diff -r 058bb3dc685f -r 0b59724cb3f2 cubicweb/tags.py
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+++ b/cubicweb/tags.py	Sat Jan 16 13:48:51 2016 +0100
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+# copyright 2003-2010 LOGILAB S.A. (Paris, FRANCE), all rights reserved.
+# contact http://www.logilab.fr/ -- mailto:contact@logilab.fr
+#
+# This file is part of CubicWeb.
+#
+# CubicWeb is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+# terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
+# Software Foundation, either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+#
+# CubicWeb is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+# FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
+# details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along
+# with CubicWeb.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""helper classes to generate simple (X)HTML tags"""
+
+__docformat__ = "restructuredtext en"
+
+from cubicweb.uilib import simple_sgml_tag, sgml_attributes
+
+class tag(object):
+    def __init__(self, name, escapecontent=True):
+        self.name = name
+        self.escapecontent = escapecontent
+
+    def __call__(self, __content=None, **attrs):
+        attrs.setdefault('escapecontent', self.escapecontent)
+        return simple_sgml_tag(self.name, __content, **attrs)
+
+button = tag('button')
+input = tag('input')
+textarea = tag('textarea')
+a = tag('a')
+span = tag('span')
+div = tag('div', False)
+img = tag('img')
+label = tag('label')
+option = tag('option')
+h1 = tag('h1')
+h2 = tag('h2')
+h3 = tag('h3')
+h4 = tag('h4')
+h5 = tag('h5')
+tr = tag('tr')
+th = tag('th')
+td = tag('td')
+iframe = tag('iframe')
+
+def select(name, id=None, multiple=False, options=[], **attrs):
+    if multiple:
+        attrs['multiple'] = 'multiple'
+    if id:
+        attrs['id'] = id
+    attrs['name'] = name
+    html = [u'<select %s>' % sgml_attributes(attrs)]
+    html += options
+    html.append(u'</select>')
+    return u'\n'.join(html)