On Friday, August 24, 2012 4:16:30 PM UTC-4, Anthony wrote: > > For now, a workaround might be to subclass INPUT and replace the xml() > method (http://code.google.com/p/web2py/source/browse/gluon/html.py#1692) > so it doesn't check for hideerror and simply displays the widget without > any error. > > Anthony > > On Friday, August 24, 2012 3:30:02 PM UTC-4, Jim Karsten wrote: >> >> I created a custom widget including an *INPUT* with a >> *hideerror=True*parameter. It did not hide error messages. >> >> To simulate: >> >> in model: >> class >> SimpleWidget(FormWidget): >> _class = >> 'string' >> >> >> >> >> @classmethod >> def widget(cls, field, value, >> **attributes): >> default = >> dict( >> _type = >> 'text', >> value = (not value is None and str(value)) or >> '', >> >> ) >> attr = cls._attributes(field, default, >> **attributes) >> >> >> >> return INPUT(hideerror=True, >> **attr) >> >> >> >> db.define_table('atable', >> >> >> Field('afield', >> 'string', >> >> widget=SimpleWidget.widget, >> >> requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY(), >> >> ), >> >> migrate=True, >> >> ) >> >> >> >> In controller: >> >> def >> test_hideerror(): >> response.generic_patterns = >> ['html'] >> form = crud.update(db.atable, >> request.args(0)) >> return dict(form=form) >> >> Submit form with the 'afield' empty and it displays an error. >> >> This patch fixes it but it may change the logic in a way not originally >> intended. In *gluon/html.py class DIV() def _traverse()*, >> change: >> >> >> >> >> c['hideerror']=hideerror >> >> >> >> to >> >> if 'hideerror' not in >> c.attributes: >> c['hideerror']=hideerror >> >> The patch only sets the hideerror attribute if it doesn't already exist. >> With tet patch, if the widget has *hideerror=True*, if you use * >> form.validate(hideerror=False)*, a field using the widget will still >> hide the error. >> > Do you consider it a bug or is that intended behaviour?
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