A better way would probably be to use an existing form wizard library
designed for this purpose. For example:
http://www.jquery-steps.com/Examples#advanced-form.
Anthony
On Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at 3:54:01 PM UTC-5, aetagot...@gmail.com
wrote:
>
> I have a form that is rather long, therefore I want to split it into
> sections.
> I am doing this with jQuery conditional fields in forms.
>
> The first 5 fields appear, once the user enters input for the fields and
> then they click on a checkbox, the filled fields are then hidden and the
> next 5 questions are unhidden, and this is repeated every 5 questions.
>
> I was wondering if there is a way to show the fields again that were
> hidden after clicking the checkbox, in case the user unchecks the box in an
> attempt to view the previous 5 questions again. Because what happens now
> when the box is unchecked is that it hides the fields that it revealed but
> doesn't show the previous 5 fields unless you uncheck and recheck the box.
>
>
> Also, I am basically repeating the following code from the book:
>
> {{extend 'layout.html'}}
> {{=form}}
> <script>
> jQuery(document).ready(function(){
> if(jQuery('#taxpayer_married').prop('checked'))
> jQuery('#taxpayer_spouse_name__row').show();
> else jQuery('#taxpayer_spouse_name__row').hide();
> jQuery('#taxpayer_married').change(function(){
> if(jQuery('#taxpayer_married').prop('checked'))
> jQuery('#taxpayer_spouse_name__row').show();
> else jQuery('#taxpayer_spouse_name__row').hide();});
> });
> </script>
>
>
> I have 3 seperate sections of the form, each section has it's own script,
> showing and hiding 5 form fields within each. I don't understand jQuery all
> that well, is there a way to make it less repetitive? I'm over 160 lines of
> code for just showing and hiding fields, I'm hoping there is a better way.
>
>
>
>
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