That worked!!! Fantastically. I tried .replace() and many more, but it didn't occur to me to try it this way! My gratitude, Anthony :)
On Monday, December 5, 2016 at 11:51:48 PM UTC+8, Anthony wrote: > > See http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/05/the-views#HTML-helpers, > in particular: > > Notice that helper attributes are passed as keyword arguments to the > helper. In some cases, however, attribute names include special characters > that are not allowed in Python identifiers (e.g., hyphens) and therefore > cannot be used as keyword argument names. For example: > > > > DIV('text', _data-role='collapsible') > > > will not work because "_data-role" includes a hyphen, which will produce a > Python syntax error. > > In such cases you have a couple of options. You can use the data argument > (this time without a leading underscore) to pass a dictionary of related > attributes without their leading hyphen, and the output will have the > desired combinations e.g. > > > > >>> print DIV('text', data={'role': 'collapsible'})<div > >>> data-role="collapsible">text</div> > > > or you can instead pass the attributes as a dictionary and make use of > Python's ** function arguments notation, which maps a dictionary of > (key:value) pairs into a set of keyword arguments: > > > > >>> print DIV('text', **{'_data-role': 'collapsible'})<div > >>> data-role="collapsible">text</div> > > > Anthony > > On Monday, December 5, 2016 at 2:36:01 AM UTC-5, lyn2py wrote: >> >> >> Hello guys! Long time no see :) >> >> With HTML5 attributes being widely used, I thought I could add one to the >> response.menu >> >> I tried but it didn't work, I appreciate help and pointers! =) >> >> This is the current response.menu generated HTML (specifically, the >> *first* ul): >> >> <ul class="nav navbar-nav"> >> ... >> ... >> ... >> </ul> >> >> >> This is the result I would like to attain: >> >> <ul class="dropdown menu" data-dropdown-menu>... >> ... >> ... >> </ul> >> >> >> >> It's easy to change the class. But how to I add the HTML5 attribute? >> >> >> Kindly note that it is simply "data-dropdown-menu" without any "=". >> >> >> Thank you! >> >> -- 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.
