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Conditionally required form field (Checkbox)

I already checked multiple sites and posts regarding this topic, but couldn't find an answer yet. I simply want to fire the following JS code if someone clicked a specific Checkbox in my form:
function updateRequirements() {
var escortWrapper = document.querySelector(".elementor-field-type-html .elementor-field-group .elementor-column .elementor-field-group-field_ceffa28 .elementor-col-100");
if (escortWrapper.style.display != 'none') {
document.getElementById('escort').required = true;
} else {
document.getElementById('escort').required = false;
}
}
You can check and test that for yourself on the following site:
Advelio Website
If you click on the second checkbox field, there is a field appearing where you can type in your name. And this field is currently optional, but I want to make this required if someone clicked the second checkbox.

You can do it like this:
function updateRequirements() {
const btn = document.getElementById('escort');
btn.required = !btn.required;
}
document.querySelector("#requireCheck").addEventListener('click', updateRequirements);
<form>
<input type="checkbox" id="requireCheck">
<label for="requireCheck">Should the the other input be required?</label>
<br>
<input type="text" id="escort">
<input type="submit" value="submit">
</form>
I simplified the function updateRequirements for the scope of this answer, but it can be changed to anything or any condition.

You have to have event listener for click event and if you dont have create one and wrote the function with logic what to do if is click

Make sure I'm selecting and running through all elements for an "each" statment

I'm trying to create a script that keeps our main button disabled until specific field requriments are met.
jQuery(document).ready(function() {//check if all are filled else disable submit
var inputFields = jQuery('#list-item-cc input, #field_28_50 input,#field_28_18 input');
inputFields.keyup(function() {
var empty = false;
inputFields.each(function() {
if (jQuery(this).val().length == 0) {
empty = true;
}
});
if (empty) {
jQuery('#gform_submit_button_28').attr('disabled', 'disabled');
} else {
jQuery('#gform_submit_button_28').removeAttr('disabled');
}
I'm having trouble thinking of a way to ensure my inputFields variable can be passed to my inputFields.each(function() in a way that would allow the loop.
We're not worried about all input fields. Just the specific inputs in our inputFields variable.
Is this an effective way to ensure a button is disabled if certain fields are not filled out and can I create the selector in the way that i did and use that in an each statement?

Looks like you are using gravity forms? In that case I would add a css class to each field that you want to validate. That way you don't have to go searching for ID's and change the code for multiple forms.
https://docs.gravityforms.com/css-ready-classes/
Here is a fiddle in which I pretend that I added "ensure-filled" to each item in the gravity forms builder
https://jsfiddle.net/dokLz4hm/3/
Also note that I added a .trim() to the value so that blank spaces aren't counted as input and made the submit button generic so it would work with any field in a form that contains the ensure-filled class
Html
<div>
<div id="arbitraty_id_1">
<input type="text" class="ensure-filled" />
</div>
<div id="arbitraty_id_2">
<input type="text" class="ensure-filled" />
</div>
<div id="arbitraty_id_3">
<input type="text" class="ensure-filled" />
</div>
<input type="submit" value="submit" disabled>
</div>
JS
$(document).ready(function() {
var inputFields = $('.ensure-filled');
inputFields.keyup(function() {
var empty = false;
inputFields.each(function() {
if ($(this).val().trim().length == 0) {
empty = true;
}
});
$('input[type="submit"]').attr('disabled', empty);
})
})

The form does not work correctly when sent

I wrote the code for a form validation.
Should work like this:
It checks (allLetter (uName)) and if it's true, then validate the next input.
If any validation is false then it should return false.
My problem is that if both validations are true, then everything is exactly false and the form is not sent.
If I set true in formValidation (), if at least one check false, the form should not be sent.
<form name='registration' method="POST" onSubmit="return formValidation();">
<label for="userName">Name:</label>
<input type="text" name="userName" size="20" />
<label for="userPhone">Phone:</label>
<input type="text" name="userPhone" size="20" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
function formValidation() {
var uName = document.registration.userName;
var uPhone = document.registration.userPhone;
if(allLetter(uName)) {
if(phone(uPhone)) {}
}
return false;
}
function phone(uPhone){
var digts = /^[0-9]+$/;
if(uPhone.value.match(digts)){
return true;
} else {
alert('Phone must have only digits');
uPhone.focus();
return false;
}
}
function allLetter(uName) {
var letters = /^[A-Za-z]+$/;
if(uName.value.match(letters)) {
return true;
}else{
alert('Username must have alphabet characters only');
uName.focus();
return false;
}
}

First, you are using a 20+ year old way to gain references to your elements (document.form.formElementNameAttributeValue) and, while this still works for legacy reasons, it doesn't follow the standard Document Object Model (DOM) API.
Next, you've broken up your validation tests into different methods (and that's certainly not a bad idea for reusability), but in this case is is adding a ton of code that you just don't need. I've always found it's best to start simple and get the code working, then refactor it.
You're also not using the <label> elements correctly.
One other point, your form is set to send its data via a POST request. POST should only be used when you are changing the state of the server (i.e. you are adding, editing or deleting some data on the server). If that's what your form does, you'r fine. But, if not, you should be using a GET request.
Lastly, you are also using a 20+ year old technique for setting up event handlers using inline HTML event attributes (onsubmit), which should no longer be used for many reasons. Additionally, when using this technique, you have to use return false from your validation function and then return in front of the validation function name in the attribute to cancel the event instead of just using event.preventDefault().
So, here is a modern, standards-based approach to your validation:
// Get references to the elements you'll be working with using the DOM API
var frm = document.querySelector("form[name='registration']");
var user = document.getElementById("userName");
var phone = document.getElementById("userPhone");
// Set up event handlers in JavaScript, not with HTML attributes
frm.addEventListener("submit", formValidation);
// Validation function will automatically be passed a reference
// the to event it's associated with (the submit event in this case).
// As you can see, the function is prepared to recieve that argument
// with the "event" parameter.
function formValidation(event) {
var letters = /^[A-Za-z]+$/;
var digts = /^[0-9]+$/;
// This will not only be used to show any errors, but we'll also use
// it to know if there were any errors.
var errorMessage = "";
// Validate the user name
if(user.value.match(letters)) {
// We've already validated the user name, so all we need to
// know now is if the phone is NOT valid. By prepending a !
// to the test, we reverse the logic and are now testing to
// see if the phone does NOT match the regular expression
if(!phone.value.match(digts)) {
// Invalid phone number
errorMessage = "Phone must have only digits";
phone.focus();
}
} else {
// Invalid user name
errorMessage = "Username must have alphabet characters only";
user.focus();
}
// If there is an error message, we've got a validation issue
if(errorMessage !== ""){
alert(errorMessage);
event.preventDefault(); // Stop the form submission
}
}
<!-- 20 is the default size for input elements, but if you do
want to change it do it via CSS, not HTML attributes -->
<form name='registration' method="POST">
<!-- The for attribute of a label must be equal to the id
attribute of some other element, not the name attribute -->
<label for="userName">Name:</label>
<input type="text" name="userName" id="userName">
<label for="userPhone">Phone:</label>
<input type="text" name="userPhone" id="userPhone">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

jQuery (or just JS) choosing from multiple form submit buttons in onSubmit function

I've got a form that has multiple submit buttons. One for changing data in a database, one for adding, and one for deleting. It looks like this:
<form action="addform.php" method="post" id="addform" onSubmit="return validate(this)">
<select name="listings" id="listings" size="1" onChange="javascript:updateForm()">
<!-- Here I have a php code that produces the listing menu based on a database query-->
</select>
<br />
Price: <input type="text" name="price" id="price" value="0"/><br />
Remarks: <textarea name="remarks" wrap="soft" id="remarks"></textarea><br />
<input type="submit" value="Update Database Listing" name="upbtn" id="upbtn" disabled="disabled"/>
<input type="submit" value="Delete Database Listing" name="delbtn" id="delbtn" disabled="disabled"/>
<br />
<input type="submit" value="Add Listing to Database" name="dbbtn" id="dbbtn"/>
<input type="button" value="Update Craigslist Output" name="clbtn" id="clbtn" onClick="javascript:updatePreview();"/>
</form>
There are actually more elements in the form, but that doesn't matter. What I want to know is, for my validation method, how can I check which submit button has been clicked?
I want it to do the following:
function validate(form){
if (the 'add new listing' or 'update listing' button was clicked'){
var valid = "Are you sure the following information is correct?" + '\\n';
valid += "\\nPrice: $";
valid += form.price.value;
valid += "\\nRemarks: ";
valid += form.remarks.value;
return confirm(valid);}
else {
return confirm("are you sure you want to delete that listing");
}
}
I assume there must be some way to do this relatively easily?

Why don't you set a global variable specifying which button was last clicked? Then you can check this variable in your validate method. Something like:
var clicked;
$("#upbtn").click(function() {clicked = 'update'});
// $("#delbtn").click(function() {clicked = 'delete'});
// ...
function validate(form) {
switch(clicked) {
case 'update':
break;
// more cases here ...
}
}

You can, for example, attach a click event to every submit button that will save a pointer to it in a variable or mark it with a specific attribute / class (it that case you will have to remove that marker from all other submit buttons in the event handler) and then in the submit callback you will know which one was clicked

I think it's easier to just use a click event on each button and handle it individually.
$(function() {
$('input[name=someName]').click(someFunc);
});
function someFunc() {
// Your validation code here
// return false if you want to stop the form submission
}

You could have a hidden field on a form and set the value of that field on clicking the button and then pick it up in your validation routine. You can use jquery to achieve this, let me know if you require an example.

You can use ajax submission with jQuery, you can try something like this:
$('form#addform input[type="submit"]').on('click',function(e){
e.preventDefault();
var current = $(this); //You got here the current clicked button
var form = current.parents('form');
$.ajax({
url:form.attr('action'),
type:form.attr('method'),
data:form.serialize(),
success:function(resp){
//Do crazy stuff here
}
});
});

jQuery/Javascript function to clear all the fields of a form [duplicate]

This question already has answers here:
Resetting a multi-stage form with jQuery
(31 answers)
Closed 9 years ago.
I am looking for a jQuery function that will clear all the fields of a form after having submitted the form.
I do not have any HTML code to show, I need something generic.
Can you help?
Thanks!

Note: this answer is relevant to resetting form fields, not clearing fields - see update.
You can use JavaScript's native reset() method to reset the entire form to its default state.
Example provided by Ryan:
$('#myForm')[0].reset();
Note: This may not reset certain fields, such as type="hidden".
UPDATE
As noted by IlyaDoroshin the same thing can be accomplished using jQuery's trigger():
$('#myForm').trigger("reset");
UPDATE
If you need to do more than reset the form to its default state, you should review the answers to Resetting a multi-stage form with jQuery.

To reset form (but not clear the form) just trigger reset event:
$('#form').trigger("reset");
To clear a form see other answers.

Something similar to $("#formId").reset() will not clear form items that have had their defaults set to something other than "". One way this can happen is a previous form submission: once a form has been submitted reset() would "reset" form values to those previously submitted which will likely not be "".
One option to clear all forms on the page, is to call a function such as the following, executing it simply as clearForms():
function clearForms()
{
$(':input').not(':button, :submit, :reset, :hidden, :checkbox, :radio').val('');
$(':checkbox, :radio').prop('checked', false);
}
If you want to reset a specific form, then modify the function as follows, and call it as clearForm($("#formId")):
function clearForm($form)
{
$form.find(':input').not(':button, :submit, :reset, :hidden, :checkbox, :radio').val('');
$form.find(':checkbox, :radio').prop('checked', false);
}
When I originally came to this page I needed a solution that takes into account form defaults being changed and is still able to clear all input items.
Note that this will not clear placeholder text.

Set the val to ""
function clear_form_elements(ele) {
$(ele).find(':input').each(function() {
switch(this.type) {
case 'password':
case 'select-multiple':
case 'select-one':
case 'text':
case 'textarea':
$(this).val('');
break;
case 'checkbox':
case 'radio':
this.checked = false;
}
});
}
<input onclick="clear_form_elements(this.form)" type="button" value="Clear All" />
<input onclick="clear_form_elements('#example_1')" type="button" value="Clear Section 1" />
<input onclick="clear_form_elements('#example_2')" type="button" value="Clear Section 2" />
<input onclick="clear_form_elements('#example_3')" type="button" value="Clear Section 3" />
You could also try something like this:
function clearForm(form) {
// iterate over all of the inputs for the form
// element that was passed in
$(':input', form).each(function() {
var type = this.type;
var tag = this.tagName.toLowerCase(); // normalize case
// it's ok to reset the value attr of text inputs,
// password inputs, and textareas
if (type == 'text' || type == 'password' || tag == 'textarea')
this.value = "";
// checkboxes and radios need to have their checked state cleared
// but should *not* have their 'value' changed
else if (type == 'checkbox' || type == 'radio')
this.checked = false;
// select elements need to have their 'selectedIndex' property set to -1
// (this works for both single and multiple select elements)
else if (tag == 'select')
this.selectedIndex = -1;
});
};
More info here and here

<form id="form" method="post" action="action.php">
<input type="text" class="removeLater" name="name" /> Username<br/>
<input type="text" class="removeLater" name="pass" /> Password<br/>
<input type="text" class="removeLater" name="pass2" /> Password again<br/>
</form>
<script>
$(function(){
$("form").submit(function(e){
//do anything you want
//& remove values
$(".removeLater").val('');
}
});
</script>

You can simply use the reset button type.
<input type="text" />
<input type="reset" />
jsfiddle
Edit: Remember that, the reset button, reset the form for the original values, so, if the field has some value set on the field <input type="text" value="Name" /> after press reset the field will reset the value inserted by user and come back with the word "name" in this example.
Reference: http://api.jquery.com/reset-selector/

I use following solution:
1) Setup Jquery Validation Plugin
2) Then:
$('your form's selector').resetForm();

function reset_form() {
$('#ID_OF_FORM').each (function(){
this.reset();
});
}

the trigger idea was smart, however I wanted to do it the jQuery way, so here is a small function which will allow you to keep chaining.
$.fn.resetForm = function() {
return this.each(function(){
this.reset();
});
}
Then just call it something like this
$('#divwithformin form').resetForm();
or
$('form').resetForm();
and of course you can still use it in the chain
$('form.register').resetForm().find('input[type="submit"]').attr('disabled','disabled')

Would something like work?
JQuery Clear Form on close

HTML
<form id="contactform"></form>
JavaScript
var $contactform = $('#contactform')
$($contactform).find("input[type=text] , textarea ").each(function(){
$(this).val('');
});
Simple and short function to clear all fields