How to get input form type

Question

I want get form field type and set class fot field type

i try:

{# Form field row #}
{% block form_row %}
{% spaceless %}
  


        
      

Answer 1

The answer from MatsRietdijk is right, but as of Symfony 2.3 the index of the type seems to have changed from 2 to 1. As a result, {{ form.vars.block_prefixes.1 }} will return checkbox, date, choice, etc.

You can use it to add a class to the form row when making application-wide customizations:

{% block form_row %}
    

        {{ form_label(form) }}
        {{ form_widget(form) }}
        {{ form_errors(form) }}
    
{% endblock form_row %}

Then you can apply CSS rules:

div.form_row.text {color:Red;}

Twitter Bootstrap

If you use Twitter bootstrap, you may have problems since the .checkbox class exists in bootstrap. I suggest to use a prefix for Symfony forms rows:

{% block form_row %}
    

        {{ form_label(form) }}
        {{ form_widget(form) }}
        {{ form_errors(form) }}
    
{% endblock form_row %}

The rules in the CSS files will be different:

div.form_row.symfony_text {color:Red;}

Update

Twitter bootstrap form theme is now included in Symfony 2.6.