Thanks for the tip Barry. I actually went with the solution that Diez offered(Thanks Diez!). His suggestion is very similar to yours but with perhaps a few less key strokes. Either way, it worked like a treat!
On Jan 16, 6:21 pm, Barry Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How about defining a creator function for each field, like this: > > def field_a_maker(): > return TextField() > > def field_b_maker(): > > return TextField() > > def field_c_maker(): > > return TextField() > > def field_d_maker(): > > return TextField() > > class FieldListA(WidgetList): > field_a = field_a_maker() > field_b = field_b_maker() > > field_c = field_c_maker() > > field_d = field_d_maker() > > Barry > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Diez B. Roggisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 4:20:43 PM > Subject: [TurboGears] Re: Reduce redundant field declarations > > vandevel schrieb: > > I have a few forms that have several fields in common however, the > > order of those fields does differ. In an attempt to avoid redundant > > field declarations, I declared the fields at module level and simply > > referenced the ones that pertained to each field list e.g.: > > > field_a = TextField() > > field_b = TextField() > > field_c = TextField() > > field_d = TextField() > > > class FieldListA(Widget) > > field_a = field_a > > field_b = field_b > > field_c = field_c > > > class FieldListB(Widget) > > field_c = field_c > > field_b = field_b > > field_a = field_a > > > class FieldListC(Widget) > > field_d = field_d > > field_c = field_c > > field_b = field_b > > > This actually worked, but resulted in some funky behaviour such that > > the fields did not display in the declared order when the form was > > rendered. I imagine there must be a sensible way to achieve my goal > > and any advice would be appreciated. > > The order is some magic that works through a global counter. I guess > that get's messed up in your somewhat unusal pattern. > > You can achieve what you want like this: > > field_a = lambda: TextField() > ... > > Then do > > class FieldListB(WidgetsList): > field_a = field_a() > > Diez > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TurboGears" 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/turbogears?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
