Elxis 5.1 - Combined form elements

[datahell]

Elxis 5 form library (elxis5Form) since Elxis 5.1 supports grouping of multiple form elements into one. For instance, 2 input form elements on the same line with a single label.
I will write an example below to better understand the new feature, I am sure you will find it VERY useful.

The general idea
Generate the elements we want one by one without a wrapping div, without label and without displaying them. We save the generated html into the buffer and we display them later with a single label and optionally tip.

Full example
First we command the elxis5Form library not to display the generated elements by return the html instead:
$form->setOption('returnhtml', true);

Now we generate a Select form element. We define the "onlyelement" attribute and we set its value to 1. This will tell the elxis5Library not to include the wrapping div and label in returned html. Note that the label text has no important as it will not be displayed. We save the returned html in variable $chtml :
$options = array();
$options[] = $form->makeOption('mr', 'Mr.');
$options[] = $form->makeOption('ms', 'Ms.');
$chtml = $form->addSelect('gendre', 'Gendre', 'mr', $options, array('onlyelement' => 1, 'class' => 'elx5_select elx5_inselect'));

Now we generate an input form element the same way and add generated html into $chtml variable:
$chtml .= $form->addText('firstname', '', 'Firstname', array('onlyelement' => 1, 'class' => 'elx5_text elx5_mediumtext'));

And an other one:
$chtml .= $form->addText('lastname', '', 'Lastname', array('onlyelement' => 1, 'class' => 'elx5_text elx5_mediumtext'));

Job done, return "returnhtml" option back to false:
$form->setOption('returnhtml', false);

Now we display the combination of the 3 above form elements by using the addCombined method:
$form->addCombined('firstname', 'Your name', $chtml);

I attach a screenshot were you can see the actual result.

[michalis1984]

Interesting and useful. Need to refresh and update the knowledge of the form library