Thanks DenesL and Massimo, I think e['hideerror]=True is the solution.
I wasn't sure before but this confirms that the requirements are checked on the server-side after the post. I thought it might be done before the post using javascript or ajax. Cheers, Duane. On Apr 7, 7:41 am, DenesL <[email protected]> wrote: > OK, here is one way: > > def radio_msg(): > opts=['english', 'french', 'german'] > form=SQLFORM.factory( > Field('language', 'string', > requires = IS_IN_SET(opts), > widget = SQLFORM.widgets.radio.widget > ) > ) > if form.accepts(request): > response.flash='ok' > elif form.errors: > # turn off error msg for all but last radio field > for opt in opts[:-1]: > form.element('input[type=radio][value=%s]'%opt) > ['hideerror']=True > response.flash='not ok' > return dict(form=form) > > On Apr 6, 11:14 am, DenesL <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The radio elements do not have an id, and even if they did this would > > turn all messages off, the idea is to leave only one. > > > It would be easy with jQuery, something like: > > > $("div#language__error").each(function() {$(this).hide();}); > > $("div#language__error").last().show(); > > > where "language" is the radio field name in this case. > > > On Apr 6, 9:18 am, Massimo Di Pierro <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > you can do > > > > for e in form.elements('input#id'): e['hideerror']=True > > > > and matching fields would not display errors. > > > > On Apr 6, 4:30 am, DenesL <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > In principle I agree that it looks bad to have the same error pop up > > > > for each radio field, but the reality is that each option is handled > > > > as a separate entity even in the HTML code, so I doubt this is an easy > > > > one to "fix". > > > > > It is also a matter of interpretation, to go back to your example, all > > > > of them would be in error if no particular one was chosen. > > > > > On Apr 5, 9:08 pm, bluemoth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I originally thought the FIELDSET might hold the solution but no. > > > > > Maybe it can be used. > > > > > > Otherwise, I think the solution might be to recognise that the radio > > > > > buttons relate to the same field and treat them as a group. But we > > > > > still need an appropriate place/target to report the error. This could > > > > > be after the last input (radio button) or a defined target in the > > > > > validator e.g., require=IS_NOT_EMPTY(error_target='target') > > > > > > It's not an urgent issue. I did some searching and couldn't find the > > > > > solution. I will want to overcome this later but don't want to > > > > > implement my own solution if one exists or can be added. > > > > > > Cheers, Duane. > > > > > > On Apr 6, 12:55 pm, bluemoth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Thanks DenesL, > > > > > > > It was probably the wrong example. I simplified my case but in my > > > > > > case > > > > > > I do expect errors to be reported so I was wanting to group the > > > > > > error > > > > > > messages for the radio buttons into one message. > > > > > > > Cheers, Duane. > > > > > > > On Apr 6, 10:56 am, DenesL <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > to eliminate the possibility of an error message, I would rewrite > > > > > > > as: > > > > > > > > db.languages.language.default = 'english' # or any other in the > > > > > > > list > > > > > > > db.languages.language.requires = IS_IN_SET(['english', 'french', > > > > > > > 'german']) > > > > > > > db.languages.language.widget = SQLFORM.widgets.radio.widget > > > > > > > > On Apr 5, 6:32 pm, bluemoth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > > > > If I have the following: > > > > > > > > db.define_table('languages', Field('language', 'string')) > > > > > > > > > db.languages.language.requires = \ > > > > > > > > [IS_IN_SET(['english', 'french', 'german']), \ > > > > > > > > IS_NOT_EMPTY(error_message='Value required')] > > > > > > > > db.languages.language.widget = SQLFORM.widgets.radio.widget > > > > > > > > > and I render a form that when submitted has no entry, it places > > > > > > > > an > > > > > > > > error message under each radio button. > > > > > > > > > Is there a way to present the one error message for the entire > > > > > > > > group > > > > > > > > of radio buttons? > > > > > > > > > Thanks for you help. > > > > > > > > > Cheers, Duane. > >
