For now, a workaround might be to subclass INPUT and replace the xml() method (http://code.google.com/p/web2py/source/browse/gluon/html.py#1692) so it doesn't check for hideerror and simply displays the widget without any error.
Anthony
On Friday, August 24, 2012 3:30:02 PM UTC-4, Jim Karsten wrote:
>
> I created a custom widget including an *INPUT* with a
> *hideerror=True*parameter. It did not hide error messages.
>
> To simulate:
>
> in model:
> class
> SimpleWidget(FormWidget):
> _class =
> 'string'
>
>
>
>
> @classmethod
> def widget(cls, field, value,
> **attributes):
> default =
> dict(
> _type =
> 'text',
> value = (not value is None and str(value)) or
> '',
>
> )
> attr = cls._attributes(field, default,
> **attributes)
>
>
>
> return INPUT(hideerror=True,
> **attr)
>
>
>
> db.define_table('atable',
>
>
> Field('afield',
> 'string',
>
> widget=SimpleWidget.widget,
>
> requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY(),
>
> ),
>
> migrate=True,
>
> )
>
>
>
> In controller:
>
> def
> test_hideerror():
> response.generic_patterns =
> ['html']
> form = crud.update(db.atable,
> request.args(0))
> return dict(form=form)
>
> Submit form with the 'afield' empty and it displays an error.
>
> This patch fixes it but it may change the logic in a way not originally
> intended. In *gluon/html.py class DIV() def _traverse()*,
> change:
>
>
>
>
> c['hideerror']=hideerror
>
>
>
> to
>
> if 'hideerror' not in
> c.attributes:
> c['hideerror']=hideerror
>
> The patch only sets the hideerror attribute if it doesn't already exist.
> With tet patch, if the widget has *hideerror=True*, if you use *
> form.validate(hideerror=False)*, a field using the widget will still hide
> the error.
>
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