Marius -
First, thank you for your time! (sorry for the accidental double
response post - browser fail :))
Ok, so below is my current "solution". What I don't understand is how
to avoid hard coding the attributes when constructing the
SHtml.ajaxText AND getting that ajaxText's <input> to FocusOnLoad. I
understand how to leave off the parameter for doSearch (fixed below --
you're totally right, that was spurious) and I understand that passing
through attributes to a whole NodeSeq doesn't make much sense. What
I'm wondering is if there's some way of achieving both: FocusOnLoad &
attribute pass through -- maybe a nested bind or something?
Thanks again,
- Luke
// get FocusOnLoad, hard code attributes
object AjaxWithFocusOnLoad extends DispatchSnippet {
override def dispatch = {
case "searchField" => searchField
}
// searchField closure
def searchField(xhtml: NodeSeq): NodeSeq = {
// build up an ajax text box
def doSearch:NodeSeq = {
FocusOnLoad(SHtml.ajaxText("", q => SetHtml("resultz",
Yawni.query(q)), ("size","30"), ("tabindex", "1"), ("type",
"search")))
}
// bind the view to the functionality
bind("ajax", xhtml,
"searchBox" -> doSearch
)
}
}
// ditch FocusOnLoad functionality, take advantage of attribute pass
through
object AjaxWithAttributePassThrough extends DispatchSnippet {
override def dispatch = {
case "searchField" => searchField
}
// searchField closure
def searchField(xhtml: NodeSeq): NodeSeq = {
// build up an ajax text box
def doSearch:Elem = {
//FocusOnLoad(SHtml.ajaxText("", q => SetHtml("resultz",
Yawni.query(q)), ("size","30"), ("tabindex", "1"), ("type",
"search")))
// kill FocusOnLoad functionality, take advantage of attribute
pass through in bind below
SHtml.ajaxText("", q => SetHtml("resultz", Yawni.query(q)))
}
// bind the view to the functionality
bind("ajax", xhtml,
//"searchBox" -> doSearch
// use attribute pass through variant
"searchBox" -%> doSearch
)
}
}
On Mar 6, 10:57 am, Marius <[email protected]> wrote:
> In the short term you would solve it as I suggested:
>
> Use in your bind
>
> "searchBox" -%> doSearch
>
> and define your doSearch as:
>
> def doSearch: NodeSeq = {
> ... do your stuff here
>
> }
>
> Actually thinking more into it there is a good reason for -%> to not
> have a (NodeSeq) => NodeSeq support. -%> means that it preserves the
> attributes specified in the template to the resulting node.But having
> a bunch of attributes we can't apply them to a NodeSeq because aa
> NodeSeq means a sequence of Nodes with no commn parent so we can;t
> determine to which node we'd apply those attributes. AFAIK only an
> Elem can have attributes.
>
> On Mar 6, 6:45 pm, Luke Nezda <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for responding Marius. You're right, my doSearch method
> > doesn't need the msg parameter -- that was just an artifact of
> > transforming an example (removed now). As far as my specific issue, I
> > guess you're saying the best solution is for the framework to add
> > overload def -%>(in: NodeSeq => NodeSeq) congruent with -> -- should I
> > file a feature request? As you said, Group(FocusOnLoad...) doesn't
> > compile either because it returns a Node, not the currently required
> > Element. Did I misunderstand?
>
> You are correct. I mainly pointed to Group just as a reminder as it
> can be useful to "aggregate" nodes. It wont work in your case.
>
> In the short term how would you solve
>
> > this ?
>
> > Thanks,
> > - Luke
>
> > On Mar 6, 1:39 am, Marius <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > On 22 feb., 04:12, Luke Nezda <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > Hello,
>
> > > > I am new to Scala and Lift. I am having a problem using 2 features
> > > > together which seem to work fine individually. Here's a simplified
> > > > piece of the code:
>
> > > > class Ajax {
> > > > def someResult(q:String) = <span>some results for query {q}...</
> > > > span>
> > > > // searchField closure
> > > > def searchField(xhtml: NodeSeq): NodeSeq = {
> > > > // build up an ajax text box
> > > > def doSearch(msg: NodeSeq) = {
> > > > // doesn't compile with bind: "searchBox" -%> doSearch _
> > > > FocusOnLoad(SHtml.ajaxText("", q => SetHtml("resultz",
> > > > someResult(q))))
> > > > // compiles with bind: "searchBox" -%> doSearch _
> > > > // SHtml.ajaxText("", q => SetHtml("resultz", someResult(q)))
> > > > }
> > > > // bind the view to the functionality
> > > > bind("ajax", xhtml,
> > > > "searchBox" -> doSearch _
> > > > // doesn't compile if doSearch returns result of FocusOnLoad
> > > > //"searchBox" -%> doSearch _
> > > > )
> > > > }
>
> > > > }
>
> > > > and the template invocation:
>
> > > > <lift:surround with="default" at="content">
> > > > <lift:Ajax.searchField id_msgs="messages">
> > > > <ajax:searchBox class="text" type="search" tabindex="1" />
> > > > <hr class="space"/>
> > > > <div id="resultz"></div>
> > > > <div id="messages"></div>
> > > > </lift:Ajax.searchField>
> > > > </lift:surround>
>
> > > > My goal is an Ajax-enabled text input that gets focus when the page
> > > > loads and has various attributes of the input element set. I realize
> > > > I can use the SHtml.ajaxText variant that takes attribute-value pairs,
> > > > as in:
>
> > > > FocusOnLoad(SHtml.ajaxText("", q => SetHtml("resultz",
> > > > Yawni.query(q)), ("class", "text"), ("type", "search"), ("tabindex",
> > > > "1")))
>
> > > > but I'm trying to keep the various element attributes in the template.
>
> > > > When I try to bind with:
> > > > "searchBox" -%> doSearch _
> > > > instead of:
> > > > "searchBox" -> doSearch _
>
> > > > I get the following compile error:
>
> > > > snippet/Ajax.scala:109: error: overloaded method value -%> with
> > > > alternatives ((scala.xml.NodeSeq) =>
> > > > scala.xml.Elem)net.liftweb.util.Helpers.FuncBindParam <and>
> > > > (Option[scala.xml.Elem])net.liftweb.util.Helpers.FuncBindParam <and>
> > > > (net.liftweb.common.Box[scala.xml.Elem])net.liftweb.util.Helpers.FuncBindPa
> > > > ram
> > > > <and> (scala.xml.Elem)net.liftweb.util.Helpers.FuncBindParam cannot be
> > > > applied to ((scala.xml.NodeSeq) => scala.xml.NodeSeq)
> > > > "searchBox" -%> doSearch _
> > > > ^
> > > > one error found
>
> > > Why your doSearch function takes a msg parameter? ... it doesn't seam
> > > to use it.
>
> > > doSearch _ is a partially applied function and acts as a (NodeSeq) =>
> > > NodeSeq however -%> has only a definition like:
>
> > > def -%>(in: NodeSeq => Elem)
>
> > > while -> also has
>
> > > def ->(in: NodeSeq => NodeSeq)
>
> > > which is why you get the compile error. We should add the same
> > > definition for NodeSeq => NodeSeq
>
> > > You can simply say:
>
> > > "searchBox" -%> doSearch
>
> > > and have def doSearch: NodeSeq = ...
>
> > > FocusOnLoad returns a NodeSeq because it returns a sequence of nodes
> > > which conceptually cannot be converted to an elem. You could try to
> > > have a Group(FocusOnLoad ...) ... but Group is a Node not an Elem.
>
> > > > Between all the bind() and ->()/-%>() overloads and my general Scala /
> > > > Lift ignorance, I can't understand what the right way to resolve this
> > > > is. I think it has something to do with FocusOnLoad returning a
> > > > NodeSeq (<input/><script/>) vs. an Element, but I don't know where to
> > > > go from here...
>
> > > > Thanks in advance,
> > > > - Luke
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