I don't understand -- where is that ul supposed to go? What field are your
representing? What is the "default navigator drop box"?
On Thursday, November 10, 2011 12:03:27 PM UTC-5, Richard wrote:
>
> Workin in console :
>
>
> In [1]: test123 = 'test/test2/test3/'
>
> In [2]: test123
> Out[2]: 'test/test2/test3/'
>
> In [3]: for v in test123.split('/'):
> ...: if v != '':
> ...: v
> ...:
> ...:
> Out[3]: 'test'
> Out[3]: 'test2'
> Out[3]: 'test3'
>
> In [4]: XML(UL(*[ LI(v) for v in test123.split('/') if v != '' ]))
> Out[4]: <gluon.html.XML object at 0x26ec550>
>
> In [5]: print XML(UL(*[ LI(v) for v in test123.split('/') if v != '' ]))
> <ul><li>test</li><li>test2</li><li>test3</li></ul>
>
> But in generated view I only get the default option no ul or li...
>
> Thanks
>
> Richard
>
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 12:01 PM, Richard Vézina <ml.richa...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hello Anthony,
>>
>> I am trying to do something bizzard... I would like to have your advice
>> if it's even possible :
>>
>> represent=lambda value, row: (value!=None and XML(UL(*[ LI(v) for v in
>> value.split('/') if v != '' ]))) or 'None'
>>
>> I would like the default navigator drop box to display html stuff is this
>> possible?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Richard
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 8:07 AM, Anthony <abas...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thursday, November 10, 2011 7:58:57 AM UTC-5, peter wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have a couple of problems with 'text' fields in databases. I want to
>>>> be able to use a WYSIWIG editor, so I have set up ckeditor using the
>>>> instructions here
>>>>
>>>> http://www.web2pyslices.com/**slices/take_slice/18<http://www.web2pyslices.com/slices/take_slice/18>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This works fine, but there is no toolbar appearing with the editor.
>>>> How does one get the basic toolbar to appear?
>>>>
>>>
>>> You have to set the CKEditor options -- see it's documentation:
>>> http://ckeditor.com/
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> If I succeed in getting this working and can embolden text etc. How do
>>>> I convert the text to html that reflects this emboldening?
>>>>
>>>
>>> You won't be converting text to HTML -- CKEditor itself generates HTML,
>>> which is what will get saved in the associated text field in the DB. The
>>> trick is how to get the HTML to display properly when you pull it from the
>>> DB and include it in the view. By default, web2py will escape the HTML, so
>>> it won't display as intended. To avoid that, use the XML() helper -- in the
>>> view, {{=XML(your_html_content)}}. Though this is dangerous if you are
>>> allowing users to enter the HTML because they can insert malicious
>>> Javascript. In that case, use {{=XML(your_html_content, sanitize=True)}},
>>> though that will limit the allowed HTML tags and attributes. See
>>> http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/05#XML.
>>>
>>> Anthony
>>>
>>
>>
>
