Thaks a lot for your reply.
It helped me a lot.
Matthew Weier O'Phinney-3 wrote:
>
> -- GeorgeTrigonakis <a_guy_in_r...@msn.com> wrote
> (on Thursday, 19 March 2009, 02:38 AM -0700):
>> Hi... I am having a problem with Dojo combobox and i was hoping that you
>> could help me...
>>
>> the forms setup is like this:
>>
>> $video = new Zend_Dojo_Form_Element_ComboBox('video_ID');
>> $video->addMultiOption('test', '1')
>> ->setAutocomplete(true)
>> ->setLabel('Video');
>>
>> and I was expecting when i was selecting option 1 to have the value
>> "test"
>> posted.
>> instead i get posted the value 1.
>> any clues why is that happening?
>
> Yep -- it's how ComboBoxes behave. Please read the section on ComboBox
> and FilteringSelect in the manual, which clearly states the differences
> between the two. ComboBox submits the displayed value; FilteringSelect
> submits the option value. The reason is because ComboBox allows you to
> submit arbitrary values in addition to those it contains.
>
>
>> Jeroen Keppens wrote:
>> >
>> > Ok, just found this after re-reading the docs:
>> >
>> > "ComboBoxes return the label values
>> > ComboBoxes return the label values, and not the option values, which
>> can
>> > lead to a disconnect in expectations. For this reason, ComboBoxes do
>> not
>> > auto-register an InArray validator (though FilteringSelects do)."
>> >
>> > Please disregard my previous mail ;)
>> >
>> > Jeroen
>> >
>> >
>> > Jeroen Keppens wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> I have a form with a combobox, I've set it up like this (class extends
>> >> Zend_Dojo_Form) :
>> >>
>> >> $country = $this->createElement('ComboBox', 'country')
>> >> ->setLabel('lbl_country')
>> >> ->setAutoComplete(true)
>> >> ->setMultiOptions($this->getCountryList()))
>> >> ->setRequired(true);
>> >>
>> >> The country list gives an associative array that looks like:
>> >>
>> >> array(
>> >> "af"=>"Afghanistan",
>> >> "al"=>"Albania",
>> >> "dz"=>"Algeria",
>> >> ...
>> >> );
>> >>
>> >> The combobox is shown correctly, autocompletion works, etc... In the
>> >> html source I see:
>> >>
>> >> <select name="country" id="country">
>> >> <option value="af" label="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</option>
>> >> <option value="al" label="Albania">Albania</option>
>> >> <option value="dz" label="Algeria">Algeria</option>
>> >> ...
>> >> </select>
>> >>
>> >> When I submit the form, I don't get the short value in $_POST, but the
>> >> long value:
>> >>
>> >> $_POST = array('country'=>'Albania');
>> >>
>> >> How can I get the short value "al" in the POST array instead of the
>> long
>> >> value?
>> >>
>> >> Tnx
>> >> Jeroen
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
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>
> --
> Matthew Weier O'Phinney
> Software Architect | matt...@zend.com
> Zend Framework | http://framework.zend.com/
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