app/soc/views/helpers/custom_widgets.py
author Pawel Solyga <Pawel.Solyga@gmail.com>
Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:01:20 +0000
changeset 127 70206a64da4a
child 141 e120c24b89e2
permissions -rw-r--r--
Created custom_widgets.py and added TinyMCE django widget that can be later used for particular form fields. Patch by: Pawel Solyga Review by: to-be-reviewed

#!/usr/bin/python2.5
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"""Custom widgets used for form fields.
"""

__authors__ = [
  '"Pawel Solyga" <pawel.solyga@gmail.com>',
  ]

import django.newforms as forms
from django.newforms.widgets import flatatt
from django.newforms.util import smart_unicode
from django.utils.html import escape
from django.utils import simplejson
from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe

class TinyMCE(forms.Textarea):
    """
    TinyMCE widget. requires you include tiny_mce_src.js in your template
    you can customize the mce_settings by overwriting instance mce_settings,
    or add extra options using update_settings
    """ 

    mce_settings = dict(
        mode = "exact",
        theme = "simple",
        theme_advanced_toolbar_location = "top",
        theme_advanced_toolbar_align = "center",
    )    

    def update_settings(self, custom):
        return_dict = self.mce_settings.copy()
        return_dict.update(custom)
        return return_dict

    def render(self, name, value, attrs=None):
        if value is None:
          value = ''
        value = smart_unicode(value)
        final_attrs = self.build_attrs(attrs, name=name)

        self.mce_settings['elements'] = "id_%s" % name
        mce_json = simplejson.JSONEncoder().encode(self.mce_settings)

        return mark_safe(u'<textarea%s>%s</textarea> \
                <script type="text/javascript">\
                tinyMCE.init(%s)</script>' % (flatatt(final_attrs), 
                                              escape(value), 
                                              mce_json))