Undocumented stuff
initial_mode
option defines the starting mode of the form view, one ofview
andedit
(?). Default value isview
(non-editable form).embedded_view
attribute has to be set separately when providing a view directly, no option available for that usage.- View arch must contain node with
@class="oe_form_container"
, otherwise everything will break without any info - Root element of view arch not being
form
may or may not work correctly, no idea. - Freeform views =>
@version="7.0"
- View arch must contain node with
- Form is not entirely loaded (some widgets may not appear) unless
on_record_loaded
is called (ordo_show
, which itself callson_record_loaded
). - “Empty” form =>
on_button_new
(…), or manually calldefault_get
+on_record_loaded
- Form fields default to width: 100%, padding, !important margin, can
be reached via
.oe_form_field
Form will render buttons and a pager, offers options to locate both outside of form itself (
$buttons
and$pager
), providing empty jquery objects ($()
) seems to stop displaying both but not sure if there are deleterious side-effects.Other options:
- Pass in
$(document.createDocumentFragment)
to ensure it’s a DOM-compatible tree completely outside of the actual DOM. - ???
- Pass in
readonly fields probably don’t have a background, beware if need of overlay
- What is the difference between
readonly
andeffective_readonly
?
- What is the difference between
No facilities for DOM events handling/delegations e.g. handling keyup/keydown/keypress from a form fields into the form’s user.
- Also no way to reverse from a DOM node (e.g. DOMEvent#target) back to a form view field easily