I agree -- it could use some usability improvements. Please open an issue at http://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list.
On Friday, December 2, 2011 6:48:50 AM UTC-5, peter wrote: > > Going back to my original problem, Anthony is right. If you define a > single filter you have to click 'and' or 'or' to get the filter to be > copied into the search. This is easy enough when one knows, but is not > exactly intuitive if one does not want to 'and' or 'or' the filter > with anything (I recognise there is an implicit true). As we have a > 'clear' button, maybe clicking 'query' when there is a filter defined > and the search field is empty should cause the filter to be copied to > the search field. Other 'naive' users like myself would probably try > clicking the 'query' button but are less likely to try clicking the > and/or buttons when they have a single query. > > Peter > > On Dec 1, 10:02 pm, villas <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sorry to include this in the same thread, but I think it may be of > > interest to a similar audience... > > > > Given that SQLFORM.grid uses DAL smart_query... > > It seems that smart_query does not implement: 'belongs' | 'in' > > > > Is that an omission, or by design, or have I missed something? > >

