tripal/tripal_helpers/tripal_helper_form/tripal_helper_form.module

<? php


/**
 * taken from http://www.akchauhan.com/create-drupal-form-using-theme_table-like-module-list-form/
 * following as function theme_featured_product_form($form)
 * 
 * to be run as a regular function, within a module's theme function implementation
 */
function tripal_helper_form_theme_form($form, $field_keys){
	$rows = array();
	foreach (element_children($form) as $key) {
		$row = array();
		if (isset($form[$key]['name'])) {
 
			$status = drupal_render($form['featured'][$key]);
			$row[] = array(’data’ => $status, ‘class’ => ‘checkbox’);
 
 			$bool_first = TRUE;
 			foreach ($field_keys as $field_key => $value) {
				if($bool_first){
					$row[] = ‘‘. drupal_render($form[$key][$field_keys[$field_key]]) .’‘;//for "bold style"
					$bool_first = FALSE;
				}
				else{
					$row[] = array(’data’ => drupal_render($form[$key][$field_keys[$field_key]]);
				}
			}
 
			$rows[] = $row;
		}
	}
 
	// Individual table headers.
	$header = array();
	$header[] = array(’data’ => t(’Featured’), ‘class’ => ‘checkbox’);
	$header[] = t(’Name’);
	$header[] = t(’Category’);
	$header[] = t(’Discount’);
	$header[] = t(’Created on’);
 
	$output = theme(’table’, $header, $rows);
	$output .= drupal_render($form);
	return $output;
}