I got around this issue by doing a very ugly temp hack with the javascript function web2py_ajax_page
The hack basically allows the response to use .after(), so that it gets inserted after the target, and not replace the target. If such functionality is required, I could attempt to write a batch with my basic skills next mid week. On Nov 6, 11:06 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > Not with the current comments widget. We would have to rewrite it t > prevent reloading of comments. > > On Nov 6, 6:13 am, Luther Goh Lu Feng <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I have a component that lists comments. The component is reloaded at > > fix intervals, and when the end user creates a new comment. > > > I have made it possible for the user to embed youtube videos. The > > problem is: when the comments component is reloaded, the entire video > > gets refreshed as well. I would like to know if there is some easy way > > to update the comments component with only the new comments, without > > reloading the entire component. > > > Otherwise, I am ready to write more code to selectively insert comment > > updates without reloading the whole component.

