Per-form default-controls doesn't work in 3.4.d

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d_garry

Hello everybody!
I have a problem with defining default-controls in Alfresco Share forms.
In this manual (http://docs.alfresco.com/3.4/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.alfresco.Enterprise_3_4_0.doc%2Fconcepts%2Fkb-share-forms.html) there is an example:

<config evaluator="node-type" condition="cm:content">
&nbsp;&nbsp; <forms>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <default-controls>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <type name="text" 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; template="/org/alfresco/components/form/controls/textfield.ftl" />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </default-controls>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <form>
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I want to use it this way:

<config evaluator="node-type" condition="my:ownWorkflowTaskType">
&nbsp;&nbsp; <forms>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <default-controls>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <type name="text"
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; template="/org/alfresco/components/form/controls/info.ftl" />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </default-controls>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <form>
&nbsp;&nbsp; </forms>
</config>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

But in Alfresco Share (Community 3.4.d) this example just doesn't work, system ignores <default-controls> tag when it's in <config evaluator="node-type" condition="mywnWorkflowTaskType"> block.When i put it in common <config> block, like this:

<config>
&nbsp;&nbsp; <forms>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <default-controls>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <type name="text"
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; template="/org/alfresco/components/form/controls/info.ftl" />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </default-controls>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <form>
&nbsp;&nbsp; </forms>
</config>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

,
it works. But in this case i cannot define per-form default controls, as <config> block affects all my forms. Example: i have two workflow forms; one form is for input, the second one is informational. They contain many text fields, and i want to make them not-editable only in second form using info.ftl instead of default textfield.ftl, without writing many many "read-only = true" definitons.
Do you have any ideas?
Regard,
Igor.

mccarthymp

Have you tried setting each field's controller using the appearance tag for each property that you want to change?

           <appearance>
               <field id="my:prop">
                  <control template="/org/alfresco/components/form/controls/info.ftl" />
               </field>
            </appearance>‍‍‍‍‍

It is probably more markup but should do the job.