Implement selection-enabled table base class and update QuestionTable to inherit from it

generic/tables.py

@@ -12,6 +12,28 @@ from generic.models import CidUser, Examination, Supervisor, findMiddle
 
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 
+# Generic selection-enabled table base class.
+# Inherit from this class to automatically get a selection checkbox
+# column (input name="selection") and table attrs that client-side
+# scripts can use to find selectable tables.
+class SelectionTable(tables.Table):
+    # Provide a default selection checkbox column. Subclasses that wish to
+    # customise can override this attribute.
+    selection = tables.CheckBoxColumn(
+        accessor="pk",
+        orderable=False,
+        attrs={
+            'th': {'class': 'selection-col'},
+            'td': {'class': 'selection-col'},
+            'input': {'name': 'selection'},
+        },
+        verbose_name=''
+    )
+
+    class Meta:
+        # Defaults: add js-row-selectable class so client-side code can
+        # locate tables that support row selection.
+        attrs = {"class": "table js-row-selectable", "data-selection-name": "selection"}
 
 class SingleImageColumn(tables.Column):
     def render(self, value):

sbas/tables.py

@@ -6,16 +6,18 @@ from .models import Question, UserAnswer
 
 from django.utils.html import format_html
 
+from generic.tables import SelectionTable
 
-class QuestionTable(tables.Table):
+
+class QuestionTable(SelectionTable):
     def get_view_cell(record):
         if record.open_access:
-            return format_html(f"""<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" fill="currentColor" class="bi bi-opencollective" viewBox="0 0 16 16">
+            return format_html("""<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" fill="currentColor" class="bi bi-opencollective" viewBox="0 0 16 16">
   <path fill-opacity=".4" d="M12.995 8.195c0 .937-.312 1.912-.78 2.693l1.99 1.99c.976-1.327 1.6-2.966 1.6-4.683 0-1.795-.624-3.434-1.561-4.76l-2.068 2.028c.468.781.78 1.679.78 2.732h.04Z"/>
   <path d="M8 13.151a4.995 4.995 0 1 1 0-9.99c1.015 0 1.951.273 2.732.82l1.95-2.03a7.805 7.805 0 1 0 .04 12.449l-1.951-2.03a5.072 5.072 0 0 1-2.732.781z"/>
 </svg> View""")
         else:
-            return f'View'
+            return 'View'
     #edit = tables.LinkColumn(
     #    "sbas:sbas_question_update", text="Edit", args=[A("pk")], orderable=False
     #)
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ class QuestionTable(tables.Table):
     #)
     #exams = tables.ManyToManyColumn(verbose_name="Exams")
 
-    selection = tables.CheckBoxColumn(accessor="pk", orderable=False)
+    #selection = tables.CheckBoxColumn(accessor="pk", orderable=False)
 
     stem = tables.Column()
     answers = tables.TemplateColumn("<ol type='A'><li>{{ record.a_answer|safe}}</li><li>{{ record.b_answer|safe}}</li><li>{{ record.c_answer|safe}}</li><li>{{ record.d_answer|safe}}</li><li>{{ record.e_answer|safe}}</li></ol>")