Thanks Leonel and Ian.
Just in case it might help someone else, this is the code in layout.html
that works for me:
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse navbar-ex1-collapse">
{{if response.menu:}}
{{=MENU(response.menu, _class='nav
navbar-nav',li_class='dropdown',ul_class='dropdown-menu')}}
{{pass}}
<ul class="nav navbar-nav">
{{='auth' in globals() and
auth.navbar('Welcome',mode='dropdown') or ''}}
</ul>
<ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
</br>
<!-- Global Search -->
<style>
#suggestions { position: relative; }
.suggestions { background: lightblue; border: solid 1px #55A6C8;
}
.suggestions DIV { padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px; }
</style>
<form class="form-inline global-search" action="{{=URL('wos',
'globalsearch')}}">
<div class="form-group">
<input type="text" id="word" name="word"
style="background-color:lightblue; color:blue;"
placeholder="Search for ..." />
</div>
<button type="submit" id="s" class="btn btn-info"
>
<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-search"></span>
</button>
</br>
<a href="#" style="color:lightgray;">Advanced search</a>
<div style="position: relative;" id="suggestions"
class="suggestions"></div>
</form>
</ul>
</div>
and at the bottom of the file in a <script> environment:
jQuery("#word").keyup(function(){
ajax('{{=URL('default', 'wordlookup')}}', ['word'], 'suggestions')});
Regards
Johann
On 18 November 2015 at 16:31, Ian Ryder <i.ry...@appichar.com.au> wrote:
> It could be pretty straight forward - as Leonel says, you would use
> Javascript / Ajax. If you rolled your own autocomplete you would have a
> controller in default (for example) and the layout would refer back to that
> controller. Doesn't matter what page you are looking at, the Ajax call is
> always back to the 'default' controller.
>
> Have a look at the jQuery / Ajax section of the book:
> http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/11/jquery-and-ajax
>
> There's even a built-in autocomplete in web2py which might suit:
> http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/11/jquery-and-ajax#Auto-completion
>
>
> On Wednesday, 18 November 2015 09:40:26 UTC+1, Johann Spies wrote:
>>
>> As I understand Web2py forms in views are managed by controllers.
>>
>> I want to use a search form in the menubar like the attached image.
>>
>> [image: Inline images 1]
>>
>> This form is presented by layout.html.
>>
>> I want the form to be an auto-complete widget with sql-lookups in the
>> background.
>>
>> So from where do I control that form? From a model?
>>
>> The form must be available from all parts of the app. I do not want to
>> add code in every controller to manage it.
>>
>> Regards
>> Johann
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