Byron Young wrote:
Ascii King wrote on 2009-09-14:
I want to dynamically filter the amount of data returned when populating
a Select field. The select field I am using has too much data and
causes the form to load very slowly. I have several of these select
boxes, that pull down different data. I need to be able to filter what
data gets into the boxes based on choices the user makes.
I don't think there is a built-in way to do this in HTML::FF (please correct me
if I'm wrong!), but for things like this I just use FormFu to render the empty
input fields in the form, and then I add some javascript to the page to
asynchronously load the Select list data as the user types into the filter text
box (or conversely you can have all the data loaded with FormFu and just filter
it as the user types into the filter field). FormFu still handles the
rendering, validation, etc, but my javascript handles the list contents and
filtering.
HTH,
Byron
That solution provides the functionality I want, but still leaves me
with the 'too much data' problem. Thanks, though. The solution I am
considering using is to have the clients fill out a pre-form taht I use
to filter the data. That is a clunky solution, though. I was hoping
there was a proper way to do it.
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