Confirmation forms. The book is unclear. How can I associate a pop confirmation box with a link?

[dgm...@gmail.com]

This has been asked before but I can't find any usable answers, at least for those who aren't experts on css and javascript.

Tried to do something along the lines suggested in the book 'Forms and Validators/Confirmation Forms' without any success. Either I'm stupid or this feature is broken or the explanation is incomplete/unhelpful.

Actually, my problem is a bit different. I am using SQLFORM.grid and .smartgrid, with additional links specified. On one of these links I would like to have a confirming Yes/No when the link is clicked, before following the link. It almost looks in the documentation if this could be done using the A() helper, but I can't figure it out. My link is a replacement for the standard Delete button because there is other stuff that needs to be done BEFORE the deletion is performed, rather than after via ondelete.

[John Bannister]

I came across the same issue recently and managed to solve it as follows:-

 

lambda row: A(SPAN('Delete', _class="button btn btn-info btn-sm", _title='Delete', _onclick = "return confirm('Are you sure?');"), \

                             _href=URL("default", "delete_company",args=[row.id])),

          

This will give you the standard pop confirmation box with customised text.

 

Hope this helps.

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