Creating a new TinyMCE form widget - forms

Question

I'm using tinyMCE in my forms and have noticed that I only use two configurations : a very limited one, for things like comments, and a more complex one, for the administators of the site.
For the moment I do that by repeating this sort of code in each form :
//TinyMCE
$this->widgetSchema['comment'] = new sfWidgetFormTextareaTinyMCE(array(
'width' => 550,
'height' => 150,
'config' => '
theme_advanced_buttons1 : "bold,italic,separator,bullist,separator,link, sub,sup,separator,charmap",
theme_advanced_buttons2 : "",
theme_advanced_buttons3 : "",
theme_advanced_path : false,
language : "fr"
'
));
Could I (and how) create two widgets, say TinyMCEsmall and TinyMCEfull so that I don't have to repeat code ?

Answer 1

Like this:
class sfWidgetFormTextareaTinyMCESmall extends sfWidgetFormTextareaTinyMCE
{
protected function configure($options = array(), $attributes = array())
{
parent::configure($options, $attributes);
//assuming there are no options on the parent class that you need, call setOptions. If you need to retain some, make individual setOption calls.
$this->addOption('width', 550);
$this->addoption('height', 150);
$this->addOption('config', '
theme_advanced_buttons1 : "bold,italic,separator,bullist,separator,link, sub,sup,separator,charmap",
theme_advanced_buttons2 : "",
theme_advanced_buttons3 : "",
theme_advanced_path : false,
language : "fr"
');
}
}
Note that options you pass in will still take precedence.

Answer 2

sure, create a class that extends the sfWidgetFormTextareaTinyMCE and put your specifics in its constructor.
put it in let's say a var called myTinyMCE
and call at last in the constructor the parent::constructor(myTinyMCE)
where you give the setup as a parameter.
then in the form don't call the sfWidgetFormTextareaTinyMCE anymore, but your class you created...
class myClass extends sfWidgetFormTextareaTinyMCE {
public class __construct(){
myTinyMCE = array(
'width' => 550,
'height' => 150,
'config' => '
theme_advanced_buttons1 : "bold,italic,separator,bullist,separator,link, sub,sup,separator,charmap",
theme_advanced_buttons2 : "",
theme_advanced_buttons3 : "",
theme_advanced_path : false,
language : "fr"
'
);
parent::__construct(myTinyMCE);
}
}
more info on that can be found here How do I get a PHP class constructor to call its parent's parent's constructor