Just tried the code I posted above with IE 9, and it did change the
checkbox to a button. Did you give it a shot?
On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 2:00:45 PM UTC-5, Jim S wrote:
>
> The research I've done is telling me that IE won't allow you to change the
> type of an element. Therefore, I need to generate it as a type="button"
> from the start. The bootstrap example also shows this as a <button>
> element and not an <input>. Not sure if that is relevant though.
>
> -Jim
>
> On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 12:53:50 PM UTC-6, Lamps902 wrote:
>>
>> Hi, Jim. What about doing the following:
>>
>> form.elements('input',_id='checkbox_field_n')[0]['_type'] = 'button'
>>>
>>
>> I imagine the value can then be toggled with, for example, javascript's
>> 'onclick' functionality, and stored in the db as usual.
>>
>> On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 11:46:55 AM UTC-5, Jim S wrote:
>>>
>>> I have a form that is going to hold a number of boolean fields. I want
>>> to change them to buttons instead of checkboxes so I can use the bootstrap
>>> button widgets. How can I chance the boolean widget from a checkbox to a
>>> button and have the value properly put back into the database?
>>
>>
--
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"web2py-users" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email
to [email protected].
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.