Thank you! Works great.


On Thursday, February 11, 2016 at 4:27:22 PM UTC-5, Val K wrote:
>
> Hi!
> Here is my solution.  I have modal_wrapper function. In controller file, I 
> have two controllers -  main_page and modal_content: 
>
>
>
> def *main_page*():
>
>     main_pg=DIV(<any your content>)
>     
>     m_cont = LOAD(f='*modal_content**.load*', ajax=True, ajax_trap=True 
>  )  
>
>     dialog = modal_wrapper(m_cont, _id='*cont_id*', header='Header', 
> footer='footer')
>     
>     show_modal_btn = BUTTON( 'Show modal',
>                                                        _type="button",
>                                                        _class = "btn 
> btn-default",
>                                                        _onclick=""" $('#
> *cont_id*').modal('show')   """)
>
>     #don't forget to add dialog and show_modal_btn to main page
>     main_pg.append(show_modal_btn)   # or main_pg.append( DIV(show_modal_btn) 
>  ) or something else
>     main_pg.append(dialog)
>
>        return dict(main_pg = main_pg)
>
>
>
>
> # keep in mind just one thing:
> #   this controller is exposed by *.load, so it must return a dict of ONE 
> element 
> #   to return more than one element - wrap all in one DIV:
> #   ret = DIV()
> #   ret.append( ... ) 
> #   ret.append( form )  
> #      ret.append( ... )
> #      return dict(ret = ret) 
>
> def *modal_content*():
>     
>     form = SQLFORM(...) # or even form = SQLFORM.grid(...)
>
>     return dict(form=form)
>
>
>
> # means bootstrap 3
> def* modal_wrapper*(content, _id, header='', footer=''):
>
>     main_wrap = DIV('',  _class="modal fade",  _role="dialog", _id=_id, 
> _tabindex="-1" )
>     title_id = _id + '_title'
>     main_wrap['_aria-labelledby']=title_id
>
>     dialog_div=DIV('', _class="modal-dialog" , _role="document")
>     content_div=DIV('', _class="modal-content")
>     header_div = DIV( _class="modal-header")
>
>     close_cross = BUTTON(
>                         SPAN(XML('&times'), **{'_aria-hidden':"true"}),
>                         _type="button",  _class="close",
>                          data={'dismiss':"modal"},
>                          **{'_aria-label':"Close"}
>                          )
>     title_h4 = H4( header,  _class="modal-title",  _id = title_id)
>     body_div = DIV( content, _class="modal-body")
>
>
>     close_btn = BUTTON('Close',  _type="button", _class="btn btn-default", 
> data={'dismiss':"modal"})
>     footer_div =  DIV( footer, close_btn, _class="modal-footer")
>
>     # gluon all
>     main_wrap[0] = dialog_div
>     dialog_div[0] = content_div
>
>     header_div.append(close_cross)
>     header_div.append(title_h4)
>
>     [content_div.append(c) for c in (header_div, body_div, footer_div)]
>     return main_wrap
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thursday, February 11, 2016 at 8:07:32 PM UTC+3, billmac...@gmail.com 
> wrote:
>>
>> Thank you for your answer Massimo. When I implemented this. 
>>
>> <button onclick='window.open("{{=URL("my_view",args=something.id)}}", 
>> "mywindow");'>Apply To This Post</button>
>>
>> It shows me a button and then I get redirected to another page. I just 
>> wanted a pop up window open up with a form to submit that user can move 
>> around without being redirected to another page.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at 10:51:11 PM UTC-5, Massimo Di Pierro 
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I see you want a different window, not a modal.
>>>
>>> then you have to put the form logic in its own controller action and 
>>> call it from js
>>>
>>> <button onclick="window.open("{{=URL('form_action)}}");">click 
>>> me</button>
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, 10 February 2016 18:00:44 UTC-6, billmac...@gmail.com 
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for the answer Massimo. I did this like you said to put the 
>>>> form in the body in index/popup.html however, it didn't pop up like the 
>>>> example in the link above. Instead I got it in the same browser. I am 
>>>> guessing my implementation is wrong.
>>>>
>>>> <div class="modal fade">
>>>>   <div class="modal-dialog">
>>>>     <div class="modal-content">
>>>>       <div class="modal-header">
>>>>         <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" 
>>>> aria-hidden="true">×</button>
>>>>         <h4 class="modal-title">Modal title</h4>
>>>>       </div>
>>>>       <div class="modal-body">
>>>>         
>>>>           {{=form}}
>>>>           
>>>>       </div>
>>>>       <div class="modal-footer">
>>>>         <button type="button" class="btn btn-default" 
>>>> data-dismiss="modal">Close</button>
>>>>         <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary">Save 
>>>> changes</button>
>>>>       </div>
>>>>     </div><!-- /.modal-content -->
>>>>   </div><!-- /.modal-dialog -->
>>>> </div><!-- /.modal -->
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at 5:06:28 PM UTC-5, Massimo Di Pierro 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Bootstrap3 has built-int modals: 
>>>>> https://nakupanda.github.io/bootstrap3-dialog/
>>>>> You can but {{=form}} in the body of the modal.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tuesday, 9 February 2016 14:26:05 UTC-6, billmac...@gmail.com 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello, A new user migrating from Django to web2py and absolutely 
>>>>>> loving it. A quick question. How do I use a light box or a pop up window 
>>>>>> to 
>>>>>> display a form in my view?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> for example in default/index.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> {{=form}}
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Want to show that form  in a pop up window.  
>>>>>>
>>>>>

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