Starts a form tag that points the action to an url.

The url options should be given either as a string, or as a url() function. The method for the form defaults to POST.

Options:

• multipart - If set to True, the enctype is set to "multipart/form-data".
• method - The method to use when submitting the form, usually either "get" or "post".

Starts a form tag that points the action to an url.

The url options should be given either as a string, or as a url() function. The method for the form defaults to POST.

Options:

• multipart - If set to True, the enctype is set to "multipart/form-data".
• method - The method to use when submitting the form, usually either "get" or "post".

Outputs "</form>"

Creates a dropdown selection box

option_tags is a string containing the option tags for the select box:

>>> select("people", "<option>George</option>")
<select id="people" name="people"><option>George</option></select>

Options:

• multiple - If set to true the selection will allow multiple choices.

Creates a standard text field.

value is a string that will the contents of the text field will be set to

Options:

• disabled - If set to True, the user will not be able to use this input.
• size - The number of visible characters that will fit in the input.
• maxlength - The maximum number of characters that the browser will allow the user to enter.

Remaining keyword options will be standard HTML options for the tag.

Creates a hidden field.

Takes the same options as text_field

Creates a file upload field.

If you are using file uploads then you will also need to set the multipart option for the form.

Creates a password field

Takes the same options as text_field

Creates a text input area.

Options:

• size - A string specifying the dimensions of the textarea.

Example:

>>> text_area("body", '', size="25x10")
<textarea name="body" id="body" cols="25" rows="10"></textarea>

Creates a check box.

Creates a radio button.

Creates a submit button with the text value as the caption.

If options contains a keyword pair with the key of "disable_with", then the value will be used to rename a disabled version of the submit button.