Problem clearing a text input when implementing the onEnter event

[Former Member]

Hello,

I have an input field which is bound to a text Context element called firstName.

I've created an event to clear the input field by writing at the onEnter event this action code:

wdContex.currentContexElement().setFirstName(null);

The problem is when the user enters the input field he still sees the "old" text. I beleive that the field needs to be "refreshed" with the new context it is bound to in some why but how?

[Former Member]

This should work out of the box -- the only reason I guess is your error:

1. You are using wrong context element (or occasionally 2 different elements for InputField value binding and in onEnter action handler)

2. You have not assigned onEnter action handler to InputField

VS

[Former Member]

Using a tooltip is the best solution, I guess

[Former Member]

Hi,

1. You can use a label UIElement for the inputfield.

2. You can display the textmessage as a tooltip for the inputfield.

3. User should press ENTER to remove the text.

Regards, Anilkumar

[Former Member]

IMHO, resetting the input field value to NULL if the user presses ENTER seems not to be a good idea.

To clear the input field, you can either set the value of the context attribute to NULL or "", both are ok.

Armin

[Former Member]

All,

I think you all misunderstood me, let me clear my point:

The input fiels has a sefault value "Please enter your search here...". I would like that when the user enters the input filed in order to write his search criteria this default info messege will diappear instead of him need to delete it manually. I would like that to happen when the mouse focuses on the input field, before he pressed the Enter or hit the search key.

[Former Member]

You can't do that because there is no onFocus event.

Give the input field a label, also for accessibility reasons.

Armin

[Former Member]

Hi Roy,

I worked with ur code and it worked fine for me i.e., after the user enters a value and hits the ENTER key the value in the input field will be set to null.

onEnter event is triggered when we hit the enter key.

Hope this helps you.

Regards,

Vijith

[Former Member]

try

wdContext.currentContexElement().setFirstName("");