Checkboxes+text field side-by-side?

[Bryn]

Dear friends,
I'm working on a fairly complex form that includes a long list of 36 (!!) checkboxes, each one with a text field on its side:



As my client would like to edit each checkbox+relative field at the same time, and he would like to keep them syde-by-side as in the online form, does anybody know how can I configure/modify the field option or the main form, so to keep those checkbox+text field couples aligned on the same line?

Please note that for the moment each line in the original form is coded as follows:

Code:

<tr><td class="answer"><label><input type="checkbox" name="esami_medici[]" value="markers_hbv" />Markers HBV</label></td><td class="answer">&nbsp;&nbsp;Costo: <input type="text" name="costo_markers_hbv" size="8" maxlength="15" value="" /> &euro;</td></tr>

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Diego

[Ben]

Hi Diego,

I've been thinking a LOT about this: I needed exactly the same thing recently (well, the option to have a custom group of fields on a single line), but right now the code just doesn't support it.

I've mapped out a Custom Fields module, but to be honest it's pretty huge and I won't be able to work on it for some time.

Right now it's simply not possible to do this... (I HATE saying that!).

Sorry, Diego.

- Ben

[Bryn]

Right now it's simply not possible to do this...

In that case, my client is wondering if there is a way to show - on the form entry edit page / client side - only the entries that have been originally filled with data, so to reduce the number of fields shown on the same page. Do you think that this may be a viable solution?

Thanks for your help

[Ben]

Hey Diego,

Sure, something like this should be possible. Have you looked into View filters at all?
http://docs.formtools.org/userdoc/?page=view_filters

This lets you restrict the actual submissions that get listed in a View. You could add one or more rules to a View that prevent submissions showing that don't have empty values in certain fields. Is that something like you had in mind?

- Ben