Calendar widget in a custom form?

[Keith Planer]

After adding some input validation I've realized that the calendar widget is not popping up. Is there anything I need to add to the controller or elsewhere?

form=FORM(TABLE(...TR("Admission Date: ",INPUT(_name='adm_date',widget=SQLFORM.widgets.date.widget,requires=IS_DATE()))...

[Alan Etkin]

After adding some input validation I've realized that the calendar widget is not popping up. Is there anything I need to add to the controller or elsewhere?

I suspect there's no widget option for the INPUT objects, unless it was added and was not updated in examples:

http://www.web2py.com/examples/static/epydoc/gluon.html.INPUT-class.html

However, for a similar effect, you can use a customized SQLFORM object

http://www.web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/07/forms-and-validators#SQLFORM
http://www.web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/07/forms-and-validators#Custom-forms

[Paolo Caruccio]

Please try to add to the INPUT the class "date":

form=FORM(TABLE(...TR("Admission Date: ",INPUT(_class='date',_name='adm_date',widget=SQLFORM.widgets.date.widget,requires=IS_DATE()))...

[Keith Planer]

That fixed it, Paolo, thanks!

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[Keith Planer]

One other small problem, the field doesn't allow for nothing to be entered now. How do I make it optional?

[Keith Planer]

Nevermind, found it.

requires=IS_EMPTY_OR(IS_DATE())