That should never have worked, as it is not a legal Python identifier.
However, you can do:
A('move out', _href=URL('#myModal'), **{'_data-toggle': 'modal'})
This is actually discussed in the book, at the end of this section:
http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/5#HTML-helpers.
Anthony
On Tuesday, June 26, 2012 6:46:08 PM UTC-4, pbreit wrote:
>
> I'm getting an error on:
> {{=A('move out', _href=URL('#myModal'), _data-toggle='modal')}}
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/Users/pbreit/web2py/gluon/restricted.py", line 204, in restricted
> ccode = compile2(code,layer)
> File "/Users/pbreit/web2py/gluon/restricted.py", line 189, in compile2
> return compile(code.rstrip().replace('\r\n','\n')+'\n', layer, 'exec')
> File
> "/Users/pbreit/web2py/applications/rentmatic/views/default/property.html",
> line 115
>
> SyntaxError: keyword can't be an expression
>
> The problem is with the dash in the '_data-toggle' attribute.
>
>
>
> This works OK but of course I need it to be '_data-toggle'.
> {{=A('move out', _href=URL('#myModal'), _data='modal')}}
>
>
>
> The error is different when there is just a dash at the end:
> {{=A('move out', _href=URL('#myModal'), _data-='modal')}}
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/Users/pbreit/web2py/gluon/restricted.py", line 204, in restricted
> ccode = compile2(code,layer)
> File "/Users/pbreit/web2py/gluon/restricted.py", line 189, in compile2
> return compile(code.rstrip().replace('\r\n','\n')+'\n', layer, 'exec')
> File
> "/Users/pbreit/web2py/applications/rentmatic/views/default/property.html",
> line 115
> response.write(A('move out', _href=URL('#myModal'), _data-='modal'))
> ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>
>
> I'm pretty sure this used to work.
>
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