@massimo: thanks for the clarification, I just remember seeing
copy.copy-s there which mislead me. But does it work recursively ?
@johnmc: I'm talking about server-side helpers, not browser-side html
elements
On Jun 10, 3:21 am, JohnMc <maruadventu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> If form --
>
> $('form').find('#whatever')....
>
> works as well, though slower
>
> On Jun 9, 5:48 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
>
> > it returns the actual helper, not a copy.
>
> > On Jun 9, 4:41 pm, AchipA <attila.cs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Err... I was under the impression div.element only works on direct
> > > child nodes and even there it returns just a copy on the helper (not
> > > the reference to the actual one). Been quite a while since I looked in
> > > html.py, so I might be wrong, though...
>
> > > On Jun 9, 10:33 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
>
> > > > It is there already:
>
> > > > form.element(_id='something')['_class']='red'
>
> > > > On Jun 9, 2:58 pm, AchipA <attila.cs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > Another idea while I wait for some of my computations to finish.
> > > > > Javascript can access HTML elements in different ways. With web2py
> > > > > helpers, this can get a bit cumbersome. How about a generic
> > > > > getHelperById method for the base helper class so it goes through it's
> > > > > components and fetches the helper with the required id, saving us
> > > > > plenty of for cycles/recursion and introspection ? It might especially
> > > > > be useful adressing stuff like FORMs (like getting a particular INPUT
> > > > > element which might be embedded into layers and layers of helpers
> > > > > inside that FORM).
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