Thank you, but how do I implement this in my view so that it loads the form
into a div when the link is clicked?
On Wednesday, 7 November 2012 20:00:52 UTC, Niphlod wrote:
>
> Wait a sec. callback and target are meant to load a fragment via ajax, but
> that doesn't "fire" all the logic needed to intercept FORMs etc.
> _callback and _target are meant roughly as an "onclick" under steroids.
> (under the hood it translates to an onclick="ajax(url, target)")
>
> What you're trying to achieve is probably offered by the LOAD helper, that
> can be exploited in an A() using _href and cid
>
> A('Add to My Charts',_href=URL('subscribe_form',vars={'chartname':
> 'whatever'}), cid='whatever')
>
> That will load the component and trap all links and form submissions,
> because it translates to an onclick="web2py_component(url, target)"
>
>
> On Wednesday, November 7, 2012 8:39:50 PM UTC+1, Simon Carr wrote:
>>
>> The URL with the form in is web2py_xlchart_dashboard/charts/user_charts
>> so without an action it will submit to *user_charts*, but I need it to
>> submit to* subscribe_form *which is the function that was called by AJAX
>> to generate the Form.
>>
>> or am I not understanding something?
>>
>> Simon
>>
>> On Wednesday, 7 November 2012 19:26:46 UTC, Derek wrote:
>>>
>>> Why would you need to create an action for the form? Are you not using
>>> self submit?
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, November 7, 2012 12:22:03 PM UTC-7, Simon Carr wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have this piece of code that calls a function in my controller when
>>>> clicked.
>>>>
>>>> {{=A('Add to My Charts',callback=URL('subscribe_form',vars={'chartname'
>>>> :chart.chartName}),target=str(chart.chartName).replace('.','_'))}}
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The subscribe_form function looks like this
>>>>
>>>> def subscribe_form():
>>>>
>>>> form =
>>>> SQLFORM(db.user_chart,fields=['title','description'],hidden=dict(chartname=request.vars['chartname']))
>>>> if form.process().accepted:
>>>> response.flash = 'form accepted'
>>>> elif form.errors:
>>>> response.flash = 'form has errors'
>>>> else:
>>>> response.flash = 'please fill out the form'
>>>> return form
>>>>
>>>> The Form is created by AJAX, but it's action is blank.
>>>>
>>>> Do I have to specify the action myself if I am build a Form via AJAX?
>>>>
>>>> Simon
>>>>
>>>
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