Rose::HTML::Form::Field::PopUpMenu(3p)

NAME
Rose::HTML::Form::Field::PopUpMenu - Object representation of a pop-up menu in an HTML form.

SYNOPSIS
    $field = Rose::HTML::Form::Field::PopUpMenu->new(name => 'fruits');

    $field->options(apple  => 'Apple',
                    orange => 'Orange',
                    grape  => 'Grape');

    print $field->value_label('apple'); # 'Apple'

    $field->input_value('orange');

    print $field->internal_value; # 'orange'

    print $field->html;

    ...

DESCRIPTION
Rose::HTML::Form::Field::PopUpMenu is an object representation of a pop-up menu field in an HTML form.

This class inherits from, and follows the conventions of, Rose::HTML::Form::Field. Inherited methods that are not overridden will not be documented a second time here. See the Rose::HTML::Form::Field documentation for more information.

HTML ATTRIBUTES
Valid attributes:

    accesskey
    class
    dir
    disabled
    id
    lang
    name
    onblur
    onchange
    onclick
    ondblclick
    onfocus
    onkeydown
    onkeypress
    onkeyup
    onmousedown
    onmousemove
    onmouseout
    onmouseover
    onmouseup
    size
    style
    tabindex
    title
    value
    xml:lang

Required attributes:

    name
    size

Boolean attributes:

    disabled

CONSTRUCTOR

new PARAMS
    Constructs a new Rose::HTML::Form::Field::PopUpMenu object based on PARAMS, where PARAMS are name/value pairs. Any object method is a valid parameter name.

OBJECT METHODS

add_option OPTION
    Convenience alias for add_options().

add_options OPTIONS
    Adds options to the pop-up menu. OPTIONS may take the following forms.

    A reference to a hash of value/label pairs:

        $field->add_options
        (
          {
            value1 => 'label1',
            value2 => 'label2',
            ...
          }
        );

    An ordered list of value/label pairs:

        $field->add_options
        (
          value1 => 'label1',
          value2 => 'label2',
          ...
        );

    (Option values and labels passed as a hash reference are sorted by value according to the default behavior of Perl's built-in sort() function.)

    A reference to an array of containing only plain scalar values:

        $field->add_options([ 'value1', 'value2', ... ]);

    A list or reference to an array of Rose::HTML::Form::Field::Option or Rose::HTML::Form::Field::OptionGroup objects:

        $field->add_options
        (
          Rose::HTML::Form::Field::Option->new(...),
          Rose::HTML::Form::Field::OptionGroup->new(...),
          Rose::HTML::Form::Field::Option->new(...),
          ...
        );

        $field->add_options
        (
          [
          Rose::HTML::Form::Field::Option->new(...),
          Rose::HTML::Form::Field::OptionGroup->new(...),
          Rose::HTML::Form::Field::Option->new(...),
            ...
          ]
        );

    A list or reference to an array containing a mix of value/label pairs, value/hashref pairs, and Rose::HTML::Form::Field::Option or Rose::HTML::Form::Field::OptionGroup objects:

        @args =
        (
          # value/label pair
          value1 => 'label1',

          # option group object
          Rose::HTML::Form::Field::OptionGroup->new(...),

          # value/hashref pair
          value2 =>
          {
            label => 'Some Label',
            id    => 'my_id',
            ...
          },

          # option object
          Rose::HTML::Form::Field::Option->new(...),

          ...
        );

        $field->add_options(@args);  # list
        $field->add_options(\@args); # reference to an array

    Please note: the second form (passing a reference to an array) requires that at least one item in the referenced array is not a plain scalar, lest it be confused with "a reference to an array of containing only plain scalar values."

    All options are added to the end of the existing list of options.

    Option groups may also be added by nesting another level of array references. For example, this:

        $field = Rose::HTML::Form::Field::PopUpMenu->new(name => 'fruits');

        $field->options(apple  => 'Apple',
                        orange => 'Orange',
                        grape  => 'Grape');

        $group = Rose::HTML::Form::Field::OptionGroup->new(label => 'Others');

        $group->options(juji  => 'Juji',
                        peach => 'Peach');

        $field->add_options($group);

    is equivalent to this:

        $field =
          Rose::HTML::Form::Field::PopUpMenu->new(
            name    => 'fruits',
            options =>
            [
              apple  => 'Apple',
              orange => 'Orange',
              grape  => 'Grape',
              Others =>
              [
                juji  => { label => 'Juji' },
                peach => { label => 'Peach' },
              ],
            ]);

        $field->add_options($group);

choices [OPTIONS]
    This is an alias for the options method.

delete_option VALUE
    Deletes the first option (according to the order that they are returned from options()) whose "value" HTML attribute is VALUE. Returns the deleted option or undef if no such option exists.

delete_options LIST
    Repeatedly calls delete_option, passing each value in LIST as an arugment.

delete_option_group LABEL
    Deletes the first option group (according to the order that they are returned from options()) whose "label" HTML attribute is LABEL. Returns the deleted option group or undef if no such option exists.

delete_option_groups LIST
    Repeatedly calls delete_option_group, passing each value in LIST.

hide_all_options
    Set hidden to true for all options.

has_value VALUE
    Returns true if VALUE is selected in the pop-up menu, false otherwise.

labels [LABELS]
    Get or set the labels for all values. If LABELS is a reference to a hash or a list of value/label pairs, then LABELS replaces all existing labels. Passing an odd number of items in the list version of LABELS causes a fatal error.

    Returns a hash of value/label pairs in list context, or a reference to a hash in scalar context.

option VALUE
    Returns the first option (according to the order that they are returned from options()) whose "value" HTML attribute is VALUE, or undef if no such option exists.

options OPTIONS
    Get or set the full list of options in the pop-up menu. OPTIONS may be a reference to a hash of value/label pairs, an ordered list of value/label pairs, a reference to an array of values, or a list of objects that are of, or inherit from, the classes Rose::HTML::Form::Field::Option or Rose::HTML::Form::Field::OptionGroup. Passing an odd number of items in the value/label argument list causes a fatal error. Options passed as a hash reference are sorted by value according to the default behavior of Perl's built-in sort() function.

    To set an ordered list of option values along with labels in the constructor, use both the options() and labels() methods in the correct order. Example:

        $field =
          Rose::HTML::Form::Field::PopUpMenu->new(
            name    => 'fruits',
            options => [ 'apple', 'pear' ],
            labels  => { apple => 'Apple', pear => 'Pear' });

    Remember that methods are called in the order that they appear in the constructor arguments (see the Rose::Object documentation), so options() will be called before labels() in the example above. This is important; it will not work in the opposite order.

    Returns a list of the pop-up menu's Rose::HTML::Form::Field::Option and/or Rose::HTML::Form::Field::OptionGroup objects in list context, or a reference to an array of the same in scalar context. Hidden options will be included in this list. These are the actual objects used in the field. Modifying them will modify the field itself.

option_group LABEL
    Returns the Rose::HTML::Form::Field::OptionGroup object whose "label" HTML attribute is LABEL, or undef if no such option group exists.

show_all_options
    Set hidden to false for all options.

value [VALUE]
    Simply calls input_value(), passing all arguments.

value_label [VALUE [, LABEL]]
    If no arguments are passed, it returns the label of the selected option, or the value itself if it has no label. If no option is selected, undef is returned.

    With arguments, it will get or set the label for the option whose value is VALUE. The label for that option is returned. If the option exists, but has no label, then the value itself is returned. If the option does not exist, then undef is returned.

AUTHOR
John C. Siracusa (siracusa@gmail.com)

COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2007 by John C. Siracusa. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.