I've just started with web2py, so this might be obvious but I struggle to
see how it works:
I have a controller action which returns a form:
def register():
return dict(form=auth.register())
I also have a view 'register.html' for this action, which is *self-contained
* as it does NOT use any of the web2py frontend .css or .js stuff. All the
HTML, CSS and JS are already done for the form too, e.g.
...
<form method="post" class="h5form">
<div class="own-labels">
<label>First name<sup>*</sup></label>
<input type="text" name="firstName" class="span3" placeholder="enter
text…" required="required" tabindex="0">
<label>Last name<sup>*</sup></label>
<input type="text" name="lastName" class="span3" placeholder="enter
text…" required="required" tabindex="1">
<label>Email<sup>*</sup></label>
<input type="email" name="email" class="span3" placeholder="enter
text…" required="required" tabindex="3">
</div>
<div class="pull-left">
<input type="submit" class="btn pull-right" style="margin-top:
15px;" value="Register">
</div>
</form>
...
So now, how do I link the returned 'form' variables to the right fields in
this pre-defined view? In the manual, it briefly mentions the use of
{{=form.custom.begin}}
...
{{=form.custom.end}}
but it is not very clear to me how should I use it in my case. Is this only
and right approach for implementing custom forms whose views are already
fully defined in HTML, CSS and JS? Thank you.
