Yes, there's two things - one is persisting the order, the 2nd is
using that persisted value to arrange the values on the UI. Maybe you
can re-arrange the elements in your action before displaying them?
Matt
On 8/29/07, JBlythe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 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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> >>
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