Erik Bruchez wrote:
> Jim,
>
> This is not possible with the basic input and textarea fields, where
> we rely on the HTML input and textarea fields (which don't support
> this functionality in any browser we know).
>
> Yes maybe this could work with the rich HTML editor, but it doesn't
> seem like it's working out of the box. We would like to switch to the
> YUI RTE at some point, but even there, you can't seem to be able to
> click on links within the edited text.
>
> -Erik
Erik,
I was thinking about this more today, as I read through the user
manuals, and I thought of something that might work. I haven't tried
this yet, as I've yet to even type in my first XForm, but the idea is to
switch back and forth between viewing and editing each hyperlink.
An instance document would hold a URL and a label together, maybe like
<foo><link href="http://...">label</link></foo>. An output control (if
that's the right term) would have an XPath expression that would build
an HTML anchor by concatenating the URL and label, like <a
href="http://...">label</a>. A little icon next to the rendered anchor
would toggle between showing the anchor and showing two related controls
that allow editing of the URL and label. When the user edits the URL or
label and toggles back, there would be a working, updated hyperlink.
Could this work? Is there some way to create my own parameterized widget
so I wouldn't have to repeat this pattern everywhere I wanted an
editable hyperlink?
Thanks,
-Jim
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