Well actually I got one more question: How do you change the standard form
from web2py, to use the bsmselect form?
On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Kevin Bethke <kevin.bet...@gmail.com>wrote:
> 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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