I am not sure what you try to achieve, but I think that : formstyle = 'table 3cols',
Is what you are searching for... table3cols formstyle with give you : c1 , c2 , c3 fieldname, checkbox, fieldcomment I use field comment for help popup, so each field has little contextual help for the user, mostly reminder of what the usage of the field... But, I am not sure that what you try to achieve. Richard On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Andrew Evans <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello I have the following field > > Field('genre',requires=IS_IN_DB(db,db.genre.id, '%(title)s', > multiple=True), widget=SQLFORM.widgets.checkboxes.widget), > > I am trying to figure out how to layout the checkboxes so there in a 3 > column grid > > Any ideas > > *cheers > > >

