Panel Extensibility - classes, data attributes, javascript

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There seem to be a lot of small cases where us developers need to increase the functionality of the panel. I think that most of these could be handled with javascript - but it would require making blueprints a little more robust. I suggested in the Kirby Wishlist thread an optional method of creating blueprints that’s similar to CodeIgniter’s form helpers:

// Instead of:

title:
  label: Title
  type: text
cover:
  label: Cover Image
  type: select
  options:
    - images
    - audio


// Something like:

echo kirby_field(
  'title' => 'title',
  'label' => 'Author Name',
  'type' => 'text'
)
echo kirby_field(
  'title' => 'cover_image',
  'label' => 'Cover Image',
  'type' => 'select',
  'options' => array('images', 'audio'),
  'width' => '1/2'
)

if ($user->role() == 'admin') {
  echo kirby_field(
    'title' => 'bio',
    'label' => 'Author Bio',
    'help' => 'You are an admin and can edit the bio'
    'attributes' => array(
      'id' => 'bio',
      'data-role' => 'admin'
    )
  )
} else {
  echo kirby_field(
    'title' => 'bio',
    'label' => 'Author Bio',
    'readonly' => true,
    'attributes' => array(
      'id' => 'bio',
      'data-role' => 'admin'
    )
  )
}

echo panel_javascript('/assets/panel_js/author.js')

It’s much more verbose, but would allow for:

  • using PHP logic to create the forms
  • allow for the retrieval of other site data
  • allow for javascript manipulation
    • (e.g., if option A is selected on #radio-field, display additional fields X Y and Z)