Brice,
It makes sense to me. You're trying to construct a sort of "wizard"-based
interface, but want a catch if that people jump ahead or behind the current
page using tabs -- you want to validate data before letting them view that
new tab.
This might also be an issue for me soon as I redo a very old ASP intranet
app, so I'd like to keep apprised of any resolution.
________
SEAN O
Brice Burgess wrote:
>
> I've finally got around to using the tabs plugin && am loving it! :) In
> due time, I of course came across a complexity that I'm having a hard
> time elegantly solving.
>
> 4 tabs are setup displaying forms to aid in a mailing composition;
> "composition", "template", "message", and "preview". The content of
> these tabs is pulled via an ajax request ({remote: true}).
>
> The content of each tab contains a continue button <input type="submit"
> ../>, which submits the form, and if VALID, takes them to the next tab.
> e.g. "composition" -> "template", or "message" -> "preview".
>
> This is trivial -- I submit form using the Forms plugin, in the
> onSuccess callback decipher if the form was valid (server side
> validation) and use $.triggerTab to trigger the next tab.
>
> The complexity: In addition to the continue button, I would like the
> form to be submitted upon clicking another tab. Users are bound to fill
> in form data and click the next tab (w/o clicking "continue") and expect
> the data to be "there".
>
> I realize I can use an onClick event to submit the form -- however I can
> not stop the clicked tab from becoming active. I have tried returning
> false, etc.
>
> So; If a user clicks a tab, the content's form should be submitted, and
> IF VALID, activate the clicked tab.
>
> In an attempted workaround I tried disabling all tabs, and assigning
> custom events to trigger them (yes, somewhat redundant). This didn't
> seem to play well with {remote:true}.. I noticed
>
> $('#mailing').enableTab(1).triggerTab(1); does not work, for instance.
>
> I think the easiest/less ugly way to go about this is to intercept
> (cancel) the onClick event if it returns false. This way I could submit
> the form in the onClick and return false. When the form response comes
> back, I can then either trigger the tab, or alert the error message.
>
> Does this make any sense?
>
> ~ Brice
>
>
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