I think this would do it: Index: gluon/sqlhtml.py =================================================================== --- gluon/sqlhtml.py (revision 1196) +++ gluon/sqlhtml.py (working copy) @@ -167,11 +167,14 @@ :param field: the field needing checking :returns: True if the field has options """ + requires = field.requires + if not isinstance(requires, (list, tuple)): + requires = [requires] + requires0 = requires[0] + return hasattr(requires0, 'options')\ + or isinstance(requires0, IS_NULL_OR)\ + and hasattr(requires0.other, 'options')
- return hasattr(field.requires, 'options')\ - or isinstance(field.requires, IS_NULL_OR)\ - and hasattr(field.requires.other, 'options') - @staticmethod def widget(field, value, **attributes): """ @@ -602,7 +605,11 @@ else: inpval = '' elif OptionsWidget.has_options(field): - if not field.requires.multiple: + requires = field.requires + if not isinstance(requires, (list, tuple)): + requires = [requires] + requires0 = requires[0] + if not requires0.multiple: inp = self.widgets.options.widget(field, default) else: inp = self.widgets.multiple.widget(field, default) On Sep 5, 3:00 am, "mr.freeze" <nat...@freezable.com> wrote: > I think SQLFORM should be changed to allow for IS_IN_SET with other > validators then you could just do: > requires=[IS_IN_SET(['','English','Chinese','Italian']),IS_NOT_EMPTY > ()] > > Or you could get fancy: > requires=[IS_IN_SET(['Please > choose...','English','Chinese','Italian']),IS_EXPR("str(value) != > 'Please choose...' ")] > > It could just be a convention that requires[0] is IS_IN_SET (similar > to how IS_NULL_OR works currently). > > On Sep 4, 11:58 pm, Iceberg <iceb...@21cn.com> wrote: > > > Hi Massimo, > > > My first web2py app is an order management system for my company, it > > worked well in enterprise production for more than 15 months now. By > > the way, all my other "first work of something" ended up as just a > > prototype but not this one, thank god and web2py. I am refactoring the > > app and going to share some ideas. Here comes the first one, about UI/ > > UE aspect. > > > Currently, if we write code like this: > > db.Field('language', requires=IS_IN_SET > > (['English','Chinese','Italian'])) > > it generates a drop-down list for three choices and the "English" > > appears as the first option. > > > It is ok but, according to my long time observation, users who are > > facing a long form with dozens of fields, tend to finish each blank > > field one by one, but won't give enough attention to fields showing a > > default value. So it would be much better if the above example can be > > rendered as a drop-down list with 4 choices: an initial blank, then > > English, Chinese, Italian. Currently this can be done by: > > db.Field('language', requires=IS_NULL_OR(IS_IN_SET > > (['English','Chinese','Italian']))) > > but with a side effect that the empty value is also acceptable, > > sometimes not what we want. > > > So my proposal is to adjust OptionsWidget to always show up with an > > initial blank (when creating record), but not necessarily accepting > > it. Just change line 198 of sqlhtml.py from: > > opts = [] > > to: > > if value: > > opts = [] > > else: # To enforce an explicit choice when creating new record > > opts = [OPTION(_value='')] > > > Please give it a try and hope you will like it. > > > Regards, > > Iceberg --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---