Not sure if somebody noticed before, but the show_if syntax (backed by web2py.js) is actually breaking if you use SQLFORM.factory to generate your form.
Example: db.define_table('person', Field('name', 'string'), Field('show_trigger', > 'boolean')) > db.person.name.show_if = (db.person.show_trigger == True) When show_if is processed, special attributes are added to inputs. data-show-trigger is among them, and is used in the javascript code to determine the id of the element that triggers display. In our previous example, the data-show-trigger generated by our model is person_show, and web2py.js will try to match this id. *In a factory form, the tablename of a field is either specified or hard-coded ('no_table').* Example: > form = SQLFORM.factory(db.person) The generated input for the field "person.name" willl have the following id : no_table_name. *The mismatch between SQLFORM.factory's input and and data-show-trigger produces a javascript error, which of course blocks any further javascript code from being executed.* *Here is the modification I suggest in order to fix this :* In *gluon.sqlhtml.py*, replace the last line : return SQLFORM(DAL(None).define_table(table_name, *fields), **attributes) With the following code: # Generate SQLFORM form = SQLFORM(DAL(None).define_table(table_name, *fields), **attributes) # Replace data-show-trigger (cf. 'show_if') since we changed the table name def replace_triggers(fields): for field in fields: if isinstance(field, Field) and getattr(field, 'show_if', None): form.element('input', _id='%s_%s' % (table_name, field.name), replace=lambda t: t.update(**{ '_data-show-trigger':'%s_%s' % (table_name, field.show_if.first.name)})) elif isinstance(field, Table): table = field # recursive call replace_trigger([field for field in table]) replace_triggers(fields) return form This way, the hard-coded tablename in SQLFORM.factory is also applied to any show_if in the form. -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.