No, you can add an id to the grid (or wrap it in a div with an I'd), and
then add the id to the CSS selector.
Anthony
On Thursday, September 6, 2012 1:32:42 AM UTC-4, Mandar Vaze wrote:
>
> Anthony,
>
> I guess the following will apply to ALL the sqlform.grid in the app,
> correct ?
> Generally, we have multiple different sqlform.grid across the app, and
> each instance may have different columns (and thus possible needing
> different column widths)
>
> I am looking for something like "maxtextlengths" which can be changed "per
> sqlform.grid" instance
>
> -Mandar
>
> On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 8:01 PM, Anthony <abas...@gmail.com
> <javascript:>>wrote:
>
>> If you want to control the column widths and allow the content to wrap if
>> necessary, you can do so with CSS (and some JS in IE). Let's say you want
>> to set the width of the 5th column. To support IE, in Javascript do:
>>
>> <script>
>> $(function() {
>> $('.ie .web2py_table td:nth-child(5)').addClass('td-wrap');
>> });
>> </script>
>>
>> Then in CSS:
>>
>> .web2py_table td:nth-child(5), .web2py_table td.td-wrap {
>> min-width: 15em; max-width: 20em; white-space: normal !important;
>> }
>>
>> Anthony
>>
>> On Wednesday, September 5, 2012 10:06:41 AM UTC-4, Mandar Vaze wrote:
>>>
>>> Using maxtextlengths optional parameter partially helps.
>>> http://web2py.com/books/**default/chapter/29/07?search=**maxtextlengths<http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/07?search=maxtextlengths>
>>>
>>> I say partially because this param controls how many characters are
>>> displayed in the column (Only those many characters are sent by the server)
>>> If one has too many wide columns, result could be ugly, especially
>>> buttons in last column are now shown vertically - depending on screen size
>>> etc.
>>>
>>> I wish there was way to control the column width via web2py
>>>
>>> -Mandar
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, September 4, 2012 12:35:55 AM UTC+5:30, Ovidio Marinho wrote:
>>>>
>>>> how to limit the size of columns in sqlform.grid
>>>> 25
>>>> 40
>>>>
>>>> 15
>>>> 1 col lenght 25 ========================
>>>> ==============================**=========================
>>>> =================
>>>> 2 col lenght 40
>>>> 3 col lenght 15
>>>> etc...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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