form['_class'] = 'myclass' or
form.update(_class='myclass') A form is an HTML helper object, just like any other HTML helper, so the usual rules apply: http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/05#HTML-helpers Anthony On Tuesday, December 18, 2012 11:33:32 PM UTC-5, Bhaskar Ramachandran wrote: > > As listed in the "view" code below, i am trying to customize the form > returned by auth.login(). Note that i have in my controller "return > dict(form=auth.login()). Then in the view code pasted below i am > customizing the login form. > It seems to work fine except that i am unable to assign a class name to > this form. So my question is " How to set the class name for a form object > ?. There are posts in the mailing list to specify class name for elements > within the form object but i couldn't find one that explains how the class > name for the form object itself can be assinged. > Please let me know if my question needs more explanation. Thank you. > {{ > if not auth.is_logged_in() : > if not 'register' in auth.settings. > actions_disabled: > form.add_button(T('Register'),URL(args= > 'register'),_class='btn') > pass > if not 'request_reset_password' in auth > .settings.actions_disabled: > form.add_button(T('Lost Password'), > URL(args='request_reset_password'),_class='btn') > pass > }} > > {{=form.custom.begin}} > <a href= > "/myscienceapp/default/register?_next=/default/index" style="margin-right: > 10px">Sign Up</a> > <div class="input-append"> > <input id="user_username" > class="input-small" style="margin-right: 5px; border-radius: 5px 5px 5px > 5px;" type="text" name="email" placeholder="Email"/> > <input id="user_password" class="input-small"style > ="margin-right: 2px; border-radius: 5px 5px 5px 5px;" type="password" name > ="password" placeholder="Password"/> > <input class="btn btn-primary" > style="margin-right: > 5px; margin-bottom: 0px;border-radius: 5px 5px 5px 5px;" size="5" type= > "submit" name="commit" value="Go!" /> > <input id="user_remember_me" > style="margin-right: > 5px; margin-bottom: 16px;" type="checkbox" name="remember" value="1" /> > <label class="string optional" > style="margin-right: > 10px;" for="user_remember_me">Remember me</label> > <a href="/users/sign_up" style="margin-right: > 1px">Forgot?</a> > </div> > {{=form.custom.end}} > <!--Using the command below,i am trying to set the class name for > the form.I was unable to do it both directly as well as using the parent() > method.. --> > {{form.element('div').parent['_class']='navbar-form pull-right > form-inline'}} > > {{pass}} > > > --
