Thanks for the insight.
What I eventually did was use the "btn" CSS class to stylize a link as a
button.
<a class="btn" href="{{=URL('function', vars=request.vars)}}">Submit</a>
On Tuesday, December 31, 2013 7:45:25 PM UTC-6, Tim Richardson wrote:
>
> I've been experimenting with this (see this for example
> http://www.web2pyslices.com/slice/show/1928/basic-inline-editing-in-sqlformgrid-no-plugin-method
> )
> The slice shows how to add a submit button, process the submit and also
> how to use web2py widgets to make grid elements in-line editable.
>
> Regarding submit buttons: the grid has forms. You can add a submit button
> with web2py helpers, but it won't work because browsers see nested forms,
> and they basically reject a submit button added after the grid.
>
> However, you can make a separate form with nothing it it except a submit
> button, and user your view to display it immediately after your grid.
> Better though is to use the SQLFORM.grid 'selectable' keyword to get a
> submit button. You'll end up with checkboxes per row; if you don't want
> those, have a look at my slice to see how to remove them. This submit
> button is part of the grid and therefore should give you no styling issues.
>
>
> On Wednesday, 1 January 2014 05:33:23 UTC+11, Kyle Flanagan wrote:
>>
>> I'm using a table to hold temporary information from a user. I use
>> SQLFORM.grid to present this table. What I'd like to do is add a submit
>> button below the table that calls my submit function.
>>
>> If I try adding an extra element in the controller according to the book (
>> http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/07#Adding-extra-form-elements-to-SQLFORM)
>>
>> I get the element added to the form, but it's at the top of the grid, not
>> the bottom. (Also, I'm not even sure if this is a documented feature since
>> the documentation is for SQLFORM, not SQLFORM.grid.)
>>
>> grid = SQLFORM.grid(
>> mydbquery,
>> fields=fields,
>> searchable=False,
>> create=False,
>> editable=False,
>> details=False
>> )
>> my_extra_element = TR(LABEL('Click to submit'),
>>
>> INPUT(_name='submit',value="Submit",_type='submit'))
>> grid[0].insert(-1,my_extra_element)
>>
>>
>> On top of that, the styling is different...not sure what formstyle
>> SQLFORM.grid uses.
>>
>> So, my question is twofold:
>>
>> 1) Is it possible to have an element added below SQLFORM.grid instead of
>> at the top?
>> 2) How can I have the inserted element (in this case, a button) match the
>> styling of SQLFORM.grid?
>>
>
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