Added getValues() function to the base widget which creates an associative 'array' with all form values.

etemplate/js/et2_grid.js

@@ -440,6 +440,9 @@ var et2_grid = et2_DOMWidget.extend({
 	assign: function(_obj) {
 		if (_obj instanceof et2_grid)
 		{
+			// Remember all widgets which have already been instanciated
+			var instances = [];
+
 			// Copy the cells array of the other grid and clone the widgets
 			// inside of it
 			var cells = new Array(_obj.cells.length);
@@ -451,10 +454,32 @@ var et2_grid = et2_DOMWidget.extend({
 				for (var x = 0; x < _obj.cells[y].length; x++)
 				{
 					var srcCell = _obj.cells[y][x];
+
+					var widget = null;
+					if (srcCell.widget)
+					{
+						// Search for the widget inside the instances array
+						for (var i = 0; i < instances.length; i++)
+						{
+							if (instances[i].srcWidget == srcCell.widget)
+							{
+								widget = instances[i].widget;
+								break;
+							}
+						}
+
+						if (widget == null)
+						{
+							widget = srcCell.widget.clone(this, srcCell.widget.type);
+							instances.push({
+								"widget": widget,
+								"srcWidget": srcCell.widget
+							});
+						}
+					}
+
 					cells[y][x] = {
-						"widget": (srcCell.widget ?
+						"widget": widget,
-							srcCell.widget.clone(this, srcCell.widget.type) :
-							null),
 						"td": null,
 						"colSpan": srcCell.colSpan,
 						"rowSpan": srcCell.rowSpan
@@ -464,7 +489,6 @@ var et2_grid = et2_DOMWidget.extend({
 
 			// Create the table
 			this.createTableFromCells(cells);
-
 		}
 		else
 		{

etemplate/js/et2_inputWidget.js

@@ -96,7 +96,9 @@ var et2_inputWidget = et2_baseWidget.extend(et2_IInput, {
 		var node = this.getInputNode();
 		if (node)
 		{
-			return $j(node).val();
+			var val = $j(node).val();
+
+			return val;
 		}
 
 		return this._oldValue;

etemplate/js/et2_template.js

@@ -142,6 +142,19 @@ var et2_template = et2_DOMWidget.extend({
 
 	getDOMNode: function(_fromProxy) {
 		return this.div;
+	},
+
+	getValues: function(_target) {
+		if (this.proxiedTemplate)
+		{
+			return this.proxiedTemplate.getValues(_target);
+		}
+		else if (!this.isProxied)
+		{
+			return this._super(_target);
+		}
+
+		return _target;
 	}
 
 });

etemplate/js/et2_widget.js

@@ -442,6 +442,40 @@ var et2_widget = Class.extend({
 		}
 
 		return null;
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Fetches all input element values and returns them in an associative
+	 * array. Widgets which introduce namespacing can use the internal _target
+	 * parameter to add another layer.
+	 *
+	 * @param _target is used internally and should no be supplied.
+	 */
+	getValues: function(_target) {
+		if (typeof _target == "undefined")
+		{
+			_target = {};
+		}
+
+		// Add the value of this element to the result object
+		if (this.implements(et2_IInput))
+		{
+			if (typeof _target[this.id] != "undefined")
+			{
+				et2_debug("error", "Overwriting value of '" + this.id + 
+					"', id exists twice!");
+			}
+
+			_target[this.id] = this.getValue();
+		}
+
+		// Store the values of the children in the target array
+		for (var i = 0; i < this._children.length; i++)
+		{
+			this._children[i].getValues(_target);
+		}
+
+		return _target;
 	}
 
 });

etemplate/js/test/et2_test_textbox.xet

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <overlay>
-	<textbox value="This is a single line textbox." statustext="Write something here!"/>
+	<textbox id="test1" value="This is a single line textbox." statustext="Write something here!"/>
-	<textbox multiline="true" value="This is a multi line textbox."/>
+	<textbox id="test2" multiline="true" value="This is a multi line textbox."/>
 
 	<template id="testbox">
-		<textbox value="This is a single line textbox." statustext="And something else here!"/>
+		<textbox id="test3" value="This is a single line textbox." statustext="And something else here!"/>
-		<textbox multiline="true" value="This is a multi line textbox."/>
+		<textbox id="test4" multiline="true" value="This is a multi line textbox."/>
 	</template>
 
 	<template id="testbox"/>