](api:TabSet)`
-*  `[Tab](api:Tab)`
+ * `[api:FormAction]`: Button element for forms, both for `<input type="submit">` and `<button>`.
+ * `[api:ResetFormAction]`: Action that clears all fields on a form.
+
+## Formatted Input
 
+ * `[api:AjaxUniqueTextField]`: Text field that automatically checks that the value entered is unique for the given set of fields in a given set of tables
+
+ * `[api:ConfirmedPasswordField]`: Two masked input fields, checks for matching passwords.
+ * `[api:CountryDropdownField]`: A simple extension to dropdown field, pre-configured to list countries.
+ * `[api:CreditCardField]`: Allows input of credit card numbers via four separate form fields, including generic validation of its numeric values.
+ * `[api:CurrencyField]`: Text field, validating its input as a currency. Limited to US-centric formats, including a hardcoded currency symbol and decimal separators. 
+ See `[api:MoneyField]` for a more flexible implementation.
+ * `[api:DateField]`: Represents a date in a single input field, or separated into day, month, and year. Can optionally use a calendar popup.
+ * `[api:DatetimeField]`: Combined date- and time field
+ * `[api:EmailField]`: Text input field with validation for correct email format according to RFC 2822.
+ * `[api:GroupedDropdownField]`: Grouped dropdown, using <optgroup> tags.
+ * `[api:HTMLEditorField].
+ * `[api:MoneyField]`: A form field that can save into a `[api:Money]` database field.
+ * `[api:NumericField]`: Text input field with validation for numeric values.
+ * `[api:OptionsetField]`: Set of radio buttons designed to emulate a dropdown.
+ * `[api:PhoneNumberField]`: Field for displaying phone numbers. It separates the number, the area code and optionally the country code and extension.
+ * `[api:UniqueRestrictedTextField]`: Text field that automatically checks that the value entered is unique for the given set of fields in a given set of tables
+
+ * `[api:SelectionGroup]`: SelectionGroup represents a number of fields which are selectable by a radio button that appears at the beginning of each item.
+ * `[api:TimeField]`: Input field with time-specific, localized validation.
 
-## Actions
+## Structure
 
-*  `[api:Form]` for more info
-*  `[InlineFormAction](api:InlineFormAction)`:  Render a button that will act as If you want to add custom behaviour, please
-set {inlcudeDefaultJS} to false and work with behaviour.js.
-*  `[api:Image]`: Action that uses an image instead of a button
-*  `[InlineFormAction](api:InlineFormAction)`: Prevents placement of a button in the CMS-button-bar.
+ * `[api:CompositeField]`: Base class for all fields that contain other fields. Uses `<div>` in template, but
+doesn't necessarily have any visible styling.
+ * `[api:FieldGroup] attached in CMS-context.
+ * `[api:FieldList]`: Basic container for sequential fields, or nested fields through CompositeField.
+ * `[api:TabSet]`: Collection of fields which is rendered as separate tabs. Can be nested.
+ * `[api:Tab]`: A single tab inside a `TabSet`
+ * `[api:ToggleCompositeField]`: Allows visibility of a group of fields to be toggled.
+ * `[api:ToggleField]`: ReadonlyField with added toggle-capabilities - will preview the first sentence of the contained text-value, and show the full content by a javascript-switch.
 
 ## Files
 
-*  `[FileField](api:FileField)`: Simple file upload dialog.
-*  `[UploadField](api:FileIFrameField)`: File uploads through HTML5 features, including upload progress, preview and relationship management.
+ * `[api:FileField]`: Simple file upload dialog.
+ * `[api:UploadField]`: File uploads through HTML5 features, including upload progress, preview and relationship management.
 
 ## Relations
 
-*  `[ComplexTableField](api:ComplexTableField)`: Provides a tabuar list in your form with view/edit/add/delete links to modify
-records with a "has-one"-relationship (in a lightbox-popup).
-*  `[HasManyComplexTableField](api:HasManyComplexTableField)`
-*  `[HasOneComplexTableField](api:HasOneComplexTableField)`
-*  `[LanguageDropdownField](api:LanguageDropdownField)`:  An extension to dropdown field, pre-configured to list languages.
-Tied into i18n.
-*  `[ManyManyComplexTableField](api:ManyManyComplexTableField)`
-*  `[TableField](api:TableField)`
-*  `[api:TableListField]`
-*  `[TreeDropdownField](api:TreeDropdownField)`
-*  `[TreeMultiselectField](api:TreeMultiselectField)`: represents many-many joins using a tree selector shown in a
-dropdown-like element
-*  `[api:WidgetArea]`
-* `[GridField](/topics/grid-field)`
-
+ * `[api:CheckboxSetField]`: Displays a set of checkboxes as a logical group.
+ * `[api:TableField]`: In-place editing of tabular data.
+ * `[api:TreeDropdownField]`: Dropdown-like field that allows you to select an item from a hierarchical AJAX-expandable tree.
+ * `[api:TreeMultiselectField]`: Represents many-many joins using a tree selector shown in a dropdown-like element
+ * `[api:GridField](/topics/grid-field)`: Displays a `[api:SS_List]` in a tabular format. Versatile base class which can be configured to allow editing, sorting, etc.
+ * `[api:ListboxField]`: Multi-line listbox field, through `<select multiple>`.
 
 
-## Dataless/Utility
+## Utility
 
-*  `[DatalessField](api:DatalessField)` - Base class for fields which add some HTML to the form but don't submit any data or
+ * `[api:DatalessField]` - Base class for fields which add some HTML to the form but don't submit any data or
 save it to the database
-*  `[HeaderField](api:HeaderField)`: Renders a simple `<h1>`-`<h6>` header
-*  `[HiddenField](api:HiddenField)`
-*  `[LabelField](api:LabelField)`
-*  `[LiteralField](api:LiteralField)`: Renders arbitrary HTML into a form.
-
-## CMS Field Editor
-
-Please see `[api:HTMLEditorField]` for in-depth documentation about custom forms created through a GUI in the CMS,
-as well as the topic documentation about [Rich Text Editing](/topics/rich-text-editing)
+ * `[api:HeaderField]`: Renders a simple HTML header element.
+ * `[api:HiddenField]`
+ * `[api:LabelField]`: Simple label tag. This can be used to add extra text in your forms.
+ * `[api:LiteralField]`: Renders arbitrary HTML into a form.

forms/ConfirmedPasswordField.php

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 /**
- * Shows two password-fields, and checks for matching passwords.
+ * Two masked input fields, checks for matching passwords.
  * Optionally hides the fields by default and shows
  * a link to toggle their visibility.
  * 

forms/CreditCardField.php

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 <?php
 /**
- * CreditCard field, contains validation and formspec for creditcard fields.
+ * Allows input of credit card numbers via four separate form fields,
+ * including generic validation of its numeric values.
+ * 
+ * @todo Validate
+ * 
  * @package forms
  * @subpackage fields-formattedinput
  */

forms/CurrencyField.php

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 <?php
 /**
- * Currency field.
+ * Renders a text field, validating its input as a currency.
+ * Limited to US-centric formats, including a hardcoded currency
+ * symbol and decimal separators.
+ * See {@link MoneyField} for a more flexible implementation.
  * 
  * @todo Add localization support, see http://open.silverstripe.com/ticket/2931 
  *

forms/EmailField.php

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 <?php
 /**
- * Text field with Email Validation.
+ * Text input field with validation for correct email format
+ * according to RFC 2822.
+ * 
  * @package forms
  * @subpackage fields-formattedinput
  */

forms/FormAction.php

@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 /**
- * Single action button.
- * The action buttons are <input type="submit"> tags.
- * 
- * <b>Usage</b>
+ * The action buttons are <input type="submit"> as well as <button> tags.
  * 
  * Upon clicking the button below will redirect the user to doAction under the current controller.
  * 

forms/NumericField.php

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 /**
- * A Single Numeric field extending a typical 
- * TextField but with validation.
+ * Text input field with validation for numeric values.
+ * 
  * @package forms
  * @subpackage fields-formattedinput
  */

forms/OptionsetField.php

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 /**
  * Set of radio buttons designed to emulate a dropdown.
- * It even uses the same constructor as a dropdown field.
  * 
  * This field allows you to ensure that a form element is submitted is not optional and is part of a fixed set of 
  * data. This field uses the input type of radio. It's a direct subclass of {@link DropdownField}, 

forms/SelectionGroup.php

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 /**
- * SelectionGroup represents a number of fields that are selectable by a radio 
+ * SelectionGroup represents a number of fields which are selectable by a radio 
  * button that appears at the beginning of each item.  Using CSS, you can 
  * configure the field to only display its contents if the corresponding radio 
  * button is selected.