Compass Formalize

This is an extension for Compass for Formalize, Nathan Smith's excellent HTML Form stylesheet project.

Installation

Install the extension via Ruby Gems:

gem install compass_formalize

If you're starting from scratch, create your Compass project:

compass create my-project -r compass_formalize

If you're adding the library to an existing project, add the following to your config.rb file:

require 'compass_formalize'

To apply the Formalize pattern, run one of the following, depending on your JavaScript framework taste:

compass install formalize/dojo
compass install formalize/extjs
compass install formalize/jquery
compass install formalize/jquery-legacy
compass install formalize/mootools
compass install formalize/prototype
compass install formalize/yui

Don't forget to add this to your sass files

If you're using SCSS syntax, in your stylesheet:

@import "formalize";

or if you're using indented (Sass) syntax

@import "formalize"

After following the provided instructions, we need to tell Compass to use relative paths so that all our resources load correctly. In config.rb, we uncomment the following line:

relative_assets = true

New in version 0.0.5 If you don't need or want to support IE6 and/or IE7 you can add the following to your file before your @import "formalize"

If you're using SCSS syntax, in your stylesheet:

$legacy-support-for-ie6: false;
$legacy-support-for-ie7: false;
@import "formalize";

or if you're using indented (Sass) syntax

$legacy-support-for-ie6: false
$legacy-support-for-ie7: false
@import "formalize"

This will not add the IE 6 and IE 7 css hacks and extra classes to the formalize css. You don't need the JS libraries either as the are for IE 6 & 7 also.

To remove legacy support for webkit and firefox and experimental support for opera, microsoft, and khtml css see: http://compass-style.org/reference/compass/support

And we're all set!

License

Licensed under MIT/GPL.

GPL license: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

MIT license: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php