Great! Thanks Cliff On Thursday, December 15, 2011, Cliff wrote:
> You can differentiate based on the request, like this: > > if len(request.args) > 2 and request.args[-3] == 'edit': > fields = [] # what you want to show for editing > else: > fields = [] # what you want to show on the initial grid > > form=SQLFORM.grid(blah, ... fields=fields ...) > > This is handy for lots of things. Beware of this, though: > > if len(request.args) > 1 and request.args[-2]=='new': > > Anyway, you get the picture. > > On Dec 14, 11:19 pm, Nik Go <nikolai...@gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote: > > Is there a parameter to specify initial fields to display in a grid and > > still display the rest of the viewable fields only when the record is > > accessed? > > > > For example, I would like the grid to initially show: field1, field2, > > field3,field4 but when the view button is clicked it will display all > > viewable fields field5, field6, field7, fieldetc. > > > > Tried the fields parameter, but after hitting the view button it only > > displays the specified fields. >