Extension talk:Page Forms

Inserting a simple popup (modal) in a form
Hello there,

I would like to insert a popup (like a Bootstrap modal) into a form.

Do you know how I can do that ?

I know how to insert a Tooltip and to Enhancing query forms. But I didn't find anything about inserting a simple popup with simple text in it without using HTML.

Thanks a lot


 * What about a tooltip instead? For that you could use #info, if you have Semantic MediaWiki installed, or if not you could use the SimpleTooltip extension. Yaron Koren (talk) 16:50, 15 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Hi Yaron, a tooltip is to small for all the content that I want to insert in the popup (image + text) plus, it doesn't fit well in my webdesign. :( is there a way to insert a boostrap modal ? I use Chameleon skin by the way. Thanks.


 * I fixed the problem. To anyone that might be interested : I used [|this shortcode of Chameleon] and I remplaced the that is not interpreted by mediawiki by a simple div.

Horizontal code output from form?
Hello Does anyone know whether its possible to force a form to create horizontal code eg.

instead of

I don't want this on every form, so im not looking for a global setting. any ideas?


 * I don't think it's possible, unfortunately. Yaron Koren (talk) 18:14, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

Save And Continue breaks multi instance forms with divs
Just a heads up, though this might be a bit specific... I have a form with multiple instances. Additional fields appear/disappear depending on your choice from a dropdown. Pressing save and continue and then changing your choice from the dropdown will load the fields as it should, but they're greyed out and not editable until you reload the page. SMW 1.6.2, SF 2.2.1

Automatic page creation "broken" with SMW's
On our wiki pages get created automatically with SMW's  (previously called  ) and. We use the ExternalData extension to load customer data into the wiki. When a customer is new the page will then be created automatically. This worked fine but stopped working in SMW 1.9.2. In this release the move was made from  to. I tested this on MW 1.23.9 and different SF versions, 2.8 and master.

Testing this in my home wiki (MW 1.24.1, SMW dev-master and SF 3.3.1) the same thing happens. Example with a property page called Property:Testname with the following content:
 * Has type:Has type::Page
 * Creates pages with form::Testcaseautofill

Test pages

 * Testname::Testcase1
 * Testname::Testcase2
 * Testname::Testcase3
 * Testname::Testcase4

After saving the page and running  the 4 pages get created automatically.

When I then delete Testcase1 and rebuild with: php rebuildData.php --no-cache -v and php runJobs.php The page Testcase1 does not get created. The property Testname actually has the value Testcase1 but with a red link. Even when I use the Data repair and upgrade function and run  the page Testcase1 does not get created.

I am pretty sure that  added pages to be created to the MW job Que which you could then "empty" by using. I am not sure why this is not working any more. It seems that SMW's  is "ignoring"   or SF as a whole or SF is not doing its "job".

Because of this "problem" it is not possible any more to get pages to be created automatically. The only way to do this in the example above is to refresh the Property:Testname page and run. I already reported this on GitHub (half way the discussion) because I noticed this behaviour during testing. It would be a shame when this "functionality" is lost. Is this something that can be fixed in SF or in SMW or both? Regards, --Felipe (talk) 12:27, 3 September 2015 (UTC)


 * The discussion on GitHub has progressed. Yaron, when time permits could you have a look at the comment from MWJames on GitHub? Is this part of a possible "solution" for the problem discussed here, if so is it something that can "easily" be achieved with SF? Thanks, and regards. --Felipe (talk) 12:26, 4 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Actually, I'm planning to replace the "Creates pages with form" special property with a parser function, like was done with "Has default form" and "Has alternate form". That will remove the SMW-related issues, and will enable Cargo support as well. I'll try to get to that soon. Yaron Koren (talk) 13:34, 4 September 2015 (UTC)


 * OK, thanks. --Felipe (talk) 14:30, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

[SOLVED] Query for the page title in a query form
Hello,

how can I query for the page title in a query form? Since the page title is created via the first form field in the two-step-process, there is no manually created property behind it. I need to have a form field where I can search in the page titles. – I have the feeling I might just be missing something very obvious. –Zabien (talk) 16:52, 3 September 2015 (UTC)


 * You just need to have the template store the page name via a property (if you're using SMW) or field (if you're using Cargo). In either case, you can use the magic word. Yaron Koren (talk) 20:10, 3 September 2015 (UTC)


 * So I have to use e.g.  to be able to query for it later? Okay, that seems to be the obvious I've missed. Thought there might be an even more direct way. Thank you for the quick help! –Zabien (talk) 21:36, 3 September 2015 (UTC)


 * I think that's the easiest way. Although using #set might be preferable, since you don't want to display a value to the screen. Yaron Koren (talk) 23:16, 3 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Good point! I'll give this a try! Thanks heaps! –Zabien (talk) 10:21, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

Missing values in "Semantic Property" dropdown box
I am using Mediawiki 1.25.2, Semantic MediaWiki 2.2.2, Semantic Forms 3.3.2 (2e5712c). I tried to create a template. The semantic property dropdown box only list 14 values. Even I add additional properties via Special:CreateProperty. Does it happen to your version? Any fix? --153.20.95.74 08:24, 15 September 2015 (UTC)


 * I had restarted php-fpm and the problem went away, i.e., there is a cache issue. Is there a mean to force the update of cache? Also renamed properties (redirects were deleted too) also showed up in the list of values of Semantic Property --153.20.95.74 08:29, 15 September 2015 (UTC)


 * I don't know - this might be a Semantic MediaWiki issue. The SF code is just calling an SMW function to get the list of properties. Yaron Koren (talk) 13:37, 15 September 2015 (UTC)


 * I would like to confirm that even the property is deleted, the SWM function (please point me to the file or function as I am new to mediawiki and php) still return the deleted property.


 * That is a known SMW issue - I'm guessing that you can also see that same deleted property on the page Special:Properties. If so, you should ask the SMW developers about it. Yaron Koren (talk) 14:37, 15 September 2015 (UTC)


 * For a discussion about deleted properties/subjects (and its apparent reappearance), please have a look at the #1100 issue.--MWJames (talk) 14:59, 15 September 2015 (UTC)

Using query string in #forminput
I have a form which has a property "Student ID" and I want this property to be filled from #forminput via query string and using value from the title of the page.



If I use form name "12345699A", the immediate URL is http://localhost/wiki/Special:FormStart?page_name=12345699A&form=Student&Student[Student+ID]=Student

What I want is http://localhost/wiki/Special:FormStart?page_name=12345699A&form=Student&Student[Student+ID]=12345699A

I do not know how to get or parse URL using the existing standard extension as I did not install Extension:UrlGetParameters.


 * I'm not completely sure I understand, but it sounds like you'd be better off using #formlink instead of #forminput, and a page name formula. Yaron Koren (talk) 14:40, 15 September 2015 (UTC)


 * I tried #formlink just now, do not know how to enter the "Student ID". My original question can be simplified to

1) Enter 123456789A into the textbox

2) I want $forminput to generate the url http://localhost/wiki/Special:FormStart?page_name=12345699A&form=Student&Student[Student+ID]=12345699A instead of http://localhost/wiki/Special:FormStart?page_name=12345699A&form=Student&Student[Student+ID]=Student --Yoonghm (talk) 14:59, 15 September 2015 (UTC)


 * The specific thing you're asking about can't be done. However - if the student ID is always the page name, why do you need a form field for it at all? Can't you just always use the page name? Yaron Koren (talk) 15:03, 15 September 2015 (UTC)


 * The problem for beginner likes me is that there are too many features within mediawiki and its extensions, there is no other good reference except your book. I want to put the Student ID as a property as I cannot prevent people from changing it and can be used for semantic query. Okay, I will consider your suggestion. --Yoonghm (talk) 15:30, 15 September 2015 (UTC)

Max size for properties
I would like to start a review site and store the reviews in properties. Yet even a comparably short review (800 words, 4500 signs) breaks the parser. What would be the recommendation in order to deal with this? I would like to add interviews with the length off 12(!) A4 pages into a property. Currently, I had to move all into a standard input field in order to avoid broken parser tags.

To give an example of what I talking about: http://adsol.oneyoudontknow.com/index.php/wiki/Anticosm_-_Anticosm
 * Top: the text added as a property (text)
 * Below: text added as a free field.

The lack of formatting is due c/p it from the bottom.

--Temptuousinsolence (talk) 18:17, 15 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Is this a Semantic Forms question? Anyway, I don't think it's the size of that text that's causing the problem, but rather the fact that it contains square brackets. Yaron Koren (talk) 01:21, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

Group pages (created via Semantic Form) in Category: according to other properties instead of page name
I have created several pages using Form:Student with the following page names.
 * 1111111A
 * 1111112B
 * 2222222C
 * 3333333D

These pages are in Students category.

Form:Student uses Template:Student which has the following properties

In the Category:Students page, these pages are grouped under 1, 2 and 3. How can I use Tutorial Class property to group them? --Yoonghm (talk) 02:18, 16 September 2015 (UTC)


 * This isn't a Semantic Forms question, but: you should be able to use DEFAULTSORT for that. Yaron Koren (talk) 13:13, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

Constraining the user to use forms to create a page.
I want to constrain users the use the forms to create a new page.

In other world, users can't create new pages on my wiki. They can ONLY add new pages thought the form. Is there an easy way to do that ?

Thanks a lot.


 * I don't know of any. Yaron Koren (talk) 13:14, 16 September 2015 (UTC)