[Grok-dev] Re: how to hide a field in setUpWidgets

[Ivo van der Wijk]

2008/7/10 Ivo van der Wijk <vladdrac at gmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> In my add/edit forms I want to conditionally hide a field created
> through grok.AutoFields and, if possible, provide a (default) value.
> Removing the field entirely is also an option.
>
> Any hints on how to do this? There's a hidden() method on most widgets
> that render the field hidden, but I don't know how I can get the
> formrendering machinery to invoke that.
>

Answering my own question: With help from timte on #grok I've found
the following solution:
Conditionally set self.form_fields using grok.Autofields combined with
omit, i.e.

def __init__(self, context, request):
  super(...)(context, request)
  if cond(self.request):
    self.form_fields = grok.AutoFields(..).omit('special_field')
  else:
    self.form_fields = grok.AutoFields(..)

I'm still open to alternative suggestions (i.e. hiding the widget) but
this will do the trick for now.

Regards

Ivo


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