[Plugin: Custom Field Template] Problems with styling

  • difreo

    (@difreo)


    13 years, 1 month ago

    I’ve run into some problems regarding styling the fields. If you have in your template a multiple field let’s say “first-field” it gets the id = dl_first-field0_0 the next instance of that field gets id = dl_first-field0_1 wich is good, but the bad thing is that the “second-field” gets the id = dl_second-field2_0 wich makes it impossible to target and style because if the user picks 3 files the number of the “second-field” will change and it should not be happening. I think the second-field should get the id = dl_second-field1_0.

    [first-field]
    label = First
    type = file
    multiple = true
    multipleButton = true
    relation = true

    [second-field]
    label = Second
    type = file

    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-field-template/

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  • proximity2008

    (@proximity2008)

    13 years, 1 month ago

    Hi,

    There are alternatives to the CFT for prettier looking forms. There is no way ( save using javascript ) to add the extra classes to the elements in order to style them.

    Using fieldsets could be a way around it as you can put a class on the field set and then using a descendant/child css selector to style the field how you want.

    Will be extra work for you though. Hope this helps.

    http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-custom-field-template-display-several-options-side-by-side?replies=6

    Thread Starter difreo

    (@difreo)

    13 years, 1 month ago

    My point is that in the admin area the fields are named badly. The idea behind it is good but the execution is wrong. I know I’m right. Look at the id of the dl elements in the admin. They are named as follows:
    dl_first0_0
    dl_first0_1
    dl_first0_2

    dl_second3_0
    dl_second3_1

    and it should be:

    dl_first0_0
    dl_first0_1
    dl_first0_2

    dl_second1_0
    dl_second1_1

    proximity2008

    (@proximity2008)

    13 years, 1 month ago

    Unfortunately that is what you are kinda stuck with.

    The plugin has been around for at least 2 – 3 years and I think the chances of the developer refactoring the id names for styling purposes are next to nil.

    What you really want are classes.

    I have used javascript to ‘look up’ the dom ( because you can apply classes to elements ) to find the parent div and apply a class to that.

    It’s a little bit work but definitely doable. Wether it’s worth it though, maybe not.

    Thread Starter difreo

    (@difreo)

    13 years, 1 month ago

    i see… 🙁 One more question if I may. Have You experienced problems with media picker? It just doesn’t work for me. look here

    Thread Starter difreo

    (@difreo)

    13 years, 1 month ago

    Thank You.

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