Yup, worked just as you stated. Thanks for carrying me along...
-Jim
On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 8:02 PM, Jim Steil <ato.st...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, I was thinking this was javascript code. Sorry I missed that, it's
> been a long day...
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 7:59 PM, Lamps902 <dheap....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It looks like you might be sort of conflating javascript and python code
>> there. Before you do anything with javascript, modify the checkbox element
>> in the [controller_name].py file, as I described above. For example, if you
>> used SQLFORM() to generate your form from a database table, in your
>> controller, you should have something like:
>>
>> form = SQLFORM( ... )
>> form.elements('input',_id='rebates_tiered')[0]['_type'] = 'button'
>>
>> This will turn the checkbox with the id "rebates_tiered" into a button.
>> Then, whatever functionality you need from javascript, if any, is
>> implemented in the appropriate view (html) file.
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 8:16:04 PM UTC-5, Jim S wrote:
>>>
>>> Please forgive me for not knowing this, but here is what I tried:
>>>
>>> $('.web2py_form').elements('**input',_id='rebates_tiered')[**0]['_type']
>>> = 'button';
>>>
>>> But, I get:
>>>
>>> TypeError: $(...).elements is not a function
>>>
>>> Any clues on what I'm specifying incorrectly?
>>>
>>> -Jim
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 2:14:51 PM UTC-6, Jim S wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Nope, but will now!
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> -Jim
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jan 29
>>>>
>>>>> Just tried the code I posted above with IE 9, and it did change the
>>>>> checkbox to a button. Did you give it a shot?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 2:00:45 PM UTC-5, Jim S wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The research I've done is telling me that IE won't allow you to
>>>>>> change the type of an element. Therefore, I need to generate it as a
>>>>>> type="button" from the start. The bootstrap example also shows this as a
>>>>>> <button> element and not an <input>. Not sure if that is relevant
>>>>>> though.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Jim
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 12:53:50 PM UTC-6, Lamps902 wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi, Jim. What about doing the following:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> form.elements('input',_id='**che**ckbox_field_n')[0]['_type'] =
>>>>>>>> 'button'
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I imagine the value can then be toggled with, for example,
>>>>>>> javascript's 'onclick' functionality, and stored in the db as usual.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 11:46:55 AM UTC-5, Jim S wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have a form that is going to hold a number of boolean fields. I
>>>>>>>> want to change them to buttons instead of checkboxes so I can use the
>>>>>>>> bootstrap button widgets. How can I chance the boolean widget from a
>>>>>>>> checkbox to a button and have the value properly put back into the
>>>>>>>> database?
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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