Form::...l::show(3pm)

💖 Embperl::Form::Control::show — the vibe ✨

okay bestie, so this is Embperl::Form::Control::show, and it lives in the User Contributed Perl Documentation for Form::...l::show(3pm) 🎀 (the manual name is lowkey a mystery box of ellipses, but that's the one, iykyk). It's a text display control that sits inside an Embperl Form — display only, no typing, it's giving "look but don't touch" 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

{
type   => 'display',
text   => 'blabla',
hidden => 1,
name   => 'foo',
split  => 1
}

that's it, that's the whole look 🌸

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

So basically you use this to create a display only control inside an Embperl Form. Nothing to fill in, nothing to submit, just vibes and text on the screen 🦋

For how to actually specify parameters in general, go check out Embperl::Form — it's the main character and this control is just a supporting role.

🫶 PARAMETER

type

Needs to be set to 'show'. Like, it literally has to be that, no negotiating 💀

text

This one gets used as the label for the text display control. Your little caption moment ✨

value

The value to display. If you don't give one, $fdat{<name>} gets used instead — it'll go find it for you, so generous 🫶

And plot twist: if the data you pass in value is an arrayref, then every element gets displayed on its own separate line. One per line, no crowding, everyone gets their moment 👑

hidden

If set, an appropriate hidden input field gets created automatically. Sneaky little field, doesn't show up in the UI but it's there doing its thing 🙈

name

Will be used as the name for that hidden input field. Gotta name your children 🎀

split

Splits the value into an array at \t if set, and displays every array element on a new line. Tab-separated in, line-separated out, a little glow-up 💅

splitlines

Splits the value into an array at \n if set, and displays every array element on a new line. Same energy as split, but for newlines — pick your fighter 🧚

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👑 Author 👑

G. Richter (richter at embperl dot org), A. Beckert (beckert@ecos.de) — absolute icons, we stan 🌟

🌸 See Also 🌸

• perl(1)
• Embperl
• Embperl::Form

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no cap, that's the whole page. every flag, every default, every tiny detail — preserved exactly, just with better lighting ✨

okay and for the cute sign-off bestie: this whole thing is perl v5.34.0, dated 2022-02-06, and it's Form::...l::show(3pm) — periodt 💜