What I would like to see is a form where the components are accesible by field name. I think you once said something about extending the SQLFORM class, any rules on this?.
I am also siding with Jose on the use of DIVs instead of TRs since they are more easily manipulated using CSS (e.g. http://jeffhowden.com/code/css/forms/ ). On Oct 10, 12:08 am, mdipierro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > form is the form, form[0] is the table inside it. form[0][0] is the > first row. form[0][-1] is the last row, etc. > You can do > > form[0].append(TR('Label',TAG.button('whatever'),'comment')) > > You can add more attributes to your TAG.button > > On Oct 9, 8:39 pm, Jose de Oliveira Filho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Thanks a bunch, Massimo. I completely overlooked the "hidden" thing > > in the FORM source, but the first answer is what I was looking for. > > > I need to add an extra button to a SQLFORM, like "Save and Add > > another". I could put it outside the form but it looks really bad, > > any recommendations here ? > > > By the way, did you ever think of turning the SQLFORM generation into > > divs instead of a table ? > > > Thanks again, > > > Deodoro Filho > > > Em 09/10/2008, às 18:04, mdipierro escreveu: > > > > Good questions. Answers below. > > > >> (in controller:) > > >> def new_project(): > > >> f = FORM(INPUT(_name = "project_title", _type = "text")) > > >> if f.accepts(request.vars, session): > > >> db.project.insert(dict(title = f.vars.title, description = > > >> f.vars.description, user = session.user_id)) > > >> redirect(URL(r = request, f = "list")) > > >> else: > > >> return dict(form = f) > > > >> My question is: is there some way of doing: > > >> ...db.insert.project(f.vars)... > > >> ? > > > >> I'd be awesome if I could make "user" a hidden field directly. > > >> That'd be like: > > > >> ...f = SQLFORM(db.project, hidden = [db.project.user]) > > >> f.vars.user = session.user_id... > > > >> and then remove the db.project.insert line. > > > > There are many ways you can do it: > > > > 1) the recommended way > > > > # list only the fields you want and pass the others directly to > > > the vars > > > f=SQLFORM(db.project,fields=['title']) > > > f.vars.user=session.user_id > > > > 2) use a hidden field > > > > f=SQLFORM(db.project,fields=['title'],hidden=dict > > > (user=session.user_id)) > > > #but now the visitor can tamper with the hidden field in the form > > > > 3) Manually using > > > > ## vars has to be a dictionary (like form.vars) and must only > > > contain valid fields, not including id. > > > vars=form.vars > > > vars.user=session.user_id > > > db.project.insert(**vars) > > > ## the ** unpacks the dictionary into named arguments --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" 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/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
