Also forgot to mention that from the shell, I can easily go: sw = StarboxWidget() sw.render(name='test')
and it outputs a html string like I'd expect. On Feb 16, 1:13 am, Zack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, > > I'd like to make a custom widget based on starbox > (http://www.nickstakenburg.com/projects/starbox/). Basing this on the TinyMCE > example, but I am having some major difficulties rendering it. Namely > getting my TEMPLATE_STRING_IF_INVALID on the form when trying to > render it. > > 1) Is there a good way to debug this? > 2) Here's the field in my form: > rating = forms.CharField(widget=StarboxWidget()) > 3) Here's my widget class: > > class StarboxWidget(Textarea): > > starbox_settings = dict( > stars = 10, > buttons = 10, > max = 10, > total = 0, > rerate = 'true', > color = '#FBB917', > ) > > def update_settings(self, custom): > return_dict = self.starbox_settings.copy() > return_dict.update(custom) > return return_dict > > def render(self, name, attrs=None): > final_attrs = self.build_attrs(attrs, name=name) > self.starbox_settings['elements'] = "id_%s" % name > starbox_json = > JSONEncoder().encode(self.starbox_settings) > return u'<div id="%s"></div><script type="text/javascript">\ > new Starbox("%s", 0, %s);</script>' % (name, name, > starbox_json) > > 4) Is there any documentation on specifically for custom widgets, when > render gets called, etc? > > Thanks for any direction someone could provide. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
