Emily Rodgers wrote: > > On Oct 13, 1:20 pm, andreas schmid <[email protected]> wrote: > >> thank you very much for pointing me to the right path!! >> ill try to understand the behaviour and report about my progress... >> >> Andrew Ingram wrote: >> >>> I'm assuming you are doing this somewhere other than the admin, or in >>> custom views, so I'll explain how the admin stuff works. >>> >>> Basically, when you create the popup window you give it a name which >>> can be used the uniquely identify the field that is using the popup >>> (some variant on the field id would be ideal). Your main page (not the >>> popup) should also have a javascript function to be called after the >>> new author is saved (in the case of django admin, this function is >>> called dismissAddAnotherPopup and is in RelatedObjectLookup.js). >>> >>> Now the clever part (which I had to hunt around for when I needed this >>> functionality, you can find it around line 608 in >>> django.contrib.admin.options.py), is that when you successfully save >>> the new author, you return an HttpResponse that consists of nothing >>> but a script tag that executes >>> owner.yourFunctionName(window_name,new_object_id (in the case of the >>> django admin this would be owner.dismissAddAnotherPopup), window_name >>> is the unique identifier you passed in originally. >>> >>> This causes the browser to execute the function in the owner window >>> (the one that created the popup) with the parameters you specified - >>> which includes the ID of the new object. Django's code also provides >>> the representation string of the object so it can be added to the >>> select box. >>> >>> Then you just make your JS function close the popup with >>> window_name.close(). >>> >>> I may not have explained it that well, but the key parts are in >>> RelatedObjectLookup.js and options.py (near line 608). >>> >>> I hope this helps. >>> >>> - Andrew Ingram >>> >>> 2009/10/13 nabucosound <[email protected]>: >>> >>>> This is the default behaviour in Django Admin, dude... >>>> >>>> On Oct 13, 9:43 am, andreas schmid <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> hi, >>>>> >>>>> how can i achieve a behaviour like in the admin backend where i can add >>>>> a related object through a popup window and have it selectable after i >>>>> saved the related form? >>>>> >>>>> for example: >>>>> im copleting the form book and i have to select the author but it doesnt >>>>> exist yet... so i click on the + (add) button and a popup window appears >>>>> where i create the editor object, and i can select it in the book form >>>>> right after i saved and closed this popup window. >>>>> >>>>> can somebody point me to the code? >>>>> >>>>> thank you in advance... >>>>> > > You might find this helpful: > http://www.hoboes.com/Mimsy/hacks/replicating-djangos-admin/ > > that looks like what i wanted... ill take a look at all your tips asap! thx
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