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Alpinejs form components

Experiments to create forms with components. The idea is to use this with the Wordpress block editor.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Experiment with form elements as components in Alpine.js</title>
<style>
[x-cloak] {
display: none !important;
}
.error {
color: red
}
.formElementBlock input,
.formElementBlock button,
.formElementBlock label {
display: block;
margin: 5px;
}
</style>
<script defer src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/alpinejs@3.x.x/dist/cdn.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<form x-data="{ values: {},
sent: false,
submit: function(){
if (!this.sent){
for (const a in this.values) {
console.log(a, this.values[a]);
if (a){
this.sent = true;
}
}
}
}
}">
<div class="formElementBlock" x-data="{
_value: '',
set value(v) {
this._value = v;
if (this.isValid()){
this.values.email = v;
} else {
delete(this.values.email);
}
},
get value() {
return this._value;
},
isValid(){
if ( /^\w+([\.-]?\w+)*@\w+([\.-]?\w+)*(\.\w{2,3})+$/.test(this._value) ){
return true;
}
return false;
}
}">
<label for="email">Email:</label>
<input type="email" id="email" x-model="value" />
<label x-show="_value.length > 2 && !isValid()" class="error">An email address please!</label>
<button type="button" x-on:click="submit()">Submit</button>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
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