How can I add a -id attribute to a perl cgi start

misterperl has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

According to the CGI docs, the start_Tr tag generator is supposed to support *event* and *global* HTML attributes, as well as the 5-6 normal <tr> ones. One of the globals is id=. I tried

$cgi->start_Tr( -id => "thisID" )
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and that yielded <tr> only- the attribute was ignored. Even common <tr> attributes aren't working like valign.

$cgi->start_Tr( -valign => "top" )
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also yields simply <tr>.

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Re: How can I add a -id attribute to a perl cgi start_Tr ? by fishmonger (Chaplain) on Feb 27, 2015 at 15:35 UTC
You need to pass the attributes as a hash ref `print $cgi->start_Tr( {-id => "thisID", -valign => "top"} );`	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: How can I add a -id attribute to a perl cgi start_Tr ? by misterperl (Friar) on Feb 27, 2015 at 15:39 UTC
thanks just saw that.. Working now :) Joy. Have a nice weekend..	[reply]
Re^3: How can I add a -id attribute to a perl cgi start_Tr ? by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Feb 27, 2015 at 19:48 UTC
FWIW, I think is awkward usage and produces badly dated HTML. `print $cgi->start_Tr({-id => "thisID", -valign => "top"});` This is equivalent, less verbose, and less awkward– `print '<tr id="thisID" valign="top">';` I often use CGI to produce HTML but the strength lies in being able to tersely, e.g.– `print table( Tr( td( \@long_list_of_td ) ) );` So, for your use, I’d much rather inherit something like this– `print Tr({-id => "thisID", -class => "CSSclass"}, td("some stuff"), td("etc") );` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]