This boils down to the expected behavior of a autocomplete. if one
types an incomplete string that has a match, should the match be
returned or not? What do other people think?
Massimo
On Oct 6, 9:51 am, luismurciano <luismurci...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone.
>
> I have found something that I want to discuss.
> Using the Autocomplete Widget if I write in the field with this widget
> the dropdown suggestion menu appears correctly but I have noticed the
> widget submits the first value of that list but doesn't put the value
> in the field. Example:
>
> I have a model with
>
> db.define_table('contacts',\
> SQLField('name','string'),\
> SQLField('notes','string')))
>
> db.define_table('events',\
> SQLField('when','datetime'),\
> SQLField('who',db.contacts,requires =
> IS_IN_DB(db,"contacts.id","contacts.name")))
>
> db.events.who.widget = SQLFORM.widgets.autocomplete(request,
> db.contacts.name, id_field=db.contactos.id)
>
> Assuming I have Alexander in contacts if a write Alexis its work
> propertly becouse the form returns an error (Alexis is not in the
> Database) but if i write in that field Alex and I submit it I dont get
> any error, the widget suposes that I meant Alexander but doesnt
> modifies the field before the submit so its hard to detect. I think it
> should returns the same error.
>
> To fix this I can change line 518 in web2py/gluon/sqlhtml.py and
> remove:
> jQuery('#%(key3)s').val(jQuery('#%(key)s').val());
>
> I want to know how to fix it without editing the web2py/gluon/
> sqlhtml.py any sugestion?
