Hi Niphlod,
Now that web2py 2 has been released, could you release the code for your
form manipulation?
Thanks a heap,
Alec taylor
On Sunday, May 20, 2012 2:48:57 AM UTC+10, Niphlod wrote:
>
> me too, but in a different way.
>
> I'm working on an app and waiting for web2py 2.0 to release it to the
> public.
> It contains a function able to serialize form in "bootstrap" styles (i.e.
> form-horizontal, form-vertical, form-inline) ....
> With some additional work maybe that could be included to provide more
> than the current 'table3cols', 'table2cols', 'divs', 'ul' styles of the
> forms.
>
> Right now it's called into the view, i.e.:
>
> {{=twitter_form(form, 'form-vertical')}}
>
> Il giorno sabato 19 maggio 2012 11:10:30 UTC+2, Pystar ha scritto:
>>
>> Hi matt,
>> I have been working extensively with bootstrap with web2py and I can say
>> the approach you are taking is the best way.
>>
>> This is my solution
>>
>> #########controller####################3
>>
>> form = SQLFORM(db.blahblah)
>> if form.accepts(request, session, hideerrror=True):
>> blahblah
>>
>> the hideerror=True is what does the magic.
>> It prevents your forms from displaying the error messages in the default
>> position which is below the form field.
>>
>> In your views, you can now display your error messages by doing
>>
>> <span class="help-inline">{{=form.errors["post"]}}</span>
>>
>> make sure you put the above in a conditional IF, ElSE block or else the
>> errors will be displayed whether you have errors in your form or not
>>
>> On Sunday, May 13, 2012 4:35:52 AM UTC+1, Matt wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Everybody,
>>>
>>> I'm using bootstrap for a project with web2py.
>>>
>>> I want to create forms that mirror the standard approach taken by the
>>> bootstrap framework.
>>>
>>> They wrap each "control" like so:
>>>
>>> <div class="control-group error">
>>> <label class="control-label" for="inputError">Input with
>>> error</label>
>>> <div class="controls">
>>> <input type="text" id="inputError">
>>> <span class="help-inline">Please correct the error</span>
>>> <p class="help-block">A comment for the field goes here.</p>
>>> </div>
>>> </div>
>>>
>>> Since this is custom code I using form.custom and form.fields for output
>>> the HTML myself.
>>>
>>> One small problem I've run up against in that when I do the following:
>>>
>>> {{= form.custom.widget.full_name }}
>>>
>>> If there is a form _error_ the following is output:
>>>
>>> <input class="invalidinput" id="xyz_full_name" name="full_name"
>>> type="text" value="">
>>> *<div class="error" id="full_name__error">please enter their full
>>> name</div>*
>>> *
>>> *
>>> Is there anyway to suppress the div or change it so that it can become
>>>
>>> *<span class="help-inline">please enter their full name**</span>*
>>> *
>>> *
>>> Instead?
>>>
>>> Any help or suggestion for this would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> Matt
>>>
>>>
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