Item10878: FORMFIELD{"Field"} vs SEARCH{"TOPIC" scope="topic" format="$dollarformfield(Field)"}

What if I want/need to show a multiline formfield in a Wiki table without breaking it?

I can use some construct like

| Field value: | %SEARCH{"%TOPIC" scope="topic" format="$formfield(Field)"}% |

cause $formfield replaces linebreaks by <br /> but I can't use

| Field value: | %FORMFIELD{"Field"}% |

Shouldn't FORMFIELD have a parameter for allowing just that, or did I miss something?

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Ups, there's already the duplicate Foswikitask:Item10294 for this.

-- FranzJosefGigler - 14 Jun 2011

Thanks Franz,

I've closed this no-action for you (and set Item10294 as enhancement).

Two bug reports probably means we should do something about this

If you have the spare time, and the patience to chat via IRC, I'd be more than happy (as would any of the IRC regulars) to help you get this implemented (if you feel so inclined!). There's also the foswiki-svn mailing list.

For what it's worth, META and FlexFormPlugin's RENDERFORDISPLAY use the same Foswiki::Form...::renderForDisplay() code path as $formfield(), but META isn't pretty to use...

-- PaulHarvey - 30 Jun 2011

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