On Dec 14, 6:00 pm, Thadeus Burgess <thade...@thadeusb.com> wrote: > Take, for example: http://jeffhowden.com/code/css/forms/ Ah yes, that was one of the many pages I saw during my research. But even that is too static for me. I want to change the layout on the fly, even live, and to remember it. Can you see where I am going with this?.
> With a form design as such, you can turn it easily into > > http://www.jankoatwarpspeed.com/post/2009/09/28/webform-wizard-jquery... That may come in handy but it is not what I am after. > A custom patch seems to be the most appropriate. Create a list, that > represents the form, and use a function to chop through it. > > I am playing around with the following > > http://pastebin.com/m764d7a39 > > Basically, it takes a list of lists, each sublist is a fieldset where > if a element is a list it is the fieldset title, and if it is a tuple, > it goes into the notes div. > > It formats the form and looks "almost" exactly like the one on the > first link (with the appropriate css. Then using the formtowizard, it > looks nice :) > > I am actually happier with this, since I believe allows for the most > customization as far as form content goes. > > SQLFORM does need to be refactored into more MVC format.... I am > thinking of SQLFORM only making the data ready, and performing the > validation, and have a separate class that creates and renders the > form elements. SQLFORM could be made more plugable, with the current table output being the default. I also ended up using a separate class to generate the output which keeps the changes to controllers and views to a bare minimum: one line. What I need now is to play with the CSS layout of the elements and see what works and what doesn't. Denes -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to web...@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.
