Cool.
Br's,
Marius
On Jan 12, 9:50 pm, Alex Boisvert <alex.boisv...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I like it a lot. Eliminates recent confusion about submit() in ajaxForm,
> prettier and semantically more correct than hidden fields and supports
> multiple actions. What's not to like?
>
> alex
>
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Marius <marius.dan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dear all,
>
> > Recently (and not only) there have been discussions about ajax forms
> > and their submit Scala functions not being called and that's because
> > JQuery's form serialization doesn't serialize the input submits (for
> > pertinent reasons). The workaround is as you know to use hidden
> > fields.
>
> > Adam also wanted an ajax form with multiple submit buttons taking
> > different actions depending on which button is being called. This is
> > also *doable* using hidden fields .... but not quite from elegant.
>
> > I've experimented a way to allow ajax form submission but after all
> > form field functions are being called your own ajax Scala function is
> > being called (with no hidden fields). the idea is this:
>
> > 1. I added an SHtml.ajaxSubmit which has the same signature with
> > SHtml.submit
> > 2. At js level I added a liftAjax.lift_uriSuffix
> > 3. When clicking the ajaxSubmit button we set the
> > liftAjax.lift_uriSuffix with the function name value. This is the
> > function name of your scala function. Hence your scala function for
> > ajaxSubmit will be called after form field functions are called.
>
> > In short we "piggy back" the Scala function info on top of the
> > serialized form info.
>
> > I tested it and it works just fine for me:
>
> > Using it looks something like like:
>
> > ajaxForm(bind("hello", xhtml,
> > "field1" -> text("", (s) => {println("field1 = " + s)}),
> > "field2" -> text("", (s) => {println("field2 = " + s)}),
> > "field3" -> text("", (s) => {println("field3 = " + s)}),
> > "submit" -> ajaxSubmit("Press me", () => {
> > println("my ajax func called.")
> > Noop
> > }))
>
> > ... you got the idea.
>
> > This of course allows putting virtually any number of ajax submit
> > buttons and the right function will be called on server side.
>
> > I'm thinking to add this to Lift but first I'd like to know your
> > thoughts.
>
> > Br's,
> > Marius
>
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