Form
The form is the base element of data entry within Winter CMS. A form is made up of controls, which can be input fields or widgets. In general, the form is generally created by the Form Widget, but can also be manually created for custom uses.
The basics
A form should be made up of a <form> tag. Each individual input or control within the form should be surrounded by a <div class="form-group"> container, similar to the Bootstrap v4 format.
Within each form group, there should be a <label> tag for the field label, and a control or input that has the class form-control to identify the actual interactive element. For usability, you should endeavour to include a for attribute on the label that matches the name attribute of the field that label is for.
<form>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="name">Your name</label>
<input type="text" name="name" value="" class="form-control">
</div>
</form>
<form>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="name">Your name</label>
<input type="text" name="name" value="" class="form-control">
</div>
</form>
Alignment
Form fields can be spanned on either the left or right half of the page, or across the entire page, providing a simple way of organising fields. Simply add the span-left class to the form-group container for a field you wish to align to the left half of the form, span-right for the right half, or span-full (or no class) to span the entire width of the form.
<form class="form-elements">
<div class="form-group span-left">
<label>First name</label>
<input type="text" name="" value="" class="form-control">
</div>
<div class="form-group span-right">
<label>Last name</label>
<input type="text" name="" value="" class="form-control">
</div>
<div class="form-group span-full">
<label>Address</label>
<input type="text" name="" value="" class="form-control">
</div>
</form>
<form class="form-elements">
<div class="form-group span-left">
<label>First name</label>
<input type="text" name="" value="" class="form-control">
</div>
<div class="form-group span-right">
<label>Last name</label>
<input type="text" name="" value="" class="form-control">
</div>
<div class="form-group span-full">
<label>Address</label>
<input type="text" name="" value="" class="form-control">
</div>
</form>
For more flexible control of the design of the form, you can also use Bootstrap's Grid system to control the width of the form fields.
NOTE: The Winter CMS Backend uses the Bootstrap v3 Grid system.
<form class="form-elements">
<div class="form-group col-xs-4">
<label>First name</label>
<input type="text" name="" value="" class="form-control">
</div>
<div class="form-group col-xs-4">
<label>Last name</label>
<input type="text" name="" value="" class="form-control">
</div>
<div class="form-group col-xs-4">
<label>Address</label>
<input type="text" name="" value="" class="form-control">
</div>
</form>
<form class="form-elements">
<div class="form-group col-xs-4">
<label>First name</label>
<input type="text" name="" value="" class="form-control">
</div>
<div class="form-group col-xs-4">
<label>Last name</label>
<input type="text" name="" value="" class="form-control">
</div>
<div class="form-group col-xs-4">
<label>Address</label>
<input type="text" name="" value="" class="form-control">
</div>
</form>
Required fields
Adding the class is-required to the form-group container of a field visually indicates to the user that this field is required. Note that this does not "force" the field to be entered - instead, you must enforce this via client-side or server-side validation.
<form>
<div class="form-group is-required">
<label for="name">Your name</label>
<input type="text" name="name" value="" class="form-control">
</div>
</form>
<form>
<div class="form-group is-required">
<label for="name">Your name</label>
<input type="text" name="name" value="" class="form-control">
</div>
</form>
Disabled and read-only fields
Adding a disabled or readonly attribute to the input (form-contol) will make the field either disabled or read-only. A disabled field cannot be interacted with at all, and will not be submitted with the form. A read-only field will be submitted with the form, but cannot be modified.
<form class="form-elements">
<div class="form-group span-left">
<label>First name</label>
<input type="text" name="" value="John" class="form-control" disabled>
</div>
<div class="form-group span-right">
<label>Last name</label>
<input type="text" name="" value="Person" class="form-control" readonly>
</div>
</form>
<form class="form-elements">
<div class="form-group span-left">
<label>First name</label>
<input type="text" name="" value="John" class="form-control" disabled>
</div>
<div class="form-group span-right">
<label>Last name</label>
<input type="text" name="" value="Person" class="form-control" readonly>
</div>
</form>
Complete example
The following is a complete example of a form, including all field types.
<!-- Form Elements -->
<form class="form-elements" role="form">
<!-- Text Input (Left) -->
<div class="form-group text-field span-left is-required">
<label>Input Left</label>
<input type="text" name="" value="" class="form-control" />
<p class="help-block">Example below help text here.</p>
</div>
<!-- Text Input (Right) -->
<div class="form-group text-field span-right is-required">
<label>Input Right</label>
<input type="text" name="" value="" class="form-control" />
<p class="help-block">Example below help text here.</p>
</div>
<!-- Text Input (Full) -->
<div class="form-group text-field span-full is-required">
<label>Input Full</label>
<p class="help-block before-field">Example above help text here.</p>
<input type="text" name="" value="" class="form-control" />
</div>
<!-- Drop down -->
<div class="form-group dropdown-field span-left">
<label>Drop Down</label>
<select class="form-control custom-select">
<option selected="selected" value="2">Approved</option>
<option value="3">Deleted</option>
<option value="1">New</option>
</select>
</div>
<!-- Grouped Drop down -->
<div class="form-group dropdown-field span-right">
<label>Grouped Drop Down</label>
<select class="form-control custom-select">
<optgroup label="NFC EAST">
<option>Dallas Cowboys</option>
<option>New York Giants</option>
<option>Philadelphia Eagles</option>
<option>Washington Redskins</option>
</optgroup><optgroup>
</optgroup><optgroup label="NFC NORTH">
<option>Chicago Bears</option>
<option>Detroit Lions</option>
<option>Green Bay Packers</option>
<option>Minnesota Vikings</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="NFC SOUTH">
<option>Atlanta Falcons</option>
<option>Carolina Panthers</option>
<option>New Orleans Saints</option>
<option>Tampa Bay Buccaneers</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="NFC WEST">
<option>Arizona Cardinals</option>
<option>St. Louis Rams</option>
<option>San Francisco 49ers</option>
<option>Seattle Seahawks</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="AFC EAST">
<option>Buffalo Bills</option>
<option>Miami Dolphins</option>
<option>New England Patriots</option>
<option>New York Jets</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="AFC NORTH">
<option>Baltimore Ravens</option>
<option>Cincinnati Bengals</option>
<option>Cleveland Browns</option>
<option>Pittsburgh Steelers</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="AFC SOUTH">
<option>Houston Texans</option>
<option>Indianapolis Colts</option>
<option>Jacksonville Jaguars</option>
<option>Tennessee Titans</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="AFC WEST">
<option>Denver Broncos</option>
<option>Kansas City Chiefs</option>
<option>Oakland Raiders</option>
<option>San Diego Chargers</option>
</optgroup>
</select>
</div>
<!-- Checkbox -->
<div class="form-group checkbox-field span-left is-required">
<div class="checkbox custom-checkbox">
<input name="checkbox" value="1" type="checkbox" id="checkbox_1">
<label for="checkbox_1">Enable Googie Berry Power-up</label>
<p class="help-block">Use this checkbox to enable the Googie Berry power-up specifically for this page. You can configure the Googie Berry power-up on the System Settings and Dashboard page.</p>
</div>
</div>
<!-- Switcher -->
<div class="form-group switch-field span-right">
<div class="field-switch">
<label>Would you like fries with that?</label>
<p class="help-block">Use this checkbox to enable the Googie Berry power-up specifically for this page. You can configure the Googie Berry power-up on the System Settings and Dashboard page.</p>
</div>
<label class="custom-switch">
<input type="checkbox" />
<span><span>On</span><span>Off</span></span>
<a class="slide-button"></a>
</label>
</div>
<!-- Radio List -->
<div class="form-group radio-field span-left is-required">
<label>Radio List</label>
<p class="help-block before-field">Where should you propose to your beautiful girl?</p>
<div class="radio custom-radio">
<input name="radio" value="1" type="radio" id="radio_1">
<label for="radio_1">Paris</label>
<p class="help-block">Do not send new comment notifications.</p>
</div>
<div class="radio custom-radio">
<input checked="checked" name="radio" value="2" type="radio" id="radio_2">
<label for="radio_2">Dubai</label>
<p class="help-block">Send new comment notifications only to post author.</p>
</div>
<div class="radio custom-radio">
<input name="radio" value="3" type="radio" id="radio_3">
<label for="radio_3">New Zealand</label>
<p class="help-block">Notify all users who have permissions to receive blog notifications.</p>
</div>
</div>
<!-- Checkbox List -->
<div class="form-group checkboxlist-field span-right is-required">
<label>Checkbox List</label>
<p class="help-block before-field">What cars would you like in your garage?</p>
<div class="checkbox custom-checkbox">
<input id="checkbox-example1" name="checkbox" value="1" type="checkbox">
<label class="choice" for="checkbox-example1"> Dodge Viper</label>
<p class="help-block">Do not send new comment notifications.</p>
</div>
<div class="checkbox custom-checkbox">
<input checked="checked" id="checkbox-example2" name="checkbox" value="2" type="checkbox">
<label class="choice" for="checkbox-example2"> GM Corvette</label>
<p class="help-block">Send new comment notifications only to post author.</p>
</div>
<div class="checkbox custom-checkbox">
<input id="checkbox-example3" name="checkbox" value="3" type="checkbox">
<label class="choice" for="checkbox-example3"> Porsche Boxter</label>
<p class="help-block">Notify all users who have permissions to receive blog notifications.</p>
</div>
</div>
</form>
<!-- Form Elements -->
<form class="form-elements" role="form">
<!-- Text Input (Left) -->
<div class="form-group text-field span-left is-required">
<label>Input Left</label>
<input type="text" name="" value="" class="form-control" />
<p class="help-block">Example below help text here.</p>
</div>
<!-- Text Input (Right) -->
<div class="form-group text-field span-right is-required">
<label>Input Right</label>
<input type="text" name="" value="" class="form-control" />
<p class="help-block">Example below help text here.</p>
</div>
<!-- Text Input (Full) -->
<div class="form-group text-field span-full is-required">
<label>Input Full</label>
<p class="help-block before-field">Example above help text here.</p>
<input type="text" name="" value="" class="form-control" />
</div>
<!-- Drop down -->
<div class="form-group dropdown-field span-left">
<label>Drop Down</label>
<select class="form-control custom-select">
<option selected="selected" value="2">Approved</option>
<option value="3">Deleted</option>
<option value="1">New</option>
</select>
</div>
<!-- Grouped Drop down -->
<div class="form-group dropdown-field span-right">
<label>Grouped Drop Down</label>
<select class="form-control custom-select">
<optgroup label="NFC EAST">
<option>Dallas Cowboys</option>
<option>New York Giants</option>
<option>Philadelphia Eagles</option>
<option>Washington Redskins</option>
</optgroup><optgroup>
</optgroup><optgroup label="NFC NORTH">
<option>Chicago Bears</option>
<option>Detroit Lions</option>
<option>Green Bay Packers</option>
<option>Minnesota Vikings</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="NFC SOUTH">
<option>Atlanta Falcons</option>
<option>Carolina Panthers</option>
<option>New Orleans Saints</option>
<option>Tampa Bay Buccaneers</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="NFC WEST">
<option>Arizona Cardinals</option>
<option>St. Louis Rams</option>
<option>San Francisco 49ers</option>
<option>Seattle Seahawks</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="AFC EAST">
<option>Buffalo Bills</option>
<option>Miami Dolphins</option>
<option>New England Patriots</option>
<option>New York Jets</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="AFC NORTH">
<option>Baltimore Ravens</option>
<option>Cincinnati Bengals</option>
<option>Cleveland Browns</option>
<option>Pittsburgh Steelers</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="AFC SOUTH">
<option>Houston Texans</option>
<option>Indianapolis Colts</option>
<option>Jacksonville Jaguars</option>
<option>Tennessee Titans</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="AFC WEST">
<option>Denver Broncos</option>
<option>Kansas City Chiefs</option>
<option>Oakland Raiders</option>
<option>San Diego Chargers</option>
</optgroup>
</select>
</div>
<!-- Checkbox -->
<div class="form-group checkbox-field span-left is-required">
<div class="checkbox custom-checkbox">
<input name="checkbox" value="1" type="checkbox" id="checkbox_1">
<label for="checkbox_1">Enable Googie Berry Power-up</label>
<p class="help-block">Use this checkbox to enable the Googie Berry power-up specifically for this page. You can configure the Googie Berry power-up on the System Settings and Dashboard page.</p>
</div>
</div>
<!-- Switcher -->
<div class="form-group switch-field span-right">
<div class="field-switch">
<label>Would you like fries with that?</label>
<p class="help-block">Use this checkbox to enable the Googie Berry power-up specifically for this page. You can configure the Googie Berry power-up on the System Settings and Dashboard page.</p>
</div>
<label class="custom-switch">
<input type="checkbox" />
<span><span>On</span><span>Off</span></span>
<a class="slide-button"></a>
</label>
</div>
<!-- Radio List -->
<div class="form-group radio-field span-left is-required">
<label>Radio List</label>
<p class="help-block before-field">Where should you propose to your beautiful girl?</p>
<div class="radio custom-radio">
<input name="radio" value="1" type="radio" id="radio_1">
<label for="radio_1">Paris</label>
<p class="help-block">Do not send new comment notifications.</p>
</div>
<div class="radio custom-radio">
<input checked="checked" name="radio" value="2" type="radio" id="radio_2">
<label for="radio_2">Dubai</label>
<p class="help-block">Send new comment notifications only to post author.</p>
</div>
<div class="radio custom-radio">
<input name="radio" value="3" type="radio" id="radio_3">
<label for="radio_3">New Zealand</label>
<p class="help-block">Notify all users who have permissions to receive blog notifications.</p>
</div>
</div>
<!-- Checkbox List -->
<div class="form-group checkboxlist-field span-right is-required">
<label>Checkbox List</label>
<p class="help-block before-field">What cars would you like in your garage?</p>
<div class="checkbox custom-checkbox">
<input id="checkbox-example1" name="checkbox" value="1" type="checkbox">
<label class="choice" for="checkbox-example1"> Dodge Viper</label>
<p class="help-block">Do not send new comment notifications.</p>
</div>
<div class="checkbox custom-checkbox">
<input checked="checked" id="checkbox-example2" name="checkbox" value="2" type="checkbox">
<label class="choice" for="checkbox-example2"> GM Corvette</label>
<p class="help-block">Send new comment notifications only to post author.</p>
</div>
<div class="checkbox custom-checkbox">
<input id="checkbox-example3" name="checkbox" value="3" type="checkbox">
<label class="choice" for="checkbox-example3"> Porsche Boxter</label>
<p class="help-block">Notify all users who have permissions to receive blog notifications.</p>
</div>
</div>
</form>
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