Hi Mike,
thank you for sharing. I will talk to Martin, but not until on Monday,
he has currently vacation.
Cheers,
Chris
mshillin schrieb:
> The Radio Buttons in 0.8.3pre do not allow you set a user defined value.
> getValue() returns either true/false. setValue(userVal) throws an error if
> userVal is not a boolean.
>
> Assertion error! Invalid incoming value for property 'value' of class
> 'qx.ui.form.RadioButton': Expected value to be a boolean but found XXXX
>
> The new selection API makes them much harder to use and a lot less
> intuitive.
>
> The Radiobutton Demos show using the Label for a value, but this is less
> than optimal for translated applications.
>
> Given the following:
>
> var bnt1 = new qx.ui.form.RadioButton(this.tr("Green"));
> var bnt2 = new qx.ui.form.RadioButton(this.tr("Blue"));
>
> var colorGroup = new qx.ui.form.RadioGroup(btn1, btn2);
>
> this.colorGroup.addListener("changeSelection", this.onChangeColor, this);
> ...
> onChangeType : function(event) {
> var value = event.getData()[0].getLabel();
> if (value == this.tr("Green")) {
> //This does not work - probably because it is comparing localized string
> objects - not string characters
> alert("You are looking at the grass");
> }
> else {
>
> alert("You are looking at the sky");
> }
>
> ++++
>
> I can do the following
>
> onChangeType : function(event) {
> var value = event.getData()[0].getLabel().toString();
> if (value == this.tr("Green").toString()) {
> alert("You are looking at the grass");
> }
> else {
>
> alert("You are looking at the sky");
> }
>
> ++++
>
> But it would be much simpler and more intuitive to allow user defined
> values.
>
> var bnt1 = new qx.ui.form.RadioButton(this.tr("Green"));
> btn1.setUserValue("green");
>
> var bnt2 = new qx.ui.form.RadioButton(this.tr("Blue"));
> btn2.setUserValue("blue");
>
> var colorGroup = new qx.ui.form.RadioGroup(btn1, btn2);
>
> this.colorGroup.addListener("changeSelection", this.onChangeColor, this);
> ...
> onChangeType : function(event) {
> var value = event.getData()[0].getUserValue();
> if (value == "green")) {
> alert("You are looking at the grass");
> }
> else {
>
> alert("You are looking at the sky");
> }
>
>
> The previous approach (pre 0.8.3) was much more intuitive where the
> RadioButton had a label and a user defined value.
>
> Mike
>
>
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