Hello Monks,


I am attempting to create a website using Perl-CGI.

I would like to create dynamic forms, i.e. click on a radio button and the form input changes. (something not unlike this (click on the single/married/divorced radio button))

My question is this:
Since I am using a templating system (HTML::Template) I am able to embed JavaScript in the template which will achieve the desired results, but is there a better 'Perly' way to do this? I use a handler of sorts to detect when a page is changed, i.e.:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

use CGI;

my $q = new CGI;

my %States = (
    Default     => \&default_page,
    Home        => \&home_page,

);


my $current_screen = $q->param(".State") || "Default";
die "No Screen for $current_screen" unless $States{$current_screen};

while (my ($screen_name, $function) = each %States){
    $function->($screen_name eq $current_screen);
}

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The problem with this, is it requires a full reload and re rendering of the page... Any thoughts? Thanks in advance

In reply to Dynamic forms In Perl by PyrexKidd

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