Note, when trying to manipulate HTML helpers, it can be very helpful to jump into a web2py shell so you can quickly inspect objects and experiment with manipulations.
On Friday, October 17, 2014 8:49:14 AM UTC-4, Anthony wrote: > > The following code gets applied to the prefix: > > if isinstance(prefix, str): > prefix = T(prefix) > if prefix: > prefix = prefix.strip() + ' ' > > So, you're probably limited to text. An alternative is to set prefix=None, > and after creating the navbar, insert whatever element you want at the > beginning (but only in the logged in case). > > navbar = auth.navbar(prefix=None) > navbar.insert(0, my_fontawesome_element) > > Another option is to do auth.navbar(mode='bare'), which returns a > dictionary of items you can use to build your own custom navbar. You can > look at the source code to get a better idea how it all works. > > Anthony > > On Thursday, October 16, 2014 10:26:55 PM UTC-4, LoveWeb2py wrote: >> >> One last thing, Anthony. Is it possible to make prefix equal a class? I'd >> like to use font awesome as the prefix. >> >> On Thursday, October 16, 2014 10:02:16 PM UTC-4, LoveWeb2py wrote: >>> >>> Just realized it goes in layout.html... /slaps self with large trout >>> >>> lol >>> >>> Thanks, Anthony. You're the best!! >>> >>> On Thursday, October 16, 2014 9:56:54 PM UTC-4, LoveWeb2py wrote: >>>> >>>> Wow... awesome, Anthony. Thank you. I figured it was something easy. >>>> Where should I put that exactly? I've tried putting it in db.py and >>>> menu.py >>>> and even my controller, but its not taking. >>>> >>>> On Thursday, October 16, 2014 9:49:10 PM UTC-4, Anthony wrote: >>>>> >>>>> auth.navbar(prefix='Howdy') >>>>> >>>>> Anthony >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday, October 16, 2014 8:26:29 PM UTC-4, LoveWeb2py wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Is it possible? I see the code in tools.py, but I don't see any >>>>>> methods for the class. I guess I could do something like menu = >>>>>> auth.navbar() and try to take it from there? I went through the book and >>>>>> didn't see anything so just want to know if I missed something. >>>>>> >>>>> -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- 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/d/optout.
