Javscript problem.

[Stuart Thackray]

Hi, 

I have a problem or lack of understanding about what is possible. I want to do something similar to https://api.jquery.com/attribute-ends-with-selector/ in a postback that is set all the elements ending in start_date with a value.

Attached is a test module; any assistance would be appreciated.

Regards,

Stuart

[Stuart Thackray]

I hadn't set the html_name for the pure javascript button to work. I am still interested if there was a using nitrogen to achieve the same.

[Jesse Gumm]

Hey Stuart!

So Nitrogen's wiring uses jquery selectors to determine what elements
to specify.

But Nitrogen makes one assumption which is that selectors that start
with an alphanumeric are assumed to be IDs.

So if you did something like:

wf:set(".textbox[name$='start_date']", "some value").

That *should* work.

That said, the logic about whether or not a selector is treated as a
nitrogen element is a little wonky:
https://github.com/nitrogen/nitrogen_core/blob/master/www/nitrogen.js#L783

It should probably just be changed to be a regular expression checking
for only alphanumerics and if so, then it's an ID, otherwise, it's a
selector.

With that change, rule six should work without problem.

-Jesse

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[Stuart Thackray]

Thanks very much Jesse,

I know understand where I was going wrong; and the below correctly sets the inputs.

wf:set(".textbox[name$=\\'start_date\\']", "16-02-03").

Thanks,

Stuart

[Jesse Gumm]

Excellent. But that does point out a problem. The target and trigger
(if set manually using a selector) should very well be js escaped.
Looks like I'll have to tweak that a bit so that you don't have to
escape it like that.

-Jesse

On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 1:36 AM, Stuart Thackray