Please bring this up to web2py-developer. If there is consensus on this I will not oppose.
On Tuesday, 15 May 2012 00:49:41 UTC-5, Ray (a.k.a. Iceberg) wrote: > > Hi Massimo, > > Thanks for telling me such undocumented trick to use other app's layout > file. However I still think a built-in layout_jqm.html for scaffold app is > cleaner than cross-app reference. Anyway, see my latest layout_jqm.html > sample in ticket 797 http://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/detail?id=797 > > > Meanwhile, shall we keep the discussion about how to utilize that > layout_jqm.html (no matter where it locates)? I am using two experimental > callers as below: > > cat myapp/views/generic.mobi > {{extend 'layout_jqm.html'}} > {{response.headers['Content-Type'] = 'text/html'}} > # the rest is same as generic.html > > cat myapp/controllers/default.py > if request.user_agent().is_mobile or request.user_agent().is_tablet: > response.view = 'generic.mobi' > # the rest is same as the out-of-box welcome/controllers/default.py > > These minimal effort makes my app works smooth for both desktop and > mobile. So far so good. Do you think they should go into scaffold too? > > Regards, > Ray > > On Tuesday, May 15, 2012 2:06:11 AM UTC+8, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: >> >> Please open a ticket about this. I do not think this belongs to the >> welcome app but, if we can use it in admin (instead of the current mobile >> admin also based on jquery mobile) then you will be able to do: >> >> {{extend '../../admin/views/jqm_layout.html'}} >> >> On Monday, 14 May 2012 04:30:23 UTC-5, Ray (a.k.a. Iceberg) wrote: >>> >>> Hi there, >>> >>> 1. I am working at my first mobile website recently. At first I spent >>> (quite) some time to know and download the hard-to-find >>> web2py.plugin.jqmobile.w2p, then I realize the main resource I need is just >>> its views/plugin_jqmobile/layout.html, so it comes to an idea. Why not just >>> pack that tiny layout file inside the default scaffold app as >>> views/jqm_layout.html? (Attached in this post) >>> >>> 2. And then it is so easy to use it. Just {{extend "jqm_layout.html"}} >>> instead of {{extend "layout.html"}} in your view files. I will also suggest >>> one step further. Change the first line of generic.html from: >>> >>> {{extend "layout.html"}} >>> >>> to: >>> >>> {{extend response.layout or "layout.html"}} >>> >>> This way developers can easily switch into two (or even more) layouts on >>> demand by defining a proper response.layout, yet still backward compatible. >>> >>> Will this go into trunk? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Ray >>> >>
