Notice: You are browsing the documentation for PrestaShop 9, which is currently in development.

You might want to read the documentation for the current version, PrestaShop 8. Read the current version of this page

Symfony Form Theme for PrestaShop

PrestaShop usage

PrestaShop relies on Twig’s FormRenderer, which requires a Form Theme to function. Bootstrap 4 Form Theme is a popular one.

The Form Theme is a set of Twig macros and functions that provide a way to render the different parts of a form: every label, input type, and specific option has its own macro.

Example for the date widget:

{%- block date_widget -%}
  {%- if widget == 'single_text' -%}
    {{ block('form_widget_simple') }}
  {%- else -%}
    <div {{ block('widget_container_attributes') }}>
      {{- date_pattern|replace({
        '{{ year }}':  form_widget(form.year),
        '{{ month }}': form_widget(form.month),
        '{{ day }}':   form_widget(form.day),
      })|raw -}}
    </div>
  {%- endif -%}
{%- endblock date_widget -%}

PrestaShop UI Kit Form theme

PrestaShop Form theme is located in the src/PrestaShopBundle/Resources/views/Admin/TwigTemplateForm/ directory.

PrestaShop UI Kit Form theme aim is to allow developers to be able to render full forms using a single form_widget(form) statement. This allows developers to customize the rendering by customizing the Form Theme, not the form. The changes performed on the Form Theme are done globally rather than on a single page.

This theme extends Symfony’s Bootstrap 4 form theme, allowing it to inherit all improvements done to Symfony’s own form theme.

prestashop_ui_kit.html.twig extends prestashop_ui_kit_base.html.twig and also relies on bootstrap_4_horizontal_layout, in order to render forms horizontally.

Until it becomes the default Form Theme, Twig templates that need to rely on this theme need to activate it using the following statement:

{% form_theme form '@PrestaShop/Admin/TwigTemplateForm/prestashop_ui_kit_base.html.twig' %}

UI Kit Form Theme example of rendering