From: Michael campbell <michael_s_campbell@...>
Date: 2004-01-30T09:37:04+09:00
Subject: amrita and checkboxes

How does one control whether or not a checkbox is "checked" using amrita?  I'm familiar with using the a(:attr => value) form for modifying an attribute WITHIN a tag, but this attribute is either present or absent, it doesn't have a value as such.

If I leave out the symbol, the entire tag is eliminated, not just the attribute within it.

Below, the "1" form is printed with "checked=on" as expected; the "2" form prints nothing; the entire text from <form> to </form> is eliminated, when all I want is the "checked" attribute WITHIN the <form..> tag to go away, not the whole thing.


Thoughts welcome.

require 'amrita/template'
include Amrita

t = TemplateText.new <<-html
<form method=post action=DYNAMIC_CONTENT_NEEDS_TO_BE_PLACED_HERE checked id=form>
  <input type=text name=foobar>
  </form>
html

data = {
:form => a(:action => 'myform.cgi', :checked => "on")
}

puts "1"
t.expand(STDOUT, data)

puts "2"
data = {
:form => a(:action => 'myform.cgi')
}