[Zope3-dev] Re: idea: attr:foo addition to tal

[Philipp von Weitershausen]

Godefroid Chapelle wrote:
>> I was writing yet another tal:attributes expression, when I had the 
>> following idea.
>>
>> How about if there were an 'attr' namespace that the tales interpreter 
>> understands that replaces attributes?
>>
>> So, instead of
>>
>>   <a tal:attributes="href item/url" tal:content="item/description" />
>>
>> we get
>>
>>   <a attr:href="item/url" tal:content="item/description" />
>>
> 
> I think I like this idea a lot as it would make templates more readable.
> 
> I would not use attr as the namespace though.
> 
> Also, I am not sure how to combine it with i18n:attributes.

It could even combine in the following way:

<input type="submit"
        attr:value="here/label"
        i18nattr:value="button-label" />

where button-label is the message id.

+1 from me for SteveA's idea!

Philipp