Does this work:
{{=auth.navbar(user_identifier='%(username)s')}}
Anthony
On Thursday, October 25, 2012 12:35:25 AM UTC-4, HittingSmoke wrote:
>
> I'm trying to get auth.navbar to display a username after Welcome instead
> of trying to display first_name which does not exist in my auth table.
>
> I'm not a python wiz, I'm learning it as I learn web2py. I see this in the
> gluon.tools source code:
>
> def
> navbar<http://www.web2py.com/examples/static/epydoc/web2py.gluon.tools.Auth-class.html#navbar>
> (self, prefix='Welcome', action=None,
> separators=(' [ ', ' | ', ' ] '),
> user_identifier=DEFAULT<http://www.web2py.com/examples/static/epydoc/web2py.gluon.tools-pysrc.html#>
> ,
>
> referrer_actions=DEFAULT<http://www.web2py.com/examples/static/epydoc/web2py.gluon.tools-pysrc.html#>
> , mode='default'):
> and just below that...
> if
> self.user_id<http://www.web2py.com/examples/static/epydoc/web2py.gluon.tools-pysrc.html#>
> :
> if user_identifier is
> DEFAULT<http://www.web2py.com/examples/static/epydoc/web2py.gluon.tools-pysrc.html#>
> :
> user_identifier = '%(first_name)s'
> if callable(user_identifier):
> user_identifier = user_identifier(self.user)
> elif ((isinstance(user_identifier, str) or
> type(user_identifier).__name__ == 'lazyT') and
>
> re.search<http://www.web2py.com/examples/static/epydoc/web2py.gluon.tools-pysrc.html#>
> (r'%\(.+\)s', user_identifier)):
> user_identifier = user_identifier % self.user
> if not user_identifier:
> user_identifier = ''
>
> Is there a way I can redefine user_identifier in a model instead of
> writing my own user management menu?
>
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