Button with radio button functionality - javascript

I am wondering whether you can make a button, function like a HTML Radio button. I am trying to create a form where the user clicks on the said button and a value is thus selected, but the user is not directed until selecting another option and submitting the form. Does anyone know how to go about doing this?
(I don't mind the use of other languages including javascript etc.)

jQueryUI has a Button Widget that converts radio buttons or checkboxes into buttons.
Example from the site:
http://jqueryui.com/demos/button/#radio
<script>
$(function() {
$( "#radio" ).buttonset();
});
</script>
<div class="demo">
<form>
<div id="radio">
<input type="radio" id="radio1" name="radio" /><label for="radio1">Choice 1</label>
<input type="radio" id="radio2" name="radio" checked="checked" /><label for="radio2">Choice 2</label>
<input type="radio" id="radio3" name="radio" /><label for="radio3">Choice 3</label>
</div>
</form>
</div>
You can visit the link to see it in action.

First, on the page you're talking about, it sounds as if the user is taken somewhere else -- i.e., a submit-like action is taken -- merely by his selecting a radio button. I don't believe that this is the very best practice.
Second, you should imo keep the two radio buttons: they work great and, once selected, a radio button can't be cleared except by selecting another button. This is just what you want.
To be sure that the two buttons you require have been selected, give each button an onclick handler that sets a switch: some button in this group was selected.
Then, when he clicks submit, check those two switches and tell him if he forgot to click a button.
Yes, you need JavaScript to do all this.

Related

can we have if statement for choosing among bootstrap modal?

I want one modal to be appear when i click select, I have radio button in first page( Eg, oneway, twoway), so when user clicks on it should go to second page ,when user selects the oneway , the fields corresponding to it should display or else twoway fields, Can i use if Statment for this.?If so how?
You can connect different modals to each button like this:
<label>
<input type="radio" name="radio1" value="oneway" id="id_radio"
onclick="hide();$('#myModal1').modal('show');" />
One Way
</label>
<label>
<input type="radio" name="radio1" value="roundtrip" id="id_radio3"
onclick="show();$('#myModal2').modal('show');" />
Round Trip
</label>
Notice that clicking on 'One Way' will show modal #myModal1 while clicking on 'Round Trip' will show modal #myModal2.

Validation passes of unchecked radio buttons

I'm trying to validate radio buttons but the valuation does not work, the next page gets loaded even if no radio button is checked. I have tried different approaches but none of them work, at one point I had pop-up window appearing, as for other messages, but next page was loaded anyway.
Here is my code:
HTML:
<fieldset id="Radio">
Smoking <input type="radio" name="smoking" id="smoking1" value="Smoking">
Non-smoking <input type="radio" name="smoking" id="smoking2" value="Non-smoking">
</fieldset>
JavaScript:
var radio1 = document.getElementById("smoking1");
var radio2 = document.getElementById("smoking2");
if ((!radio1.checked) && (!radio2.checked)){
window.alert("You must check one of the options in Smoking Preferences field!");
reservation.radio1.focus();
return false;
}
I would appreciate any suggestions! Thanks!
reservation.radio1.focus();
There is no element with the name radio1 in your code sample.
add name="radio1" to both your radio buttons.
Now the focus will not work since name will return two so you need to select the first one.
reservation.radio1[0].focus();

UniformJS radio buttons not clickable

I've used UniformJS before and am having an issue with radio buttons this time around. I have uniform initialized for only checkbox and radio, and I can check/uncheck checkboxes just fine. My radio buttons are stylized but not showing as clicked. I have no errors in the console, and I'm not sure what the issue could be. I copied the exact radio inputs from the working fiddle, with no luck. http://jsfiddle.net/Wp9kx/ When giving the attribute checked in the tag, it appears as clicked but will not unclick. It seems the click isn't getting pushed through the styling.Any ideas?
$("input[type=checkbox], input[type=radio]").uniform();
This will happen if your radio isn't inside a label.
This works:
<label>
<input type="radio" value="option1" />option 1
</label>
This doesn't:
<input type="radio" value="option1" />option 1
Here is the bug report.

Jquery to Make 2 Sets of Radio Buttons Mirror Eachother

I am trying to setup two sets of radio buttons that will function simultaneously. In other words whenever Male is checked on the top, I would like Male at the bottom to be automatically checked. (and vice versa) If user scrolls down and clicks female then the one at the top should be checked. No matter which radio the user clicks both radio sets should always have the same value checked. Please advise on the most practical way to accomplish this. My main focus is Javascript or Jquery but I have spent several hours trying to come up with something to no avail. Please advise. Thanks! :)
<div class="top">
<input type="radio" name="sex" value="Male" /> Male<br />
<input type="radio" name="sex" value="Female" checked="checked" /> Female<br />
</div>
<div>Random Content</div>
<div class="bottom">
<input type="radio" name="sex2" value="Male" /> Male<br />
<input type="radio" name="sex2" value="Female" checked="checked" /> Female<br />
</div>
Attach to the change event and selecting all other radio buttons which have the same beginning of the name and are of equal value but which are not the current one.
$("input[name^='sex']").change(function(){
var $otherRadioButtons = $("input[name^='sex'][value='" + this.value + "']").not(this);
$otherRadioButtons.prop('checked', $(this).prop('checked'));
});
The above is not using any clever caching of the selectors which you can add yourself.
Basically, whenever a radio button changes it's checked value the code will select all other radio buttons with the same value (male/female) which also start with the same name (sex????) and set their checked property to the same value as the current one.
I hope this makes sense. See a working demo below.
DEMO - Changing radio buttons in a set.
Edit
I just noticed.. I am using jquery 1.3.2 and upgrading isnt an option
at the moment. You don't happen to have a 1.3.2 alternative do you?
For jQuery version 1.3.2 use the attr method instead of the prop method:
$("input[name^='sex']").change(function(){
var $otherRadioButtons = $("input[name^='sex'][value='" + this.value + "']").not(this);
$otherRadioButtons.attr('checked', $(this).attr('checked'));
});
DEMO - Changing radio buttons in a set using jQuery 1.3.2.
Just add an onclick listener to both sets. Like this:
document.getElementById("male1").onclick=clickMale;
document.getElementById("male2").onclick=clickMale;
document.getElementById("female1").onclick=clickFemale;
document.getElementById("female2").onclick=clickFemale;
function clickMale(){
document.getElementById("male1").checked=true;
document.getElementById("male2").checked=true;
}
function clickFemale(){
document.getElementById("female1").checked=true;
document.getElementById("female2").checked=true;
}
And add IDs to the radio buttons ("male1", "male2", "female1", "female2")
Since you mentioned it, Zove's answer in jQuery would be something like this, if you prefer:
$("#male1").click(clickMale);
$("#male2").click(clickMale);
$("#female1").click(clickFemale);
$("#female2").click(clickFemale);
function clickMale(){
$("#male1").attr('checked', true);
$("#male1").attr('checked', true);
}
function clickFemale(){
$("#female1").attr('checked', true);
$("#female2").attr('checked', true);
}
You don't need jQuery for something this simple, but if you're using it elsewhere, it's best to be consistent.
It might make sense, to share a class for both male / female inputs, e.g. 'js-male' or 'js-female'). This saves some code. for instance you could do:
$('.js-male').change(function() {
$('.js-male').attr('checked', $(this).attr('checked'));
});
$('.js-female').change(function() {
$('.js-female').attr('checked', $(this).attr('checked'));
});
There might be more elegant ways to deal with the whole situation so. Do you really want the inputs to have different names ('male', 'male2'), which means that your server receives two different params? If you give both radio button groups the same names, only the value of the last one will be sent to the server, anyway, if you mirror the radio buttons anyway, this doesn't really matter.
Demo
Just change the location of your jQuery source and this will work right out of the box.
<html>
<head>
<script src="jquery-1.7.1.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#male1, #male2").live("click", function(){
$("#male1").attr("checked", $("#male2").attr("checked"));
$("#male2").attr("checked", $("#male1").attr("checked"));
});
$("#female1, #female2").live("click", function(){
$("#female1").attr("checked", $("#female2").attr("checked"));
$("#female2").attr("checked", $("#female1").attr("checked"));
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="top">
<input id="male1" type="radio" name="sex" value="Male" /> Male<br />
<input id="female1" type="radio" name="sex" value="Female" checked="checked" /> Female<br />
</div>
<div>Random Content</div>
<div class="bottom">
<input id="male2" type="radio" name="sex2" value="Male" /> Male<br />
<input id="female2" type="radio" name="sex2" value="Female" checked="checked" /> Female<br />
</div>
</body>
</html>

Why am I submitting the form twice? jQuery submit() with radio button

I'm using jQuery to submit a form in an MVC app. I have a breakpoint inside the controller and I see it is being hit twice. What am I doing wrong?
Here is my jQuery
(function ($) {
$(document).ready(function () {
$(':radio').change(function () {
$('#frmMDR').submit();
});
});
})(jQuery);
and here is the form html
<form action="/Module/ModuleIndex" id="frmMDR" method="get">
<input id="rdoMaintenance" name="module" type="radio" value="Maintenance" /><label for="rdoMaintenance">M</label>
<input id="rdoDiagnostics" name="module" type="radio" value="Diagnostics" /><label for="rdoDiagnostics">D</label>
<input id="rdoRepair" name="module" type="radio" value="Repair" /><label for="rdoRepair">R</label>
<input id="hdnVehicle" name="hdnVehicle" type="hidden" value="" />
</form>
I'm guessing I shouldn't be using the change event. If anyone knows how to correct the problem, I'd love to hear any ideas. Thanks so much for any tips.
Cheers,
~ck in San Diego
You are getting two hits because two radio buttons are changing state. Radio buttons only allow one element in a group to be selected so when you are clicking a radio button, two events are happening:
A new radio button is selected
The previously selected radio button is deselected
This is two events and the reason why your code is being hit twice. To solve it you could give your radio buttons a class and then handle the event on click using the class as the selector.
<input class="radio" id="rdoMaintenance" name="module" type="radio" value="Maintenance" /><label for="rdoMaintenance">M</label>
<input class="radio" id="rdoDiagnostics" name="module" type="radio" value="Diagnostics" /><label for="rdoDiagnostics">D</label>
<input class="radio" id="rdoRepair" name="module" type="radio" value="Repair" /><label for="rdoRepair">R</label>
And your jQuery could be:
$('.radio').click(function () {
$('#frmMDR').submit();
});
You should probably just check for selected within the change function for which is selected. This way it'll only fire for the selected radio button, and you don't need to worry about binding or unbinding any events, and it should work regardless of what input method changed it.
Here's an article on handling events from check boxes and radio buttons in JQuery.

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