I would like to use the component with jquery ui tabs plugin... So I would like my different form to be accessible in different tabs on the same page... The components seems to me the way to go...
Richard On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 8:51 PM, pbreit <[email protected]> wrote: > I would suggest only using components in certain situations. For example, > if you wanted to display a dynamically-generated list tags or categories or > users in the sidebar of every page in your site. You could use a component > to load that section discreetly from the rest of the page. > > If this is your first time using components, best is to start simple and > add complexity. So just do something like this: > > {{=LOAD('components', 'test.load', ajax=True)}} > (same as {{=LOAD('components', 'test', extension='load', ajax=True)}}) > (same as {{=LOAD(c='components', f='test', extension='load', ajax=True)}}) > > And then in "components.py": > > def test(): > return 'this is a test' > > If that works, then maybe hook up a database call. Try one where you don't > have to pass any data to the controller. Just hard code in a db record: > > def test(): > user = db.auth_user['1'] > return dict(user=user) > > One trick if your pages use vars or args is to just pass them right > through. For example: > > {{=LOAD('components', 'test.load', args=request.args, vars=request.vars, > ajax=True)}} > > But looking at your code, I don't think it's a great candidate for > components. >
