You init the js on the field!!
Richard
On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Kevin Bethke <kevin.bet...@gmail.com>wrote:
> 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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