You need to pass the widget the the Field constructor, not the SQLFORM.factory constructor.
On Oct 17, 1:24 pm, "david.waldrop" <[email protected]> wrote: > I have now tried this > > addform = > SQLFORM.factory(Field('item_cat'),widget=autocomplete(request, > db.cat.name, id_field=db.cat.id) ) > > but it doesn't work either. > > On Oct 17, 10:58 am, "david.waldrop" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have a form created with SQLFORM.factory containing a single field > > > addform = SQLFORM.factory(Field('item_cat')) > > > Is there a way to use the autocomplete widget. I have searched and > > seen examples where I set the widget in the model, but do cannot find > > an example of how to associate the autocomplete widget with a field > > when using SQLFORM.factory. > > > I did get it to work in the model bu using something like the > > following: db.itemcat.cat_ref.widget = > > SQLFORM.widgets.autocomplete(request, db.cat.name, id_field=db.cat.id) > > > I am sure someone has done this and very much would love to see an > > example. > >
