Thanks Calvin! Exactly what I needed. Is there be a way to hide it at the grid level, but let it be readable when viewing the record detail? (I can do without it -- just curious really.) best regards
On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Calvin <[email protected]> wrote: > before the call to SQLFORM.smartgrid, add > > db.tablename.linkfield.readable=False > > > On Monday, 27 May 2013 23:57:31 UTC+8, Ricardo Cárdenas wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> My model contains a URL field, and I'm displaying the model in a >> SQLFORM.smartgrid. I don't want to show the whole URL, but I do want the >> user to be able to visit the URL directly from the grid. So I use the >> 'links' parameter to SQLFORM.smartgrid. It works very nicely: >> >> links=[dict(header="Link", body=lambda row: A("Go", >> _href=row.linkfield,_target >> ="_blank"))] >> >> >> But it doesn't work if I remove 'linkfield' from the 'fields' parameter >> to SQLFORM.smartgrid. That's because, according to the >> documentation<http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/07#SQLFORM.grid-and-SQLFORM.smartgrid> >> : >> >> *'fields' is a list of fields to be fetched from the database. It is >>> also used to determine which fields to be shown in the grid view.* >> >> >> In my use case, I want the field to be fetched, but not shown. Is there a >> "smart" (pun intended :) way to do this? >> >> best regards -Ricardo >> >> ps. I'd prefer not to mess around with jquery, and anyway it seems the >> <th> does not have a CSS class or id that would allow me to hide an >> undesired column. >> > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "web2py-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/web2py/wKKlDWIuA3U/unsubscribe?hl=en. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- <http://alum.mit.edu/www/rcardenas> Ricardo Cárdenas<[email protected]>| http://alum.mit.edu/www/rcardenas | Perú: (+51) 96176-3092 | USA: +1 650 395-7772 | México: +52 (155) 2691-9958 -- --- 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.

