Possibility to format xforms:itemset?

> Hi,
> just a little formatting question, cause i couldn't find any hint on this.
> I have the following line in my view und i wanted to format them a
> little bit.
> In this case <xforms:itemset
> nodeset="instance('schema-instance')/xs:simpleType[@name =
> 'steps']//xs:enumeration"> has about 13 items and i wanted to display
> them in 3 lines. So i need a way to insert a linebreak <br/> after every
> 5 items.
> Could anybody tell me how to achiev that?
>  
> Thanks, Marcus
>  
>  
>  
> <table class="forms-gridtable">
>     <tr>
>         <th class="dmv-heading-column">
>             <xforms:output model="resources-model"
> ref="instance('resources-instance')/forms/detail/titles/Schritte"/>
>         </th>
>     </tr>
>     <tr>
>         <td>
>             <xforms:select ref="Schritte" appearance="full">
>                 <xforms:itemset
> nodeset="instance('schema-instance')/xs:simpleType[@name =
> 'steps']//xs:enumeration">
>                     <xforms:label ref="@value"/>
>                     <xforms:value ref="@value"/>
>                 </xforms:itemset>
>             </xforms:select><br/><br/>
>         </td>
>     </tr>
> </table>
>

> Marcus,
>
> It would be nice to be able to do this easily, but I fear there is no
> easy way at the moment. You could (ouch) post-process the generated
> XHTML with XSLT, in your theme for example. But I reckon that this is an
> ugly solution.
>
> There are common use cases that it would be nice to handle:
>
> * Checkboxes all in a row (default)
> * Checkboxes all in a column (you can do this with CSS)
> * Checkboxes in a "grid" (your case)
>
> It would be nice also to be able to position the labels on the right or
> the left of the checkboxes.
>
> -Erik
>
> Marcus wrote:
>> Hi,
>> just a little formatting question, cause i couldn't find any hint on
>> this.
>> I have the following line in my view und i wanted to format them a
>> little bit.
>> In this case <xforms:itemset
>> nodeset="instance('schema-instance')/xs:simpleType[@name =
>> 'steps']//xs:enumeration"> has about 13 items and i wanted to display
>> them in 3 lines. So i need a way to insert a linebreak <br/> after every
>> 5 items.
>> Could anybody tell me how to achiev that?
>>
>> Thanks, Marcus
>>
>>
>>
>> <table class="forms-gridtable">
>>     <tr>
>>         <th class="dmv-heading-column">
>>             <xforms:output model="resources-model"
>> ref="instance('resources-instance')/forms/detail/titles/Schritte"/>
>>         </th>
>>     </tr>
>>     <tr>
>>         <td>
>>             <xforms:select ref="Schritte" appearance="full">
>>                 <xforms:itemset
>> nodeset="instance('schema-instance')/xs:simpleType[@name =
>> 'steps']//xs:enumeration">
>>                     <xforms:label ref="@value"/>
>>                     <xforms:value ref="@value"/>
>>                 </xforms:itemset>
>>             </xforms:select><br/><br/>
>>         </td>
>>     </tr>
>> </table>
>>
>
>
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> http://www.orbeon.com/
>
>

> Hi Erik,
> perhaps you can tell me where i can find this Function in the
> xforms-code and than i could try to implement that myself - perhaps it
> would be possible to add some format-attributes that would allow that.
> At the moment i live with the one implemented, but if i have the time, i
> will try to find a possibilty.
>
> So, perhaps you can tell where i could find that in the source-code?
> Thanks, Marcus
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Bruchez" <[hidden email]>
> To: <[hidden email]>
> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 1:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [ops-users] Possibility to format xforms:itemset?
>
>
>> Marcus,
>>
>> It would be nice to be able to do this easily, but I fear there is no
>> easy way at the moment. You could (ouch) post-process the generated
>> XHTML with XSLT, in your theme for example. But I reckon that this is an
>> ugly solution.
>>
>> There are common use cases that it would be nice to handle:
>>
>> * Checkboxes all in a row (default)
>> * Checkboxes all in a column (you can do this with CSS)
>> * Checkboxes in a "grid" (your case)
>>
>> It would be nice also to be able to position the labels on the right or
>> the left of the checkboxes.
>>
>> -Erik
>>
>> Marcus wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> just a little formatting question, cause i couldn't find any hint on
>>> this.
>>> I have the following line in my view und i wanted to format them a
>>> little bit.
>>> In this case <xforms:itemset
>>> nodeset="instance('schema-instance')/xs:simpleType[@name =
>>> 'steps']//xs:enumeration"> has about 13 items and i wanted to display
>>> them in 3 lines. So i need a way to insert a linebreak <br/> after every
>>> 5 items.
>>> Could anybody tell me how to achiev that?
>>>
>>> Thanks, Marcus
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> <table class="forms-gridtable">
>>>     <tr>
>>>         <th class="dmv-heading-column">
>>>             <xforms:output model="resources-model"
>>> ref="instance('resources-instance')/forms/detail/titles/Schritte"/>
>>>         </th>
>>>     </tr>
>>>     <tr>
>>>         <td>
>>>             <xforms:select ref="Schritte" appearance="full">
>>>                 <xforms:itemset
>>> nodeset="instance('schema-instance')/xs:simpleType[@name =
>>> 'steps']//xs:enumeration">
>>>                     <xforms:label ref="@value"/>
>>>                     <xforms:value ref="@value"/>
>>>                 </xforms:itemset>
>>>             </xforms:select><br/><br/>
>>>         </td>
>>>     </tr>
>>> </table>
>>>
>>
>>
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>> http://www.orbeon.com/
>>
>>
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> Hi,
>
> > It would be nice to be able to do this easily, but I fear there is no
> > easy way at the moment. You could (ouch) post-process the generated
> > XHTML with XSLT, in your theme for example. But I reckon that this is an
> > ugly solution.
>
> another workaround proposal: to get the radiobuttons in multiple rows,
> use multiple select1 controls and restrict the referenced nodeset using
> position(). Of course not nice because the need of multiple xforms
> controls where only one should be, but seems to work without much effort :)

> Hi,
>
>> It would be nice to be able to do this easily, but I fear there is no
>> easy way at the moment. You could (ouch) post-process the generated
>> XHTML with XSLT, in your theme for example. But I reckon that this is
>> an ugly solution.
>
> another workaround proposal: to get the radiobuttons in multiple rows,
> use multiple select1 controls and restrict the referenced nodeset using
> position(). Of course not nice because the need of multiple xforms
> controls where only one should be, but seems to work without much effort :)