or you could do <div id="mytarget"> <div style="curson:pointer;" onclick="web2py_component('{{=URL(request.application,'todo','todo_form')}}', 'mytarget');">New form</div> </div>
On May 12, 10:38 am, selecta <gr...@delarue-berlin.de> wrote: > <a href="#" > onclick="web2py_component('{{=URL(request.application,'todo','todo_form')}}', > 'mytarget');">New todo</a> > <div id="mytarget"></div> > > no need for def new(): > > On May 11, 10:16 pm, Keith Edmunds <k...@midnighthax.com> wrote: > > > > > I was to display a form using Ajax in response to a click on a link on the > > page. I have tried putting this in the view: > > > <a href="#" onclick="ajax( > > '{{=URL(request.application, > > 'todo', > > 'new')}}', > > [], 'DetailArea')" />New todo > > </a> > > > with this in the controller: > > > def new(): > > > return = LOAD('todo','todo_form',ajax=True) > > > def todo_form(): > > form = SQLFORM(db.tasks,fields=['priority','subject','duedate']) > > if form.accepts(request.vars,session): > > session.flash = 'record inserted' > > redirect(URL(request.application,'default','index')) > > return form > > > ...but that doesn't work. > > > I don't think I've fully understood how LOAD works - can someone point me > > in the right direction, please?