In the book it says load in the view. Nothing in the controller. I was
just wondering if we can add a button in the view and call the ajax from
the view with the argument. If we need to call the LOAD from the view, its
{{=LOAD('default','manage_things',ajax=True)}}
Then it fails for m_count.
On Friday, February 12, 2016 at 12:20:10 AM UTC-5, Val K wrote:
>
> LOAD() works like URL(), so, to pass args/vars to modal_content you could
> write
> m_cont = LOAD(f='*modal_content**.load*', *args=[ ], vars={ }*,
> ajax=True, ajax_trap=True ) # see LOAD in web2py book
>
> in modal_content controller there is nothing new, everything is as usual
> def modal_content():
> arg_0 = request.args(0)
> a = request.vars.a
>
>
>
> On Friday, February 12, 2016 at 1:16:35 AM UTC+3, billmac...@gmail.com
> wrote:
>>
>> Thank you! Val and the app works great.
>>
>> One question:
>>
>> Instead of controller, I have the button displayed in the view as:
>>
>> {{=BUTTON( 'Apply',_type="button",_class = "btn
>> btn-default",_style="background-color:green;background-image:none",_onclick="""
>>
>> $('#cont_id').modal('show') """ )}}
>>
>> It works, however, I need to pass an argument to my controller
>> "modal_content". How do I pass a request.args(0) from my view to the
>> controller in above? Just like I would do
>>
>> <button
>> onclick='window.open("{{=URL("*modal_content*",args=something.id)}}",
>> "mywindow");'>Apply</button>
>>
>>
>> Since I don't see the URL or callback to the javascript. Thanks in
>> advance.
>>
>>
>> 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('×'), **{'_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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