Hi ! I have written this small library a while ago : http://code.google.com/p/django-cube/ . It is not exactly what you are looking for, but one of the aim is indeed easy generation of html tables. I don't know if it can be of any help to you, but you could check how the template tag is written for example...
Cheers, Sébastien On Aug 3, 11:25 am, Michał Sawicz <mic...@sawicz.net> wrote: > Dnia 2011-08-03, śro o godzinie 10:34 +1000, Sam Walters pisze: > > > Hi i dont see what is complex about this. > --8<-- > > The view 'rendering' as much as possible. So i assume you would rather > > have an initial template rendered. then perhaps have views that > > deliver data via JSON or something? AJAX+JSON > > No, I mean I want to have the view only prepare the data, not describe > its visual properties like col/rowspan. > > > I cant see why it would be impossible to change. Use javascript to > > change the table col and rowspans. (why do visual formatting work on > > the serverside if you can do it clientside) > > at the very least you can have style="display:None" and variious other > > CSS rules to help with any dynamic changes to the table. > > I'm not going into JS at all at the moment. I'd like the table to be > rendered static in the template. > > > I dont quite understand this one. If you are comparing data > > server-side then submitting data via a form would be recommended. > > Where is the data being changed that requires the comparison anyway? > > I mean comparing forloop.counters with column/row/header/whatnot count > and rendering differently. No forms involved here, just a dynamic > dataset. > > > use multiple classes eg <td class="A B C"> jse a javascript library to > > add remove classes select child elements of the DOM im sure the > > information doesnt have to be partitioned down the a super fine level > > of granularity requiring individual id's for every element does it? > > Yes I'll probably try and run with that approach, I'll prepare the whole > grid within the view, and then "merge" cells that I need spanning in the > template. > > > What javascript library do you use? jquery, prototype, dojo etc all > > good options to simplify manipulation of DOM elements. > > Yes, I use jQuery, but as stated before I need to create the table in > HTML without client-side tweaks. > > Thanks for the comments, keep 'em coming ;) > -- > Michał (Saviq) Sawicz <mic...@sawicz.net> > > signature.asc > < 1KViewDownload -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
