I could not find any documentation on how to write a widget but I took a stab at it by reading the code. Sorry, I am not an expert Python programmer. About 1 week worth of coding so far. This grid took about 3 hours. Mainly playing around. Thanks for help on getattr.
I started with this http://www.checkandshare.com/blog/?p=24 Anyway, you can paste this onto the end of widgets/grid.py THE CODE # configurable grid that accepts a dataset class DataGrid2(Grid): css=[CSSLink(static, "grid.css")] def __init__(self, name='grid', config=None, dataset=None,**kw): self.name = name if config: self.headers = [] for col_config in config: if col_config.has_key('texttype'): # change the way column headers are built here cell ='' if col_config.has_key('coltip'): cell = cell + '<a title="' + col_config['coltip'] + '">' cell = cell + col_config['colhdr'] if col_config.has_key('coltip'): cell = cell + '</a>' self.headers.append(cell) self.rows = [] # for each row in dataset for row in dataset: onerow = [] # for each cell in row for col_config in config: if col_config.has_key('texttype'): # texttype is mandatory cell='' # link if needed if col_config.has_key('linktype'): cell = cell + '<a href="' if col_config['linktype'] == 's': cell = cell + col_config['linktext'] + '"' if col_config['linktype'] == 'd': cell = cell + getattr(row, col_config['linkname']) + '"' if col_config['linktype'] == 'p': cell = cell + col_config['linktext'] cell = cell + getattr(row, col_config['parmname']) + '"' if col_config.has_key('linktip'): cell = cell + ' title="' + col_config['coltip'] + '"' cell = cell + '>' # text if col_config['texttype'] == 'd': cell = cell + getattr(row, col_config['textname']) if col_config['texttype'] == 's': cell = cell + col_config['text'] # close of link if col_config.has_key('linktype'): cell = cell + '</a>' onerow.append(cell) self.rows.append(onerow) TEST CODE - goes in controller.py from turbogears.widgets.grid import DataGrid2 @turbogears.expose(html="test2.templates.datagrid") def demogrid(self): dataset = Author.select() config=( {'texttype':'d', 'textname' : 'name', 'colhdr' : 'Name', 'coltip':'name of author'}, {'texttype':'d', 'textname': 'description','colhdr' : 'Description', 'linktype':'s', 'linktext': 'http://www.turbogears.org'}, {'texttype':'s', 'text': 'A link', 'colhdr' : 'a link', 'linktype':'p', 'linktext': 'http://www.tubogears.org/wiki=','parmname': 'name'}, {'texttype':'s','text': 'static text', 'colhdr' : 'Some Text'} ) griddata=DataGrid2('test', config, dataset) return dict( grid=griddata,) You will notice that there are problems. The links are not appearing as links. They are showing up as text. How do I fix that? There can be a lot more options. Is this a good way to do it? I know that I am not using the fancier python branching that I should. It can probably be a ton more efficient. Thanks Alvin
