MoodleQuickForm_choicedropdown Class Reference

Inheritance diagram for MoodleQuickForm_choicedropdown:

Public Member Functions
	__construct ( $elementname=null, $elementlabel=null, ?choicelist $options=null, $attributes=null)
	Constructor.
	export_for_template (renderer_base $output)
	exportValue (&$submitvalues, $assoc=false)
	We check the options and return only the values that could have been selected.
	getElementTemplateType ()
	Slightly different container template when frozen.
	getHelpButton ()
	get html for help button
	load (&$choice, $value=null, $unused2=null, $unused3=null, $unused4=null)
	Loads options from a choicelist.
	set_dialog_width (string $width)
	Set the dropdown width.
	setHiddenLabel ($hiddenLabel)
	Sets label to be hidden.
	toHtml ()
	Returns HTML for select form element.

Public Attributes
string[] const	WIDTH = status::WIDTH
	Dropdown dialog width.

Protected Attributes
string string	$_helpbutton = ''
	html for help button, if empty then no help.
bool bool	$_hiddenLabel = false
	if true label will be hidden.
choicelist choicelist	$choice = null
	the user choices.
string string	$dropdownwidth = status::WIDTH['small']
	the dropdown width (from core\output\local\dropdown\status\WIDTH).

Detailed Description

Copyright

2023 Ferran Recio ferra.nosp@m.n@mo.nosp@m.odle..nosp@m.com

License

http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

__construct()

MoodleQuickForm_choicedropdown::__construct	(		$elementname = null,
			$elementlabel = null,
		?choicelist	$options = null,
			$attributes = null )

Constructor.

Parameters

string	$elementname	Select name attribute
mixed	$elementlabel	Label(s) for the select
choicelist	$options	Data to be used to populate options
mixed	$attributes	Either a typical HTML attribute string or an associative array

Member Function Documentation

exportValue()

MoodleQuickForm_choicedropdown::exportValue	(	&	$submitvalues,
			$assoc = false )

We check the options and return only the values that could have been selected.

We also return a scalar value if select is not "multiple"

Parameters

string	$submitvalues	submitted values
bool	$assoc	if true the returned value is associated array

Return values

string|null

getElementTemplateType()

MoodleQuickForm_choicedropdown::getElementTemplateType

(

)

Slightly different container template when frozen.

Don't want to use a label tag with a for attribute in that case for the element label but instead use a div. Templates are defined in renderer constructor.

Return values

string

getHelpButton()

MoodleQuickForm_choicedropdown::getHelpButton

(

)

get html for help button

Return values

string

html for help button

load()

MoodleQuickForm_choicedropdown::load	(	&	$choice,
			$value = null,
			$unused2 = null,
			$unused3 = null,
			$unused4 = null )

Loads options from a choicelist.

Parameters

choicelist	$choice	Options source currently supports assoc array or DB_result
string | null	$value	optional value (in case it is not defined in the choicelist)
string | null	$unused2	unused
string | null	$unused3	unused
string | null	$unused4	unused

Return values

bool

set_dialog_width()

MoodleQuickForm_choicedropdown::set_dialog_width

(

string

$width

)

Set the dropdown width.

Parameters

string

$width

setHiddenLabel()

MoodleQuickForm_choicedropdown::setHiddenLabel

(

$hiddenLabel

)

Sets label to be hidden.

Parameters

bool

$hiddenLabel

sets if label should be hidden

toHtml()

MoodleQuickForm_choicedropdown::toHtml

(

)

Returns HTML for select form element.

This method is only needed when forms renderer is forces via $GLOBALS['_HTML_QuickForm_default_renderer']. Otherwise the renderer will use mustache templates.

Return values

string

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• lib/form/choicedropdown.php