I think CSS is definitely the best way if you don't need this level of dynamism and know all of the necessary selectors ahead of time. But if you wanted to style a form based on a runtime variable (auth membership for example), or manipulate the form in any other way for that matter, I think this is useful.
On Oct 11, 2:39 pm, Thadeus Burgess <[email protected]> wrote: > What is wrong with using a .css file? > > -Thadeus > > On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 2:04 PM, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It is there already > > > form.element(_type='submit')['_style']="color:white; background- > > color:blue; font-weight:bold" > > > It only finds the first matching element. > > > On Oct 11, 1:16 pm, "mr.freeze" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >Good point - and addresses the original post (as it could have been more > > > >simply done this way); > > > > Not technically since this would affect everything inside the form and > > > not just the submit button. What about a member function 'find' added > > > to XmlComponent or DIV (which I think most helpers inherit from) that > > > allows you to traverse the inner components and return the matching > > > components for given criteria. The pseudo-code might look like this: > > > > submit = form.components.find(XML.attribute("type")=="submit")[0] > > > submit['_style'] = "color:white; background-color:blue; font- > > > weight:bold" > > > > On Oct 11, 12:29 pm, Yarko Tymciurak <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 11:04 AM, mdipierro <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > I do not think you cannot use decorators this way. > > > > > double negatives.... not sure what you intended to say (but logical > > analysis > > > > says "... think you can use decorators this way..."); > > > > > > But I remind you crud.create is a function that returns SQLFORM > > which > > > > > is a FORM which is a heper as any other helper. Therefore you can do: > > > > > > form = crud.create(...) > > > > > form['_style']="color:white; background-color:blue; font-weight:bold" > > > > > Good point - and addresses the original post (as it could have been > > more > > > > simply done this way); > > > > > Regardless, then > > > > > @style( color='white', background-color='blue', font-weight='bold') > > > > form = crud.create(...) > > > > > would still be a readable thing (and just trivial to implement); > > > > > Alternatively, form.style( ...same kinds of parameters....) could be > > used; > > > > > Anyway, this is about readability, and ease of infding this stuff (as > > this > > > > post shows); > > > > > If there were a member function to FORM to set style, people who not > > have to > > > > stumble upon it. > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > > On Oct 11, 10:47 am, Web2py-SuperFan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I really like that suggestion, would be much cleaner code and > > easier > > > > > > to configure different styles that have meaning by variable name > > > > > > > On Oct 10, 9:47 pm, Yarko Tymciurak <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I wonder if we could encapsulate, simplify this with a decorator, > > > > > something > > > > > > > like: > > > > > > > > @button( color='white', background='blue', font='bold' ) > > > > > > > form = crud.create(...) > > > > > > > > Something like this could be useful for something like > > > > > > > > @button( my_admin_style ) > > > > > > > form = crud.create(....) > > > > > > > > @button( my_warning_style ) > > > > > > > form = ... > > > > > > > > .... just thinking out loud.... > > > > > > > > On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 11:10 PM, Web2py-SuperFan < > > [email protected] > > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > took me a while to dig up the answer/solution, maybe can save > > someone > > > > > > > > else some time > > > > > > > > > form = crud.create(...) > > > > > > > > form=DIV( > > > > > > > > form, > > > > > > > > SCRIPT('''$(document).ready(function() { > > > > > > > > $("input[type=submit]").val("Share"); > > > > > > > > });'''), > > > > > > > > SCRIPT('''$(document).ready(function() { > > > > > > > > $("input[type=submit]").css({ > > > > > > > > color:'white', > > > > > > > > background:'blue', > > > > > > > > font: 'bold'}); > > > > > > > > });'''), > > > > > > > > ) > > > > > > > > > return dict(form=form)- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
