How to place a Form above the Text Area when editing

The documentation describes how to change the layout for viewing: System.PatternSkinCustomization#I_want_to_place_the_form_at_the - although I have given a clearer example below.

However, this does not change the layout for editing, which is potentially more important when using forms.

I am unable to edit the documentation, so have given this example here for others.

Answer

If using the pattern skin (default), create your own skin template file for editing: e.g. copy the foswiki/templates/edit.pattern.tmpl to foswiki/templates/edit.myskin.tmpl (where foswiki is the base directory as specified in your configure page).

Edit the bottom of the newly created edit.myskin.tmpl file to appear as follows:

%TMPL:DEF{"content"}%%TMPL:P{"formstart"}%%TMPL:P{"formtop"}%
%TMPL:P{"toolbar"}%
%TMPL:P{"pagehelp"}%
%TMPL:P{"formbottom"}%%TMPL:P{"topicinfo"}%
%TMPL:P{"textarea"}%
%TMPL:P{"formend"}%
%TMPL:P{"pagehelp_nojavascript"}%%TMPL:END%

Essentially, the "textarea" line has been moved to the 3rd from bottom line, making it appear at the bottom of the page when editing any page with a form.

In order to use this new skin, enable it for a single Web or across the whole wiki in the relevant WebPreferences or SitePreferences by adding the line (as described in System.PatternSkinCustomization#The_template_approach):

   * Set SKIN = myskin,pattern

Example of placing Form above Text Area in View mode

Again, to demonstrate using the default pattern skin, create your own skin template file by copying foswikiview/templates/view.pattern.tmpl to foswiki/templates/view.myskin.tmpl

Edit the newly created file view.myskin.tmpl on lines 17 and 18 as follows:

%TMPL:DEF{"formattop"}%%TMPL:P{"form"}%%TMPL:END%
%TMPL:DEF{"formatbottom"}%%TMPL:END%

Lines 15 and 16 mention that this setting is deprecated. However, this still appears to carry the "form" setting described in System.PatternSkinCustomization#I_want_to_place_the_form_at_the.

Enable myskin for the webs or site you want as above.

-- Ugm6Hr - 23 Aug 2009