I am putting together a web form using CGI::Formbuilder and Template Toolkit. All was going well until I decided to add a Javascript Calendar widget to the form.

Although the CGI::Formbuilder doc states :- 

[htmlattr] => $value, [htmlattr] => $value
In addition to the above tags, the field() function can take any other
+ valid HTML attribute

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When I attempt to pass in the anchor definition including some java script ala:- 
my $lot =<<EOF;
href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="gfPop.fPopCalendar(document.demofor
+m.dc);return false;" HIDEFOCUS><img name="popcal" align="absmiddle" s
+rc="calbtn.gif" width="34" height="22" border="0" alt="">
EOF

$form->field(name => 'go_live_date',
             a => $lot);

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I end up with the following output :- 

 <td width="100"><input a="href=&quot;javascript:void(0)&quot; onclick
+=&quot;gfPop.fPopCalendar(document.demoform.dc);return false;&quot; H
+IDEFOCUS&gt;&lt;img name=&quot;popcal&quot; align=&quot;absmiddle&quo
+t; src=&quot;calbtn.gif&quot; width=&quot;34&quot; height=&quot;22&qu
+ot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;
" class="FormField" cols="20" name="go_live_date" type="text" /></td>

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I have a feeling that i'm not quoting the string correctly - or passing it in incorrectly. Either way I'd appreciate some advice on what is the correct way to pass in random html markup of this nature from CGI::Formbuilder into Template Toolkit.

Thanks Simon

In reply to Javascript with CGI::FormBuilder and Template Toolkit by set_uk

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