Yes, I looked at many others as well. But, the requirement didn't deserve
that much of my time on this project. We'll be just fine with the low-tech
solution. But, opened my eyes for possibilities on other projects.
Thanks again...
--Jim
On Wednesday, February 12, 2014 9:14:26 AM UTC-6, Anthony wrote:
>
> Note, there are many alternatives to ddslick -- that's just one I found
> with a quick search.
>
> On Wednesday, February 12, 2014 9:45:40 AM UTC-5, Jim S wrote:
>>
>> I've since abandoned working with ddslick for this function. Decided
>> just to go low tech and put the data into a single line in the IS_IN_DB
>> dropdown.
>>
>> I couldn't find a control that worked the way I'd had it working in my
>> previous TurboGears app utilizing dojo.
>>
>> I really like the ddslick widget but the default look of it didn't look
>> right with the rest of my form.
>>
>> Really appreciate the input, helped me learn quite a bit yesterday.
>>
>> -Jim
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 8:41 AM, Anthony <abas...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> {{=XML(customerList)}}
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 12:52:28 PM UTC-5, Jim S wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks Anthony. Trying this but running into a problem generating the
>>>> json to use for the data. Keep getting a javascript error:
>>>>
>>>> SyntaxError: invalid property id
>>>>
>>>> data: [{"text": "Skygsslo Farms", "descriptio
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On the python side I'm building it like this:
>>>>
>>>> for customer in db(customerQuery).select(orderby=db.customer.
>>>> customerId):
>>>> customerList.append(dict(value=customer.customerId,
>>>> text=customer.name,
>>>> description='%s, %s' %
>>>> (customer.city,customer.state)))
>>>>
>>>> customerList = response.json(customerList)
>>>>
>>>> then I'm passing {{=customerList}} to the data argument in the
>>>> javascript. I'm not well-versed enough in javascript/json to know how to
>>>> get rid of these quotes, and even if I do, will it help?
>>>>
>>>> Any insight would be appreciated. Or, tell me to work it out on my
>>>> own....
>>>>
>>>> -Jim
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Anthony <abas...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I don't think you can put any additional HTML tags in an <option>
>>>>> element, so you would probably have to use a Javascript plugin to render
>>>>> a
>>>>> custom dropdown (e.g., http://designwithpc.com/Plugins/ddSlick).
>>>>>
>>>>> Anthony
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 10:57:00 AM UTC-5, Jim S wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm looking for a way to format the dropdown list generated from a
>>>>>> SQLFORM.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm using the following code:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> db.equipOrder.customerId.requires = IS_IN_DB(query, db.customer,
>>>>>> ('%(customerId)s - %(name)s'), zero='..')
>>>>>>
>>>>>> which give me a nice dropdown list showing my customer id and name.
>>>>>> However, I'd really like to add a second line to each item in my list
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> displays the city and state where the customer reside. Is there a way
>>>>>> for
>>>>>> me to do this using the IS_IN_DB validator?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Jim
>>>>>>
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