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Textbox - format input on client side

asked 2012-09-14 15:40:09 +0800

Lesstra gravatar image Lesstra
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Hi,

I need the following behavior:
I want to format the user supplied value in such a way that it disables characters and adds leading zeros up to 7 digits.
So, if user types in "35" the textbox value should immediately update itself to "0000035".

Is this possible, and how, and is there maybe some alternative that I'm missing?

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answered 2012-09-14 16:57:44 +0800

sjoshi gravatar image sjoshi flag of India
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http://zkframeworkhint.bl...

You can take help from Here/a].

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answered 2012-09-14 17:09:20 +0800

Lesstra gravatar image Lesstra
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Thanks for the suggestion sjoshi, I always look first in the reference manual, however, this is not much of a help, because I wanted to see if this is possible through javascript on the client.

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answered 2012-09-14 17:22:01 +0800

sjoshi gravatar image sjoshi flag of India
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http://zkframeworkhint.bl...

Please provide ZK version because you can write Zscript in ur ZUl page but sometime zscript disable because no one want to use JS if we already using very good framework like ZK.But iw ill suggest you to do server side for security reason.
thanks

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answered 2012-09-14 23:53:16 +0800

jj gravatar image jj
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Lesstra:
Please read this section:
http://books.zkoss.org/wiki/ZK%20Client-side%20Reference/General%20Control/Widget%20Customization

You should override the onChange event on the client side.

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answered 2012-09-17 08:20:57 +0800

Lesstra gravatar image Lesstra
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updated 2012-09-17 09:04:02 +0800

Hi jj,
I already used client side events, but for different purposes and components.
The problem is I don't see in the client reference doc that such an event (onChange) is available for textboxes on the client.
Maybe it is somehow implicitly present...?
See this link and point to me what should I use, or what did I miss?
Thanks.

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answered 2012-09-17 17:59:00 +0800

jj gravatar image jj
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Look at Widget.listen() method and Event description in the client development guide. There are DOM events and Widget Events, and I think you want to listen to widget-level events. I have no first-hand experience with it, so please let me know if it works out.

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answered 2012-09-17 22:59:43 +0800

twiegand gravatar image twiegand
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Lesstra,

I'm sure others here will give you a more elegant way to do this but here is one way:

<zk xmlns:w="client">
	<script>
		function applyMask(compId, val){
			var pad = "0000000";
			var result = (pad+val).slice(-pad.length);
			compId = '#' + compId;
			jQuery(compId).val(result);
		}
	</script>
	<zscript>
		import org.zkoss.zk.ui.util.GenericForwardComposer;
			
		public class MyController extends GenericForwardComposer {
			Textbox txtbx;
			public void onChangeTextbox(Event event) {
				String maskCommand = "applyMask('" + txtbx.getUuid() + "','" + txtbx.getValue() + "')";
				Clients.evalJavaScript(maskCommand);
			}
		}
	</zscript>
	<window id="main" apply="MyController">
		<textbox id="txtbx" forward="onChange=onChangeTextbox" onCreate="self.focus();">
			<attribute w:name="doKeyPress_">
				function(evt){
					if (!this._shallIgnore(evt, "0123456789"))
					this.$doKeyPress_(evt);
				}
			</attribute>
		</textbox>		
	</window>
</zk>

Hope that sparks an idea or two.

Regards,

Todd

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answered 2012-09-18 08:52:07 +0800

Lesstra gravatar image Lesstra
193 1

Thanks Todd and jj, I'll see what can be done with the suggested ideas.
Regards.

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