coffeecup helpers

coffeecup helpers project is a set of helpers to add some sugar to generating forms and twitter bootstrap classes

install

npm install coffeecup-helpers

usage

cc = require 'coffeecup'
helpers = require 'coffeecup-helpers'
 
template = ->
  form ->
    p ->
      textField 'name', class: 'small'
 
cc.render template, hardcode: helpers

output

<form>
  <p>
    <label for="name">Name</label>
    <input name="name" id="name" type="text" />
  </p>
</form>

api

textField(name, value, attributes)

generate label and input type text element.

params

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
name	string	optional	input element name attribute and label display
value	string	optional	input element value attribute
attributes	object	optional	object containing both input and label attributes

usage

template = ->
 form ->
   p ->
     textField 'name', label: { class: 'foo' }, input: { class: 'bar'}

output

<form>
  <p>
    <label class="foo" for="name">Name</label>
    <input class="bar" name="name" id="name" type="text" />
  </p>
</form>

passwordField(name, value, attributes)

generate label and input type text element.

params

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
name	string	optional	input element name attribute and label display
value	string	optional	input element value attribute
attributes	object	optional	object containing both input and label attributes

usage

template = ->
 form ->
   p ->
     textField 'name', label: { class: 'foo' }, input: { class: 'bar'}

output

<form>
  <p>
    <label class="foo" for="name">Name</label>
    <input class="bar" name="name" id="name" type="password" />
  </p>
</form>

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Bootstrap Form Controls

textControl(name, value, attributes)

generates form text control with help text

params

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
name	string	optional	input element name attribute and label display
value	string	optional	input element value attribute
attributes	object	optional	object containing both input and label attributes as well as help text

usage

t = ->
  textControl 'foo', help: 'Help text here'
coffeecup.render(t, {hardcode})

output

<div class="control-group">
  <label for="foo" class="control-label">Foo</label>
  <div class="controls">
    <input name="foo" id="foo" type="text" />
    <p class="help-block">Help text here</p>
  </div>
</div>

passwordControl(name, value, attributes)

generates form password control with help text

params

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
name	string	optional	input element name attribute and label display
value	string	optional	input element value attribute
attributes	object	optional	object containing both input and label attributes as well as help text

usage

t = ->
  textControl 'foo', help: 'Help text here'
coffeecup.render(t, {hardcode})

output

<div class="control-group">
  <label for="foo" class="control-label">Foo</label>
  <div class="controls">
    <input name="foo" id="foo" type="password" />
    <p class="help-block">Help text here</p>
  </div>
</div>