Matt!!
Thanks for the prompt reply. AppFuse totally rocks. You're my hero. Many
thanks for the great work. =^D =)
I haven't tried your suggestion, but... how would a hidden field return the
"edit" made by rearranging a set of values in an on-screen list? I can see
that the ordering might be preserved, but the changes made by the user is
the critical thing that must be returned and committed to the database. Are
you suggesting a hidden element AND a little script that somehow mirrors the
changes to a hidden element? Or did I misunderstand your suggestion...?
:working: JB :working:
mraible wrote:
>
> 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
>>
>>
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