The password widget is actually an INPUT helper wrapped in a CAT helper
(which enables the new entropy validator Javascript to be appended if
needed), so form.custom.widget.password actually refers to the outer CAT
helper and form.custom.widget.password['_class'] is therefore the class of
the CAT, not the inner INPUT (and CAT doesn't result in any HTML tags being
rendered, so its "_class" attribute is simply ignored). Instead, you can do:
form.custom.widget.password[0]['_class'] = 'string input-medium'
The [0] subscript selects the INPUT element inside the CAT element.
Wrapping the password widget in CAT is a recent change and has been causing
some confusion, so we should probably document it better.
Anthony
On Monday, January 14, 2013 12:22:41 AM UTC-5, Aris Green wrote:
>
> Why does this code not work?
>
> {{=form.custom.begin}}
>
> # some junk here, next line does not work
>
> {{
> form.custom.widget.password['_class'] = 'string input-medium'
> }}
>
> I want to override the default password input widget CSS class in the
> view, and it refuses to be overridden. I need flexibility when styling the
> form. This does work for the other auth fields such as email, first_name,
> etc.
>
> Thanks
> Aris Green
>
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