Thanks it explains a lot. I will try to work on it as soon as I got the
time. Unfortunatly we got a deadline at work which is Christmas. So I will
probably not work on it till than.
On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Richard Vézina <ml.richard.vez...@gmail.com
> wrote:
> I am sorry about that...
>
> Web2py default behavior for list:reference or reference is a HTML Select
> and option... This is ordered by the navigator base on the spelling of the
> element... So when you edit your form if you want to maintain the
> preexisting order (the one that were there when you select items and order
> them with bsm) you need to set them in order in the select yourself...
> Bsmselect use OL that is Ordered List instead of UL... But it consume a
> standard select... So, as long as he get a select with the proper ordered
> options he can recreate the prexisting order... That is what the js I show
> you does...
>
> ordered_values content the list:reference or the reference value that are
> a simple python list... List are items of list are ordered not like python
> dict that not preserve order... So I just get the value of the field that
> is a list object and pass it to the javascript as a list object... then I
> create option from that list in javascript like you could do in web2py with
> helpers for instance or by generating html yourself...
>
> Hope it helps.
>
> Richard
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 7:27 AM, Kevin Bethke <kevin.bet...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> thanks but to be honest now I'm even more confused.
>> why do you need a piece of jquery code in a javascript variable. I sopose
>> you included the entire jquery library.
>> Why do you do the ordering with javascript and not with python is there
>> a special reason for this? I think I just explained the last question by
>> looking at the code again. The document ready function is executed every
>> time you add or remove an element from the list?
>> the javascript variable ordered_values="%s" is filled from the represent
>> python variable?
>> And my last question do you implement the multiple select into a form?
>> Sry for all those questions but I'm still learning and the need for this
>> to work really pushes my skills and knowledge beyond its limits.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 3:49 PM, Richard Vézina <
>> ml.richard.vez...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> It's a bit hacky but it works...
>>>
>>> :)
>>>
>>> Richard
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 9:48 AM, Richard Vézina <
>>> ml.richard.vez...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Don't bother with the php thing...
>>>>
>>>> Just look the data structure of the select...
>>>>
>>>> Here what I do to restore proper order on update form :
>>>>
>>>> controller_view_js += """
>>>> var ordered_values = ''%s'';
>>>> $(document).ready(function() {
>>>> if(ordered_values != "None") {
>>>> $.each(ordered_values, function(i, val) {
>>>> $("select[name=field_name]").append("<option
>>>> value=\'"+ordered_values[i]+"\'>"+
>>>> $("select[name=field_name]
>>>> option[value="+ordered_values[i]+"]").text()+"</option>");
>>>> });
>>>> $("select[name=field_name] option:selected").remove();
>>>> $.each(ordered_values, function(i, val) {
>>>> $("select[name=field_name]
>>>> option[value="+ordered_values[i]+"]").attr("selected", "selected");
>>>> });
>>>> };
>>>> });""" % [int(ID) for ID in ordered_values_query]
>>>>
>>>> controller_view_js is a variable containing a piece of jquery that I
>>>> pass to the view from the controller... What it does put the options into
>>>> the proper order or how they were ordered at the input... All this is
>>>> because web2py don't use "ol" list out of the box... So I manage thing to
>>>> not require ol.
>>>>
>>>> The ordered_values_query contain the value of the field field_name for
>>>> the given record...
>>>>
>>>> I had to set a representation like this too :
>>>>
>>>> represent=lambda values, row: ', '.join(map(lambda id:
>>>> db.ref_referenced_table(id).represent_field, values)) if values != [] or
>>>> None else T('N/A')
>>>>
>>>> Hope it helps.
>>>>
>>>> Richard
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 4:07 AM, BlueShadow <kevin.bet...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> thanks for your offer I'm working my way through the example code but
>>>>> my biggest problem is that php site. I don't know php. But from what I get
>>>>> from the php code is that all the sample cities need to be in an unordered
>>>>> list environment <ul><li></li>...</ul>
>>>>> but this form part of the bsmselect example really confuses me.
>>>>>
>>>>> <h1>Example 1: Typical Usage</h1>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> <form action="./example_results.php" method="post">
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> <label for="cities1">What are your favorite cities?</label>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> <select id="cities1" multiple="multiple" name="cities[]" title="Click
>>>>> to Select a City" class="sminit">
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> <option>Amsterdam</option>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> </select>
>>>>> <p><input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit" /></p>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> </form>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> especially the php file in form action=""
>>>>> <?php
>>>>>
>>>>> if(!empty($_POST['submit'])) {
>>>>>
>>>>> echo "<html>\n<body style='width: 400px; margin: 2em auto;
>>>>> font-family: Arial;'>";
>>>>>
>>>>> if(!empty($_POST['cities'])) {
>>>>>
>>>>> echo "\n<p><strong>You selected the following
>>>>> cities:</strong></p>\n<ul>";
>>>>>
>>>>> foreach($_POST['cities'] as $city) {
>>>>>
>>>>> // exclude any items with chars we don't want, just in case
>>>>> someone is playing
>>>>> if(!preg_match('/^[-A-Z0-9\., ]+$/iD', $city)) continue;
>>>>>
>>>>> // print the city
>>>>> echo "\n\t<li>" . htmlspecialchars($city) . "</li>";
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> echo "\n</ul>";
>>>>>
>>>>> } else {
>>>>> echo "\n<p>No items selected</p>";
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> echo "\n<p><a href='index.html'>Try Again?</a></p>";
>>>>>
>>>>> echo "\n</body>\n</html>";
>>>>>
>>>>> } else {
>>>>> // if someone arrived here not having started at example.html
>>>>> // then show example.html instead
>>>>> require("index.html");
>>>>>
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It seems to me that there is an entire html document in this php file.
>>>>>
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