I want to improve it before because I don't like the way the Select _OR_ADD_Otion works... It changes the select and options class name and it prevent the use of other jQuery plugin with the autocomplete widget... For example, I want to use my AutocompleteWidgetSelectOrAddOption and asmSelect or bsmSelect (http://www.ryancramer.com/journal/entries/asmselect_v104/ or https://github.com/vicb/bsmSelect) but I just can't the way all those plugins are implemented...
Also, autocomplete widget I used is maybe not the last version of it, I heard that there is a newer version of it, I implement the AutocompleteWidgetSelectOrAddOption base on the autocomplete widget available in web2py 1.99.4... Richard On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Remco K <remc...@gmail.com> wrote: > That would be nice. I think there are more people who can use this. > > > 2012/5/14 Richard Vézina <ml.richard.vez...@gmail.com> > >> I merge autocomplete with SELECT_OR_ADD_OPTION and name it : >> AutocompleteWidgetSelectOrAddOption >> >> It available here at the bottom of the thread : >> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/web2py/9KamKgHKUwU >> >> Or I will create a web2py slice soon, I hope... >> >> Richard >> >> >> >> On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Remco K <remc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Thank you very much, Anthony! This was exactly what i was looking for. >>> Problem solved. >>> >>> Op vrijdag 11 mei 2012 19:07:32 UTC+2 schreef Anthony het volgende: >>> >>>> Are you trying to auto-complete a reference field, and you want to be >>>> able to add new records to the referenced table? The built-in autocomplete >>>> widget doesn't handle that out of the box, but upon submission, you could >>>> check the request variables, and if the submitted value doesn't belong to >>>> an existing record in the referenced table, you could do an insert: >>>> >>>> Model: >>>> >>>> db.define_table('category', Field(name)) >>>> >>>> db.define_table('article', >>>> Field('title'), >>>> Field('body', 'text'), >>>> Field('category', db.category, >>>> widget=SQLFORM.widgets.autocom**plete(request, db.category. >>>> name, id_field=db.category.id))) >>>> >>>> Controller: >>>> >>>> def myfunction(): >>>> if request.post_vars._**autocomplete_name_aux and not request. >>>> post_vars.category: >>>> request.post_vars.category = db.category.insert(name=reques**t. >>>> post_vars._autocomplete_**name_aux) >>>> return dict(form=SQLFORM(db.article).**process()) >>>> >>>> When you use the autocomplete widget on a reference field, it submits >>>> the display value in a special field named _autocomplete_[display_field_ >>>> **name]_aux, and the actual field value is the record ID of the >>>> referenced record associated with the display value. However, if you enter >>>> and submit a display value that does not have an associated record in the >>>> referenced table, the reference field value will simply be empty (though >>>> the _autocomplete_..._aux field will contain the submitted display value). >>>> >>>> For example, when submitting a new article, suppose you enter >>>> "programming" in the category input field, but "programming" does not yet >>>> exist in the db.category table. In that case, request.post_vars.category >>>> will be empty, and request.post_vars._**autocomplete_name_aux will >>>> contain the word "programming". In that case, the above code inserts >>>> "programming" into the db.category table and stores the new record ID in >>>> request.post_vars.category. When the form is then processed, the new >>>> db.article record will be created, with the new db.category record ID >>>> stored in the db.article.category field. >>>> >>>> Perhaps the autocomplete widget should handle this automatically (with >>>> an optional setting). >>>> >>>> Anthony >>>> >>>> On Thursday, May 10, 2012 12:44:51 PM UTC-4, gfdgdgfdg wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello everyone, >>>>> >>>>> I'm looking for a way to get an auto-complete field combined with >>>>> adding non-existing item to the DB. I've seen a website which >>>>> uses this functionality (demo: >>>>> http://www.tellmehow.nl/video.**html<http://www.tellmehow.nl/video.html>) >>>>> >>>>> I have already tried SELECT_OR_ADD_OPTION but i don't like >>>>> drop-downs... >>>>> >>>>> Thanks in advance! >>>>> Remco >>>> >>>> >>> Op vrijdag 11 mei 2012 19:07:32 UTC+2 schreef Anthony het volgende: >>> >>>> Are you trying to auto-complete a reference field, and you want to be >>>> able to add new records to the referenced table? The built-in autocomplete >>>> widget doesn't handle that out of the box, but upon submission, you could >>>> check the request variables, and if the submitted value doesn't belong to >>>> an existing record in the referenced table, you could do an insert: >>>> >>>> Model: >>>> >>>> db.define_table('category', Field(name)) >>>> >>>> db.define_table('article', >>>> Field('title'), >>>> Field('body', 'text'), >>>> Field('category', db.category, >>>> widget=SQLFORM.widgets.autocom**plete(request, db.category. >>>> name, id_field=db.category.id))) >>>> >>>> Controller: >>>> >>>> def myfunction(): >>>> if request.post_vars._**autocomplete_name_aux and not request. >>>> post_vars.category: >>>> request.post_vars.category = db.category.insert(name=reques**t. >>>> post_vars._autocomplete_**name_aux) >>>> return dict(form=SQLFORM(db.article).**process()) >>>> >>>> When you use the autocomplete widget on a reference field, it submits >>>> the display value in a special field named _autocomplete_[display_field_ >>>> **name]_aux, and the actual field value is the record ID of the >>>> referenced record associated with the display value. However, if you enter >>>> and submit a display value that does not have an associated record in the >>>> referenced table, the reference field value will simply be empty (though >>>> the _autocomplete_..._aux field will contain the submitted display value). >>>> >>>> For example, when submitting a new article, suppose you enter >>>> "programming" in the category input field, but "programming" does not yet >>>> exist in the db.category table. In that case, request.post_vars.category >>>> will be empty, and request.post_vars._**autocomplete_name_aux will >>>> contain the word "programming". In that case, the above code inserts >>>> "programming" into the db.category table and stores the new record ID in >>>> request.post_vars.category. When the form is then processed, the new >>>> db.article record will be created, with the new db.category record ID >>>> stored in the db.article.category field. >>>> >>>> Perhaps the autocomplete widget should handle this automatically (with >>>> an optional setting). >>>> >>>> Anthony >>>> >>>> On Thursday, May 10, 2012 12:44:51 PM UTC-4, gfdgdgfdg wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello everyone, >>>>> >>>>> I'm looking for a way to get an auto-complete field combined with >>>>> adding non-existing item to the DB. I've seen a website which >>>>> uses this functionality (demo: >>>>> http://www.tellmehow.nl/video.**html<http://www.tellmehow.nl/video.html>) >>>>> >>>>> I have already tried SELECT_OR_ADD_OPTION but i don't like >>>>> drop-downs... >>>>> >>>>> Thanks in advance! >>>>> Remco >>>> >>>> >> > > > -- > Met vriendelijke groet, > > Remco Klappe >
