Have you tried putting the value in a hidden field? There's a
createFormElement method you can use to create a hidden field
on-the-fly. For example:
createFormElement("input", "hidden", "encryptPass", "encryptPass",
"true", passwordField.form);
Matt
On 8/29/07, John Blythe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Hey Folks:
>
> I have a question regarding AppFuse, script.aculo.us, and AJAX.
>
> script.aculo.us includes a REALLY useful and slick feature of "Sortable"
> lists, that allow users to drag and drop items around the screen, arranging
> the items as they like. (See demo here:
> http://wiki.script.aculo.us/scriptaculous/page/print/GhostlySortableDemo)
>
> According to the script.aculo.us documentation
> (http://wiki.script.aculo.us/scriptaculous/show/Sortable.serialize),
> the final list can be "serialized" and then used to submit (HTTP POST) the
> order of the Sortable via an Ajax call.
>
> ________________________________
>
> I am currently running AppFuse 1.9.4 with WebWork (though I am considering
> moving to 2.0 with Struts 2 real soon - looks great). I'm using Tomcat
> 5.5.23, MySQL 5.0.45, and Linux (Ubuntu). Typically, I use FireFox 2.0.0.6
> as my browser.
>
> In my application, each user can have their own set of favorite items, and
> order them as they please. Currently, I am implementing this with a 'select'
> and using the moveOptionUp()/moveOptionDown() scripts that Matt Raible
> bundled in the selectbox.js file. No probs.
>
> Nonetheless, I thought this "Sortable" feature would be a super-duper UI to
> enable a quick, easy, sexy drag-and-drop user experience for arranging a
> list of favorites. So I gave it a try.
>
> I can render the favorites list on the screen easily using a WebWork
> iterator:
>
>
>
> <ul id="userFavoritesList">
> <ww:iterator value="user.favoritesList">
> <li><ww:property value="id"/>: <ww:property value="favorite"/></li>
> </ww:iterator>
> </ul>
>
> <script type="text/javascript">
> Sortable.create('userFavoritesList',{ghosting:true,constraint:false})
> </script>
>
> The "Sortable" works great, allowing me to arrange the items willy-nilly. I
> love it! Just the kind of sexy user experience I was hoping for.
>
> ________________________________
>
> HERE'S MY PROBLEM:
> Once I have re-arranged this list on screen, how do I submit/commit this
> newly ordered list back to the application/database? Has anyone tried this?
> I guess I serialize the list, as mentioned in the script.aculo.us
> documentation mentioned above. How exactly do I capture this serialized
> object in the Java application? Once I get that rearranged list back into
> the Action as a List object (or other native Java Collection) I am confident
> I can take things form there.... but exactly how?
>
>
> Hopefully, someone has tried this within the framework of AppFuse, and will
> be able to give a short reply, but I would also love to hear from folk who
> haven't tried it, and are also interested. Likewise, if someone thinks I'm
> asking a dopey question, then go ahead and say so. Or perhaps redirect me to
> another website that spells this sort of thing out. It's all good.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> JB
>
>
> ________________________________
> View this message in context: AppFuse: script.aculo.us Sortable Lists
> Question
> Sent from the AppFuse - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>
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