Convert ul with onclick() into select with onchange() - javascript

I have a ul containing a series of tabs with onclick() attributes, and I want to convert it into a select node with options instead of list items. Right now each tab has its own onclick() attribute, but it looks like a select node only has one onchange() attribute. How do I tell the select to run the js indicated by the selected option on change?

When the onchange event runs get the .value like you would for any time of form element and then run whatever javascript is appropriate.
document.getElementById('selectElement').onchange=function(e){
var ele = event.target || event.srcElement;//This would be the select element
var val=ele.value;
if(val=='option1'){
callFunction1();
}
else if(val=='option2'){
callFunction2();
}
//Alternatively you could set up an object for all your functions and call it like this
var actions={
option1:function(){},
option2:function(){}
}
actions[val]()
}

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JQUERY DOM: Select Elements Created After Dom Load

I am working on a project where I need to change the value of all select inputs of a certain class when a function is called. The problem is some of the select inputs do not exist when the dom is first loaded, they are created dynamically via Javascript.
The function works fine for selecting all the select inputs that exist when the page was loaded, but does not work for any select inputs that were added to the dom dynamically.
I understand event binding with .on but in this particular case I am not trying to key off of an event like click. I want to get all elements of this class when this function is called.
Here is the code I am using to create the new select elements.
var this_cell = document.getElementById('produce_batch_line_td['+x+']');
var new_select = document.createElement("select");
new_select.name = "produce_batch_line["+x+"]";
new_select.id = "produce_batch_line["+x+"]";
new_select.className = "produce_batch_line["+invoice_number+"]";
this_cell.appendChild(new_select);
var new_option = document.createElement("option");
new_option.text = "test";
new_option.value = "test";
new_select.add(new_option);
Here is the code I am using to select all select elements of this class.
function SetDetailValue(invoice_number, obj) {
$(".produce_batch_line\\["+invoice_number+"\\]").each(function() {
this.value = obj.value;
});
}
How can I get items of this class added to the dom dynamically?
Check this link. I have put one that already exist. And when you click add button it creates dynamicly as well. When you Click the set button it finds them with a java query and puts them into a for loop that changes each ones value one by one.
http://cr8code.co/editor.php?workid=1a446530189d751d0b15ce104a286eee
Here is the DEMO

How to get any column of any row of a Table in HTML?

Suppose there is Table with variable number of rows of fixed number of columns, and suppose each row has a button too, now I want to select for example a column's value(let's say this selected column is textarea, so I select it's content) when that row's button is clicked.
For example in above image I want that if submit is pressed than all data of 'textarea' of corresponding row should be stored in a variable.
You can use the jQuery closest() function to find an element near the clicked button. Add click handlers to the buttons and then traverse up to find the textarea.
$('.button').on("click",function(){
var thisRowsTA = $(this).closest("textarea");
console.log($(thisRowsTA).val());
});
A simply way is to:
Put an ID pattern to your textareas, like: txt_area_1, txt_area_2, txt_area_3.
Then, on the Click Event of your buttons, make them catch the corresponding textarea in their row. Use the ID patterns to do this.
Post your code for further help.
You will need to ad an event handler for each button. Inside of that you can write something like this.
function eventHandler(e){
var row = this; // start at the button
while(row.nodeName != 'TR' && row.parent){
// go up till we find the row
row = row.parent;
}
var textArea = row.querySelector('textarea');
var value = textArea.value;
// do something with supplied feedback.
}
In order to attach the handlers, you would do something like this.
function attachTableEvents(){
var table = document.querySelector('table'); // or more specific selector if needed
var buttons = table.querySelectorAll('button');
for (var i = buttons.length; i--;){
buttons[i].addEventListener(eventHandler);
}
}
Counting on the DOM structure is really BAD.
I would put an attribute in my controls that holds the line number. Then when clicking an element you can easily query the DOM by element type and the property value to get any elements in this line.
Later if you change to DIVs or change structure your will still run correctly

Selection from dropdownlist javascript event

I have this html part code :
<p><label>Taxe </label>
<select id="id_taxe" name="id_taxe" style="width: 100px;" onchange="taxselection(this);"></select>
<input id="taxe" name="taxe" class="fiche" width="150px" readonly="readonly" />%
</p>
Javascript method :
function taxselection(cat)
{
var tax = cat.value;
alert(tax);
$("#taxe").val(tax);
}
I'd like to set the value of taxe input to the selected value from the dropdownlist.It works fine only where the dropdownlist contains more than one element.
I try onselect instead of onchange but I get the same problem.
So How can I fix this issue when the list contains only one element?
This works:
$('#id_taxe').change(function(){
var thisVal = $(this).val();
var curVal = $('#taxe').val();
if(thisVal != curVal)
$('#taxe').val(thisVal);
$('#select option:selected').removeAttr('selected');
$(this).attr('selected','selected');
});
Use the change method which is very efficient for select boxes. Simply check the item selected isn't currently selected then if not, set the value of the input to the selected value. Lastly you want to remove any option's attr's that are "selected=selected" and set the current one to selected.
Just include this inside a $(document).ready() wrapper at the end of your HTML and the change event will be anchored to the select field.
Hope this helps.
http://jsbin.com/populo
Either always give an empty option, or in your code that outputs the select, check the amount of options, and set the input value straight away if there's only 1 option.
A select with just 1 option has no events, since the option will be selected by default, so there's no changes, and no events.
As DrunkWolf mentioned add an empty option always or you can try onblur or onclick event instead, depending on what you are actually trying to do.
Ok, just to stay close to your code, do it like this: http://jsfiddle.net/z2uao1un/1/
function taxselection(cat) {
var tax = cat.value;
alert(tax);
$("#taxe").val(tax);
}
taxselection(document.getElementById('id_taxe'));
This will call the function onload and get value of the element. You can additionally add an onchange eventhandler to the element. I highly recommend not doing that in the HTML! Good luck.

jQuery select an element within a selected element

I am using the multiselect plugin for bootstrap.
What the plugin does is take a dropdown(select) and adds checkboxes on every option so you can select more than one option in a select.
The thing I need to do in order to enable the multiselect on a select is just $("#selectThis").multiselect().end()
This is how a select with multiselect looks like in html.
select.hidden
.btn-group > button + (ul.multiselect-container > li, li , li)
I can add an onChange function like this.
$('#add-workout').find('[name="class1[]"],[name="movement1[]"]')
.multiselect({onChange:function(element){
console.log($(this))
}})
.end()
})
I need to select the .multiselect-container of the changed element but $(this) refers to the multiselect object.
You should be able to get the parent by calling $(element).parent().parent().siblings(".btn-group").find(".multiselect-container") instead of $(this), after all you are passing the current selected element as a function parameter ;)

Adding an item to an editable menulist when it is typed in by the user

I am creating a menulist popup list dynamically. I the editable and open attributes to true. What I would like to be able to do is to be able to add a new menulist item when the user types in an item that is not already present. Is this possible? If so, how?
I am creating the list like so:
var ml = document.createElement("menulist");
ml.setAttribute("editable","true");
ml.setAttribute("open","true");
ml.setAttribute("oncommand","alert(this.value)");
var mp = document.createElement("menupopup");
var mi = document.createElement("menuitem");
mi.setAttribute("label","item1");
mi.setAttribute("value","1");
mp.appendChild(mi);
//add as many items as i feel
ml.appendChild(mp);
When the value is changed, the alert function is fired when the item is changed but when I type in anything, it is not fired. Basically, I want to eventually pass the value to a funcntion I call from here to add the item to the list.
First of all, you should seriously consider using addEventListener instead of changing attributes like oncommand:
ml.addEventListener("command", function(event) {
alert(this.value);
}, false);
If you want to be notified about changes in the text field then you should add an event listener to the text field:
ml.appendChild(mp);
ml.inputField.addEventListener("input", function(event)
{
alert("Text field value changed");
}, false);
Note that this has to be done after the element is added to the document, before that the inputField property will not be defined (corresponding XBL binding didn't apply yet).
For reference: menulist.inputField, input event

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