It's a bit hacky but it works...
:)
Richard
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 9:48 AM, Richard Vézina <ml.richard.vez...@gmail.com
> wrote:
> Don't bother with the php thing...
>
> Just look the data structure of the select...
>
> Here what I do to restore proper order on update form :
>
> controller_view_js += """
> var ordered_values = ''%s'';
> $(document).ready(function() {
> if(ordered_values != "None") {
> $.each(ordered_values, function(i, val) {
> $("select[name=field_name]").append("<option
> value=\'"+ordered_values[i]+"\'>"+
> $("select[name=field_name]
> option[value="+ordered_values[i]+"]").text()+"</option>");
> });
> $("select[name=field_name] option:selected").remove();
> $.each(ordered_values, function(i, val) {
> $("select[name=field_name]
> option[value="+ordered_values[i]+"]").attr("selected", "selected");
> });
> };
> });""" % [int(ID) for ID in ordered_values_query]
>
> controller_view_js is a variable containing a piece of jquery that I pass
> to the view from the controller... What it does put the options into the
> proper order or how they were ordered at the input... All this is because
> web2py don't use "ol" list out of the box... So I manage thing to not
> require ol.
>
> The ordered_values_query contain the value of the field field_name for the
> given record...
>
> I had to set a representation like this too :
>
> represent=lambda values, row: ', '.join(map(lambda id:
> db.ref_referenced_table(id).represent_field, values)) if values != [] or
> None else T('N/A')
>
> Hope it helps.
>
> Richard
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 4:07 AM, BlueShadow <kevin.bet...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> thanks for your offer I'm working my way through the example code but my
>> biggest problem is that php site. I don't know php. But from what I get
>> from the php code is that all the sample cities need to be in an unordered
>> list environment <ul><li></li>...</ul>
>> but this form part of the bsmselect example really confuses me.
>>
>> <h1>Example 1: Typical Usage</h1>
>> <form action="./example_results.php" method="post">
>>
>> <label for="cities1">What are your favorite cities?</label>
>> <select id="cities1" multiple="multiple" name="cities[]" title="Click to
>> Select a City" class="sminit">
>> <option>Amsterdam</option>
>> </select>
>> <p><input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit" /></p>
>> </form>
>>
>>
>> especially the php file in form action=""
>> <?php
>>
>> if(!empty($_POST['submit'])) {
>>
>> echo "<html>\n<body style='width: 400px; margin: 2em auto;
>> font-family: Arial;'>";
>>
>> if(!empty($_POST['cities'])) {
>>
>> echo "\n<p><strong>You selected the following
>> cities:</strong></p>\n<ul>";
>>
>> foreach($_POST['cities'] as $city) {
>>
>> // exclude any items with chars we don't want, just in case
>> someone is playing
>> if(!preg_match('/^[-A-Z0-9\., ]+$/iD', $city)) continue;
>>
>> // print the city
>> echo "\n\t<li>" . htmlspecialchars($city) . "</li>";
>> }
>>
>> echo "\n</ul>";
>>
>> } else {
>> echo "\n<p>No items selected</p>";
>> }
>>
>> echo "\n<p><a href='index.html'>Try Again?</a></p>";
>>
>> echo "\n</body>\n</html>";
>>
>> } else {
>> // if someone arrived here not having started at example.html
>> // then show example.html instead
>> require("index.html");
>>
>> }
>>
>>
>> It seems to me that there is an entire html document in this php file.
>>
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