    module Text.XHtml.Extras where

    import Text.XHtml.Internals
    import Text.XHtml.Strict.Elements
    import Text.XHtml.Strict.Attributes

    --
    -- * Converting strings to HTML
    --

    -- | Convert a 'String' to 'Html', converting
    --   characters that need to be escaped to HTML entities.
    stringToHtml :: String -> Html
    stringToHtml = primHtml . stringToHtmlString

    -- | This converts a string, but keeps spaces as non-line-breakable.
    lineToHtml :: String -> Html
    lineToHtml = primHtml . concatMap htmlizeChar2 . stringToHtmlString
       where
          htmlizeChar2 ' ' = "&nbsp;"
          htmlizeChar2 c   = [c]

    -- | This converts a string, but keeps spaces as non-line-breakable,
    --   and adds line breaks between each of the strings in the input list.
    linesToHtml :: [String] -> Html
    linesToHtml []     = noHtml
    linesToHtml (x:[]) = lineToHtml x
    linesToHtml (x:xs) = lineToHtml x +++ br +++ linesToHtml xs

    --
    -- * Html abbreviations
    --

    primHtmlChar  :: String -> Html

    -- | Copyright sign.
    copyright     :: Html

    -- | Non-breaking space.
    spaceHtml     :: Html
    bullet        :: Html

    primHtmlChar  = \ x -> primHtml ("&" ++ x ++ ";")
    copyright     = primHtmlChar "copy"
    spaceHtml     = primHtmlChar "nbsp"
    bullet        = primHtmlChar "#149"

    -- | Same as 'paragraph'.
    p :: Html -> Html
    p =  paragraph

    --
    -- * Hotlinks
    --

    type URL = String

    data HotLink = HotLink {
          hotLinkURL        :: URL,
          hotLinkContents   :: Html,
          hotLinkAttributes :: [HtmlAttr]
          } deriving Show

    instance HTML HotLink where
          toHtml hl = anchor ! (href (hotLinkURL hl) : hotLinkAttributes hl)
                          << hotLinkContents hl

    instance ADDATTRS HotLink where
          hl ! attr = hl { hotLinkAttributes = hotLinkAttributes hl ++ attr }

    hotlink :: URL -> Html -> HotLink
    hotlink url h = HotLink {
          hotLinkURL = url,
          hotLinkContents = h,
          hotLinkAttributes = [] }

    --
    -- * Lists
    --

    -- (Abridged from Erik Meijer's Original Html library)

    ordList   :: (HTML a) => [a] -> Html
    ordList items = olist << map (li <<) items

    unordList :: (HTML a) => [a] -> Html
    unordList items = ulist << map (li <<) items

    defList   :: (HTML a,HTML b) => [(a,b)] -> Html
    defList items
     = dlist << [ [ dterm << dt, ddef << dd ] | (dt,dd) <- items ]

    --
    -- * Forms
    --

    widget :: String -> String -> [HtmlAttr] -> Html
    widget w n attrs = input ! ([thetype w] ++ ns ++ attrs)
      where ns = if null n then [] else [name n,identifier n]

    checkbox :: String -> String -> Html
    hidden   :: String -> String -> Html
    radio    :: String -> String -> Html
    reset    :: String -> String -> Html
    submit   :: String -> String -> Html
    password :: String           -> Html
    textfield :: String          -> Html
    afile    :: String           -> Html
    clickmap :: String           -> Html

    checkbox n v = widget "checkbox" n [value v]
    hidden   n v = widget "hidden"   n [value v]
    radio    n v = widget "radio"    n [value v]
    reset    n v = widget "reset"    n [value v]
    submit   n v = widget "submit"   n [value v]
    password n   = widget "password" n []
    textfield n  = widget "text"     n []
    afile    n   = widget "file"     n []
    clickmap n   = widget "image"    n []

    {-# DEPRECATED menu "menu generates strange XHTML, and is not flexible enough. Roll your own that suits your needs." #-}
    menu :: String -> [Html] -> Html
    menu n choices
       = select ! [name n] << [ option << p << choice | choice <- choices ]

    gui :: String -> Html -> Html
    gui act = form ! [action act,method "post"]