Background
My model has a table with many fields (62). When using smartgrid to edit or
add a record, all fields are shown in a long vertical list in the same
order as defined in the model. So log so good.
This can be overwhelming to user that might need to see some of the fields
very often and some others less frequently.
One way to solve this could be to show the fields in separate tabs that
groups the fields according to some designation. Here is an example
Model:
db.define_table('person',
Field('first_name',tab='General', label=T('First name'),
default='',length=50),
Field('last_name',tab='General', label=T('Last name'),
default='',length=50),
Field('phone',tab='Advance',label=T('phone'), default=''),
Field('visits',tab='Statistics','integer' label=T('Visits'),
default=0))
In the above model I added an imaginary tab property (which will cause en
error in real application) to group fields with the same tab property
under the same tab in a detail smartgrid form.
To solve the order of the tabs, the call to the smartgrid will include a
'tab' property which will be a list with tabs.
Another more flexible solution could be to add a 'tab ' property to
smartgrid which will be a dictionary with tab names as keys and a lists of
field names as values. This will allow also to order the fields on each
tab and will not require any change to the existing define_table structure.
Example:
tabs={'General':['first_name','last_name'],'Advance':['phone'],'Statistics'
:['visits']}
I have this strange filling that this is already possible, may be something
to do with formstyle.
Any help will be appreciated
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