Only arguments starting in _ get passed. You want
return dict(form=FORM('business: ',INPUT(_id='keyword',
_onkeyup="ajax('bg_find',
['keyword'],'target');"),_name='f1'),
target_div=DIV(_id='target'))
On Feb 24, 3:43 pm, Jim <jdeib...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm attempting to usehttp://www.plus2net.com/html_tutorial/set-focus.php
> to set the focus to a search box for the user.
>
> However, I'm having problems because I can't pass the formname from
> the controller to the view. I can set it on the controller side but
> it does not show up on the view side.
>
> In this
> thread:http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/9a8195752b...
>
> it seemed like there was a similar problem.
>
> controller fragment
> return dict(form=FORM('business: ',INPUT(formname='widget',
> name='testit', _name='f1',_id='keyword',
> _onkeyup="ajax('bg_find',['keyword'],'target');")),
> target_div=DIV(_id='target'))
>
> view source on the page:
> <form action="" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post">business:
> <input id="keyword" name="f1" onkeyup="ajax('bg_find',
> ['keyword'],'target');" /></form>
>
> I notice that "formname" and "name" don't get passed.
>
> For the javascript to work, it needs to have something like this:
>
> <form name=f1 action='' method=post><input type=text name=userid></
> form>
>
> Is there a way to do this that I'm missing? Or does somebody have a
> better way to set focus?
>
> Thanks!
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