Oh, sorry I didn't realise you were assigning a var...
You may in this case create a function that create the var you want and
just call it with the onclick...
Richard
On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 1:57 PM, <ucm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>
> Thanks for the reply! I decided to go with an easier solution due to time
> constraints but I'm still very interested in how my issue would've been
> solved. You mention to pass the _onclick variable as a kwarg but the A()
> helper would not accept it. Also, I do not understand how I would be able
> to send it to my 'extend' controller function or how the A() _onlick prompt
> would trigger. Can you please clarify your solution?
>
> Regards,
> Jimmy
>
>
> On Thursday, July 17, 2014 7:23:13 AM UTC-7, Richard wrote:
>
>> Yes, but I guess you need to pass it like that :
>>
>> **{'*_onclick*': *"var reason=prompt('Reason for extending?'); return
>> reason;"*}
>>
>> Richard
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 8:09 PM, <ucm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I started using web2py a week ago with little MVC experience. I have a
>>> page displaying a database table using a SQLFORM.grid() where each row has
>>> buttons to extend a time variable or delete the row. I want to add a
>>> pop-up prompt which asks the user why they are extending the time variable.
>>>
>>> My links in the controller displaying the database:
>>> ## instantiate row variable with database output
>>>
>>> links = [{'header': '', 'body': lambda row: A('extend',
>>> _class='btn',
>>> * _onclick="var
>>> reason=prompt('Reason for extending?'); return reason;",*
>>> _href=URL('extend',
>>> args=[row.project_name, row.kill_date]))},
>>> {'header': '', 'body': lambda row: A('kill',
>>> _class='btn',
>>> callback=URL('kill',
>>> args=[row.project_name]),
>>> delete="tr")}]
>>>
>>> grid = SQLFORM.grid(...., links=links, ...)
>>> return dict(form=grid)
>>>
>>> My view:
>>> {{extend 'layout.html'}}
>>> {{=form}}
>>>
>>> When I press the extend button, the prompt comes up and I can enter a
>>> string. Where does that string go to and how do I access it so that I can
>>> use it in the 'extend' controller? Is there a different way I should be
>>> doing this?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Jimmy
>>>
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