Constructing a Multi-Column Online Form with the Ext JS Framework
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Welcome to the third article in a series that shows you how to build dynamic web forms with the Ext JS framework. This series walks you through the development of different dynamic online forms using the Ext JS package, so you can start including them in your own web sites.
Introduction
Among the huge variety of third-party JavaScript libraries available nowadays on the web, the Ext JS framework appeals to web developers with its solid capabilities for building professional-looking user interfaces within minutes. Indeed, this powerful package allows users to easily create an impressive number of web widgets, such as hierarchical menu trees, message boxes, dynamic web forms and so forth, by using only a simple combination of basic markup and object-oriented JavaScript code.
Thus, if you’re a web developer who’s interested in learning how to use this powerful JavaScript library to construct all sorts of interactive web forms, don’t hesitate; start reading this group of articles now!
Okay, now that I introduced you to the subject of this article series, I believe it's time to briefly summarize the topics that I discussed in the last article. In that specific tutorial I demonstrated how to take advantage of the capabilities offered by the Ext JS framework to build a dynamic online form. The form's input boxes were neatly laid out by using two different field sets.
Obviously, one of the major benefits of creating a web form like the one described above is that each of its field sets can be hidden or displayed alternately, facilitating the manner in which user-supplied data is collected.
Nonetheless, I must say that the Ext JS framework permits you to build some other dynamic web forms that hopefully will catch your attention very quickly. Of course, if you read this article’s title, then you’ll know that in the next few lines I’m going to show how to use this library to create a multi-column web form, which also will include a decent HTML editor. What else can you ask for?
Thus, with the preliminaries out of our way, let’s learn together how to build this brand new online form with the Ext JS library. Let’s begin now!
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