Notice it is form.element(), not form.elements(). The first returns the 
first matching element -- the second returns a list (even if it contains 
only one match).

Anthony

On Friday, May 10, 2013 11:40:58 AM UTC-4, Ramos wrote:
>
> *Note, form.element() returns the first matching element, so no need to 
> do form.elements(...)[0].*
> *
> *
> This does not seem true
>
> if i remove [0] like this 
> a['_class'] = 'label label-warning'
>
> i get the error
>
> TypeError: list indices must be integers, not str
>
>
>
> 2013/5/10 Anthony <[email protected] <javascript:>>
>
>> Unless you are using formstyle='bootstrap', web2py does not add any class 
>> at all to <label> elements -- instead, the "w2p_fl' class is added to the 
>> label's parent element (which is a TD, DIV, or LI, depending on the 
>> formstyle). The 'bootstrap' formstyle adds a 'control-label' class directly 
>> to the label elements, but in that case, the code you have shown below 
>> would in fact completely replace the class, not merely append to it. If you 
>> want to access the parent element of the label, you can do:
>>
>> form.element('#trabalhador_val_formacao__label').parent['_class'] = 'label 
>> label-warning'
>>
>> Note, form.element() returns the first matching element, so no need to do 
>> form.elements(...)[0].
>>
>> Anthony
>>
>>
>> On Friday, May 10, 2013 5:42:58 AM UTC-4, Ramos wrote:
>>>
>>> hello this code
>>>
>>>     a=form.elements('#trabalhador_**val_formacao__label')
>>>
>>>     a[0]['_class'] = 'label label-warning'
>>>
>>>
>>> only appends to the existing class in the label.
>>>
>>>
>>> I want to replace existing label class with another one
>>>
>>> how do i do it?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you
>>> António
>>>
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