Extension talk:Page Forms

Auto-generated unique page title w/ auto increment ids
Hi, I am struggling with this extension. What I want to create is an issue tracker. If a user visits Form:Issue, there should be an only button that says "New issue" without any text field. If the user clicks the button, Special:FormEdit/Issue/Issue:1 (or Special:FormEdit/Issue/Issue:2 If the page exists) should be opened. I thought, or  are the key, but now I'm not sure about anything.

Regards. Lens0021 (talk) 08:41, 11 January 2022 (UTC)


 * You're close - you need and, but  instead of  ; see here. Yaron Koren (talk) 15:47, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you!! Lens0021 (talk) 02:42, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

[RESOLVED] Cannot save form after invalid URL entered
When I type an invalid URL (for a URL input type) the  message appears correctly but the "Save page", "Show preview", "Show changes", and "Cancel" buttons/links are all greyed out. When you click on the first three (buttons) they return the screen to the top of the page, but do nothing else. The "Cancel" link does work though.

This is on a MW 1.35 wiki (same result for REL1_35 and master branches) using Vector. I don't have the same problem on a MW 1.34 wiki. Disabling the extra extensions from the 1.35 wiki made no difference. Any ideas? Jonathan3 (talk) 09:43, 11 January 2022 (UTC)


 * I tried this out, and saw some strange behavior that's not quite the same, but maybe due to the same cause. I just checked in a fix - if you can, please get the latest code and let me know if that fixes the problem for you. Yaron Koren (talk) 19:11, 11 January 2022 (UTC)


 * I'm afraid not. Jonathan3 (talk) 22:03, 11 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Just tried a blank mandatory field and it had the same effect. Jonathan3 (talk) 22:09, 11 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Yes, okay - there were two separate problems, and the first one prevented me from seeing the second one. I just checked in another fix; please try it out if you can. Yaron Koren (talk) 18:18, 12 January 2022 (UTC)


 * It's an improvement, thanks, but still doesn't work... They're not greyed out any more, and "Show preview" works. "Save page" clears the error messages (page, and field-specific) if the field content is now valid, but the fields remain red-coloured, and the page doesn't get saved. "Show changes" does nothing. "Cancel" still works. Jonathan3 (talk) 23:22, 12 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Sorry again! This was sort of three problems in one. (Well, at least three.) I just checked in another fix - please let me know if that solves the problems. Yaron Koren (talk) 18:54, 13 January 2022 (UTC)


 * No problem! Thanks for the quick responses. It works well now :-) Jonathan3 (talk) 22:36, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

Textarea input type with "Edit with form" doesn't work as well on mobile as the normal "Edit" box
On the normal MediaWiki "Edit" box you can make the text scroll up and down by moving your finger up and down the mobile screen. The input box itself doesn't move.

On a PF textarea input type, this works the same when no parameters are set (or if only  is set).

But as soon as you set, it's the input box that moves, taking the (unchanged) text with it. So if you go to edit a page which has 100-lines of text in a box smaller than that, it's not easy to scroll through the text.

Is there any way to fix this, or is it just part of how "autogrow" works? Thanks. Jonathan3 (talk) 10:21, 11 January 2022 (UTC)


 * I don't know. Maybe "autogrow" should just be disabled in the mobile view? Yaron Koren (talk) 19:14, 11 January 2022 (UTC)


 * I've stopped using it entirely now. It was a pain on the desktop too when it was the wrong size for the text already in the field. It's probably good for a field containing just a few lines. Jonathan3 (talk) 12:11, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

[RESOLVED] Rename Special:RunQuery when embedding form
When a form is embedded on a wiki page using, is there any way to rename the results page from Special:RunQuery? Thanks. Jonathan3 (talk) 22:34, 14 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I don't understand this question. Yaron Koren (talk) 00:45, 17 January 2022 (UTC)


 * When a query form is run, including let's say on a page called "My search", the results are shown on a page called "Special:RunQuery". But I've worked out the answer - using DISPLAYTITLE is possible after all, once Manual:$wgRestrictDisplayTitle is changed. I should have checked before asking! Jonathan3 (talk) 12:00, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

[RESOLVED] Modify "This category uses the form" text
I know it's possible to hide and replace it with other text, but is there any way of editing this message site-wide? This would also avoid the problem where spam blacklist objects to hiding via a CSS style Jonathan3 (talk) 19:00, 20 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Yes - you just need to edit the page MediaWiki:pf_category_hasdefaultform. Yaron Koren (talk) 14:12, 26 January 2022 (UTC)


 * That worked, thanks. For some reason I didn't see the message page name when using . Jonathan3 (talk) 17:45, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

Comma-separated field from External Data
When a List of String field with a tokens input type takes its values from an External Data variable (e.g.  ) and the external data is comma-separated the whole thing gets tokenised (e.g.  ). When the page is saved and re-edited, the form correctly shows the field (e.g.      ). Is there any way of getting the field to be tokenised as soon as the external data value is selected? Thanks. Jonathan3 (talk) 09:24, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

Multiple "free text" boxes
I am interested in making a page with several forms on it (call them form A, form B, etc.), each of which can appear zero or more times. I was trying to make section titles appear in the published page above the forms, i.e. I would have one section title above all the forms of A, and another for all the forms of B. In addition, I wanted each title only to appear if the form was instantiated at least once.

An idea I had to do this was to add a category or property to the template of A, B, etc. Then, I could show the titles by querying if the published page with all the forms on it has the desired property/category.

The main issue I am encountering is that I cannot figure out how to put text above each one of the forms automatically. I can't put it into the form template, because then the section titles could occur multiple times. I tried using hidden "free text" boxes, but they do not cooperate, I guess I cannot have free text boxes in all these positions unambiguously.

Is there a good way to solve this issue?


 * By "forms", I think you mean templates, and specifically multiple-instance templates. But you're right that a section can't be put in a multiple-instance template, because there can't be more than one section with the same name - and similarly, you can't have multiple "free text" inputs either. The only thing you can really do is have a template field that's edited with a "textarea" input. Which is not quite as flexible as a section or free text input, but hopefully it's good enough. Yaron Koren (talk) 04:57, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

Namespace integration in multi-word NS titles
Happy New Year, Mr. Koren. As I return to extension bug reporting:

A few days ago, I created a project page for a namespace entitled "From the Author". (Abbreviated as "FTA", this feature serves as a continuation of my long-running social-media feeds, once hosted elsewhere.) Per PF's guide, an "Edit with form" tab should appear above its pages, but doesn't at this writing. (All other namespaces covered by this scheme have single-word titles and display it just fine.)

Unforeseen bug, or lack of support?

P.S. Just letting you know that Referata's been offline since last Thursday, and that's getting in the way of an urgent, months-long import-rescue campaign (slow servers or not). New DNS holdup, I assume?

P.P.S. Another bug report should be forthcoming, entering February.--Slgrandson (talk) 08:17, 28 January 2022 (UTC)