How to pass a select box value.
I have a spreadsheet where i want to filter based on a select box value.
I made a way to call the app function on form submit. But I am not able to pass one more parameter at the other side.
I want to filter based on the select box value and thereby retrieve the result from the spreadsheet on to the web app. This is my selectbox in html.
Select DATA
<select name ="productId" id="gettheVAL">
<option>DATA1 </option>
<option>DATA2 </option>
<option>DATA3 </option>
</select>
Can anyone guide me on this? I have called the function via this
form.on('submit', function(event){
event.preventDefault();
runner.withSuccessHandler(function(array){
for (var i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
var item = '<tr><td>' + array[i] +'</td></tr>';
table.append(item);
}
}).retrieveValuesFromForm(this);
Update
Adding the function - retrieveValuesFromForm below:
function retrieveValuesFromForm(req) {
//var selectedvalue=$('input[name="gettheSelectValue"]:checked').val();// tried like this but $ is undefined here
var sheetActive = SpreadsheetApp.openById("SHEETID");
var sheet = sheetActive.getSheetByName("SHEETNAME");
var range = sheet.getRange('A:U');
var rawData = range.getValues();
var data = [];
for (var i = 0; i < rawData.length; i++) {
if ((rawData[i][2] == selectedvalue)) // Check to see if column 3 says selectedvalue if not skip it
{
//processing
}
}
return data;
}
Based on the assumption that you have a field in your form such as
<select name ="productId" id="gettheVAL">
In your form, You could call your Google App Script function with the following parameter
runner.withSuccessHandler(function(array){
...
}).retrieveValuesFromForm($("#gettheVAL").val());
You would then change the signature for retriveValuesFromForm
function retrieveValuesFromForm(selectVal) {
...
}
Here's how I pass a selected option and a few other things.
function sendText()
{
var culr=$('input[name="priority"]:checked').val();
var type=$('#sel1').val();
var txt=$('#txt1').val();
var obj={'type':type,'text':txt,'color':culr};
$('#txt1').css('background-color','#ffff00');
google.script.run
.withSuccessHandler(clearText)
.dispText(obj);
}
I'm guessing that you need to add this line into your head tag area.
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
Although I have got this working, the way it works seems improper. I have a drop down list (DDL) that displays a list of teams. The top and default entry is "Select Team... ". Although my DDL is tied to a model, "Select Team..." shouldn't be part of it since "Select Team..." has no meaning to the domain model.
When a user clicks "Add New" the form clears and all DDLs should revert to their default values.
Here are the related controller functions:
scope.addUser = function() {
resetToNewUser();
$scope.profileVisible = true;
$scope.oneAtATime = true;
$scope.accordionStatus = { isFirstOpen: true, isFirstDisabled: false };
}
function resetToNewUser() {
$scope.selectedUser.NtId = "";
$scope.selectedUser.UserId = -1;
$scope.selectedUser.IsActive = true;
$scope.selectedUser.FirstName = "";
$scope.selectedUser.LastName = "";
$scope.selectedUser.JobTitle = "";
$scope.selectedUser.Email = "";
$scope.selectedUser.SecondaryEmail = "";
$scope.selectedUser.PhoneNumber = "";
for(var i = 0; i < $scope.roleList.length; i++) {
if($scope.roleList[i].RoleSystemName.trim() === "BLU") {
$scope.selectedUser.Role = $scope.roleList[i];
}
}
$scope.selectedUser.SupervisorId = null;
//HACK BELOW//
document.getElementById('selTeam').selectedIndex = 0; // <-- This works, but feels like a hack.
$scope.selectedUser.IsRep = false;
for(var i = 0; i < $scope.signingAuthorityList.length; i++) {
if($scope.signingAuthorityList[i].SigningAuthoritySystemName === "SME") {
$scope.selectedUser.SigningAuthority = $scope.signingAuthorityList[i];
}
}
$scope.selectedUser.IsOutOfOfficeEnabled = false;
$scope.selectedUser.OutOfOfficeStartDate = null;
$scope.selectedUser.OutOfOfficeEndDate = null;
$scope.selectedUser.OutOfOfficeAppointedRepId = null;
}
Here's how the DDL is defined in the template:
<div class="form-group">
<label for="" class="control-label col-sm-2 required">Team</label>
<div class="col-sm-10">
<select class="form-control" id="selTeam"
ng-model="selectedUser.Team"
ng-options="team as team.TeamName for team in teamList track by team.TeamId">
<option value="">Select Team...</option>
</select>
</div>
</div>
Is there a better way to do this?
You could always just remove the ability for the user to select your placeholder option, right? Something like this:
<option value="" disabled selected hidden>Select Team...</option>
You html part looks good, but I think on js side you make a lot of logic. What happens if there will be added new options on the server? Better get state of the new user from the backend, customize it with the select and other widgets and keep it before it will be submitted. On pseudo code it will be looks like
$scope.addUser = function() {
//create empty user on the scope
$scope.selectedUser = {};
//get the new user state from the backend
UserService.resetToNewUser($scope.selectedUser);
//setup view options
$scope.accordionStatus = {isFirstOpen: true, isFirstDisabled: false}
};
app.service('UserService', function(){
this.resetToNewUser = function(user){
$http({
method: 'GET',
url: '/default_user/'
}).then(function successCallback(response) {
user = response;
);
};
});
This code causes my save to either flash "404 not found" when in a modal dialog or goes to a blank white page when in a separate tab.
Heres the code:
<script>
function changeSelection()
{
var value = $('#typeSelect').val();
var div = document.getElementById('sigType');
if(value >= 1 && value <= 3)
{
var signalTypeOptions =
<?php echo json_encode( array_values( $signalTypeOptions));?>;
var selection = document.getElementById('valueSelect');
selection.innerHTML = '';
var i = 0;
for(optionText in signalTypeOptions[value])
{
var option = document.createElement('option');
option.innerHTML = optionText;
selection.appendChild(option);
}
$(div).show();
}
else
{
$(div).hide();
}
}
</script>
The code is used to update the dropdown options for a secondary select element (valueSelect) based off of an initial select element (typeSelect).
I found that when a value is selected in the dynamically populated dropdown, the html doesn't reflect the selection.
I have a SELECT in a FORM.
This select is populated using js.
I need to add a "Selected" attribute to one of these options.
I get which one, by checking a MySql database to see the name of the community which needs to have a "selected attribute" added to it.
<select name="community" id="community">
//OPTIONS HERE
</select>
The filler() function:
function filler(com){
//com is the options which needs to be selected, this variables value comes from the mysql database
var community = document.getElementById("community");
var area = document.getElementById("area").value;
// area is just another input on the page which value also is fetched from mysql db. Each area has x communities, so I have alot of IF:s.
if(area == 'Blekinge') {
community.length = 6;
community.options[0].value = "Välj Kommun";
community.options[0].text = "-- Välj Kommun --";
community.options[0].id = "Välj Kommun";
community.options[1].value = "Karlshamn";
community.options[1].text = "Karlshamn";
community.options[1].id = "Karlshamn";
community.options[2].value = "Karlskrona";
community.options[2].text = "Karlskrona";
community.options[2].id = "Karlskrona";
community.selected = 0;
}
}
As you can see, "com" variable is the option which needs to have the "selected" attribute added to it.
I have over 30 of these if-statements, and I have no clue how to create a function to add this "Selected" attribute to the matching option.
So I have "com" which for example could be "Karlskrona" in the example above. How should I add the selected to it?
I need a simple function for this which works in all major browsers...
Set the selectedIndex property of the SELECT to whichever index you need. Zero-based, of course.
Just do
community.value = com;
example at http://www.jsfiddle.net/jMapA/
for(var i = 0; i < community.options.length; i++) {
if(community.options[i].id == com)
community.selectedIndex = i;
}
function selectOptionValue(selectId, value)
{
select = document.getElementById(selectId);
if (select)
{
for (var i = 0; i < select.options.length)
{
if (select.options[i].value == value)
{
select.options[i].selected = 'selected';
return true;
}
}
}
return false;
}
Use my function like this:
selectOptionValue('community', 'Karlskrona');
I have a tabbed html form. Upon navigating from one tab to the other, the current tab's data is persisted (on the DB) even if there is no change to the data.
I would like to make the persistence call only if the form is edited. The form can contain any kind of control. Dirtying the form need not be by typing some text but choosing a date in a calendar control would also qualify.
One way to achieve this would be to display the form in read-only mode by default and have an 'Edit' button and if the user clicks the edit button then the call to DB is made (once again, irrespective of whether data is modified. This is a better improvement to what is currently existing).
I would like to know how to write a generic javascript function that would check if any of the controls value has been modified ?
In pure javascript, this would not be an easy task, but jQuery makes it very easy to do:
$("#myform :input").change(function() {
$("#myform").data("changed",true);
});
Then before saving, you can check if it was changed:
if ($("#myform").data("changed")) {
// submit the form
}
In the example above, the form has an id equal to "myform".
If you need this in many forms, you can easily turn it into a plugin:
$.fn.extend({
trackChanges: function() {
$(":input",this).change(function() {
$(this.form).data("changed", true);
});
}
,
isChanged: function() {
return this.data("changed");
}
});
Then you can simply say:
$("#myform").trackChanges();
and check if a form has changed:
if ($("#myform").isChanged()) {
// ...
}
I am not sure if I get your question right, but what about addEventListener? If you don't care too much about IE8 support this should be fine. The following code is working for me:
var form = document.getElementById("myForm");
form.addEventListener("input", function () {
console.log("Form has changed!");
});
In case JQuery is out of the question. A quick search on Google found Javascript implementations of MD5 and SHA1 hash algorithms. If you wanted, you could concatenate all form inputs and hash them, then store that value in memory. When the user is done. Concatenate all the values and hash again. Compare the 2 hashes. If they are the same, the user did not change any form fields. If they are different, something has been edited, and you need to call your persistence code.
Another way to achieve this is serialize the form:
$(function() {
var $form = $('form');
var initialState = $form.serialize();
$form.submit(function (e) {
if (initialState === $form.serialize()) {
console.log('Form is unchanged!');
} else {
console.log('Form has changed!');
}
e.preventDefault();
});
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<form>
Field 1: <input type="text" name="field_1" value="My value 1"> <br>
Field 2: <input type="text" name="field_2" value="My value 2"> <br>
Check: <input type="checkbox" name="field_3" value="1"><br>
<input type="submit">
</form>
Form changes can easily be detected in native JavaScript without jQuery:
function initChangeDetection(form) {
Array.from(form).forEach(el => el.dataset.origValue = el.value);
}
function formHasChanges(form) {
return Array.from(form).some(el => 'origValue' in el.dataset && el.dataset.origValue !== el.value);
}
initChangeDetection() can safely be called multiple times throughout your page's lifecycle: See Test on JSBin
For older browsers that don't support newer arrow/array functions:
function initChangeDetection(form) {
for (var i=0; i<form.length; i++) {
var el = form[i];
el.dataset.origValue = el.value;
}
}
function formHasChanges(form) {
for (var i=0; i<form.length; i++) {
var el = form[i];
if ('origValue' in el.dataset && el.dataset.origValue !== el.value) {
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
Here's how I did it (without using jQuery).
In my case, I wanted one particular form element not to be counted, because it was the element that triggered the check and so will always have changed. The exceptional element is named 'reporting_period' and is hard-coded in the function 'hasFormChanged()'.
To test, make an element call the function "changeReportingPeriod()", which you'll probably want to name something else.
IMPORTANT: You must call setInitialValues() when the values have been set to their original values (typically at page load, but not in my case).
NOTE: I do not claim that this is an elegant solution, in fact I don't believe in elegant JavaScript solutions. My personal emphasis in JavaScript is on readability, not structural elegance (as if that were possible in JavaScript). I do not concern myself with file size at all when writing JavaScript because that's what gzip is for, and trying to write more compact JavaScript code invariably leads to intolerable problems with maintenance. I offer no apologies, express no remorse and refuse to debate it. It's JavaScript. Sorry, I had to make this clear in order to convince myself that I should bother posting. Be happy! :)
var initial_values = new Array();
// Gets all form elements from the entire document.
function getAllFormElements() {
// Return variable.
var all_form_elements = Array();
// The form.
var form_activity_report = document.getElementById('form_activity_report');
// Different types of form elements.
var inputs = form_activity_report.getElementsByTagName('input');
var textareas = form_activity_report.getElementsByTagName('textarea');
var selects = form_activity_report.getElementsByTagName('select');
// We do it this way because we want to return an Array, not a NodeList.
var i;
for (i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++) {
all_form_elements.push(inputs[i]);
}
for (i = 0; i < textareas.length; i++) {
all_form_elements.push(textareas[i]);
}
for (i = 0; i < selects.length; i++) {
all_form_elements.push(selects[i]);
}
return all_form_elements;
}
// Sets the initial values of every form element.
function setInitialFormValues() {
var inputs = getAllFormElements();
for (var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++) {
initial_values.push(inputs[i].value);
}
}
function hasFormChanged() {
var has_changed = false;
var elements = getAllFormElements();
for (var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) {
if (elements[i].id != 'reporting_period' && elements[i].value != initial_values[i]) {
has_changed = true;
break;
}
}
return has_changed;
}
function changeReportingPeriod() {
alert(hasFormChanged());
}
Here's a polyfill method demo in native JavaScript that uses the FormData() API to detect created, updated, and deleted form entries. You can check if anything was changed using HTMLFormElement#isChanged and get an object containing the differences from a reset form using HTMLFormElement#changes (assuming they're not masked by an input name):
Object.defineProperties(HTMLFormElement.prototype, {
isChanged: {
configurable: true,
get: function isChanged () {
'use strict'
var thisData = new FormData(this)
var that = this.cloneNode(true)
// avoid masking: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLFormElement/reset
HTMLFormElement.prototype.reset.call(that)
var thatData = new FormData(that)
const theseKeys = Array.from(thisData.keys())
const thoseKeys = Array.from(thatData.keys())
if (theseKeys.length !== thoseKeys.length) {
return true
}
const allKeys = new Set(theseKeys.concat(thoseKeys))
function unequal (value, index) {
return value !== this[index]
}
for (const key of theseKeys) {
const theseValues = thisData.getAll(key)
const thoseValues = thatData.getAll(key)
if (theseValues.length !== thoseValues.length) {
return true
}
if (theseValues.some(unequal, thoseValues)) {
return true
}
}
return false
}
},
changes: {
configurable: true,
get: function changes () {
'use strict'
var thisData = new FormData(this)
var that = this.cloneNode(true)
// avoid masking: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLFormElement/reset
HTMLFormElement.prototype.reset.call(that)
var thatData = new FormData(that)
const theseKeys = Array.from(thisData.keys())
const thoseKeys = Array.from(thatData.keys())
const created = new FormData()
const deleted = new FormData()
const updated = new FormData()
const allKeys = new Set(theseKeys.concat(thoseKeys))
function unequal (value, index) {
return value !== this[index]
}
for (const key of allKeys) {
const theseValues = thisData.getAll(key)
const thoseValues = thatData.getAll(key)
const createdValues = theseValues.slice(thoseValues.length)
const deletedValues = thoseValues.slice(theseValues.length)
const minLength = Math.min(theseValues.length, thoseValues.length)
const updatedValues = theseValues.slice(0, minLength).filter(unequal, thoseValues)
function append (value) {
this.append(key, value)
}
createdValues.forEach(append, created)
deletedValues.forEach(append, deleted)
updatedValues.forEach(append, updated)
}
return {
created: Array.from(created),
deleted: Array.from(deleted),
updated: Array.from(updated)
}
}
}
})
document.querySelector('[value="Check"]').addEventListener('click', function () {
if (this.form.isChanged) {
console.log(this.form.changes)
} else {
console.log('unchanged')
}
})
<form>
<div>
<label for="name">Text Input:</label>
<input type="text" name="name" id="name" value="" tabindex="1" />
</div>
<div>
<h4>Radio Button Choice</h4>
<label for="radio-choice-1">Choice 1</label>
<input type="radio" name="radio-choice-1" id="radio-choice-1" tabindex="2" value="choice-1" />
<label for="radio-choice-2">Choice 2</label>
<input type="radio" name="radio-choice-2" id="radio-choice-2" tabindex="3" value="choice-2" />
</div>
<div>
<label for="select-choice">Select Dropdown Choice:</label>
<select name="select-choice" id="select-choice">
<option value="Choice 1">Choice 1</option>
<option value="Choice 2">Choice 2</option>
<option value="Choice 3">Choice 3</option>
</select>
</div>
<div>
<label for="textarea">Textarea:</label>
<textarea cols="40" rows="8" name="textarea" id="textarea"></textarea>
</div>
<div>
<label for="checkbox">Checkbox:</label>
<input type="checkbox" name="checkbox" id="checkbox" />
</div>
<div>
<input type="button" value="Check" />
</div>
</form>
I really like the contribution from Teekin above, and have implemented it.
However, I have expanded it to allow for checkboxes too using code like this:
// Gets all form elements from the entire document.
function getAllFormElements() {
// Return variable.
var all_form_elements = Array();
// The form.
var Form = document.getElementById('frmCompDetls');
// Different types of form elements.
var inputs = Form.getElementsByTagName('input');
var textareas = Form.getElementsByTagName('textarea');
var selects = Form.getElementsByTagName('select');
var checkboxes = Form.getElementsByTagName('CheckBox');
// We do it this way because we want to return an Array, not a NodeList.
var i;
for (i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++) {
all_form_elements.push(inputs[i]);
}
for (i = 0; i < textareas.length; i++) {
all_form_elements.push(textareas[i]);
}
for (i = 0; i < selects.length; i++) {
all_form_elements.push(selects[i]);
}
for (i = 0; i < checkboxes.length; i++) {
all_form_elements.push(checkboxes[i]);
}
return all_form_elements;
}
// Sets the initial values of every form element.
function setInitialFormValues() {
var inputs = getAllFormElements();
for (var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++) {
if(inputs[i].type != "checkbox"){
initial_values.push(inputs[i].value);
}
else
{
initial_values.push(inputs[i].checked);
}
}
}
function hasFormChanged() {
var has_changed = false;
var elements = getAllFormElements();
var diffstring = ""
for (var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) {
if (elements[i].type != "checkbox"){
if (elements[i].value != initial_values[i]) {
has_changed = true;
//diffstring = diffstring + elements[i].value+" Was "+initial_values[i]+"\n";
break;
}
}
else
{
if (elements[i].checked != initial_values[i]) {
has_changed = true;
//diffstring = diffstring + elements[i].value+" Was "+initial_values[i]+"\n";
break;
}
}
}
//alert(diffstring);
return has_changed;
}
The diffstring is just a debugging tool