Notes/Domino XPages Development Forum - Re: getting selected documents on a repeat control

Mar 31, 2011, 6:09 PM

586 Posts

Re: getting selected documents on a repeat control

Mark,

In the example I did I used java.util.ListArray I think. So there no need to know the total count of the repeat control. It's more like a list where you can just add as needed.

Not sure which way is better - just wanted to mention it to you.

Dave

~Lily Kihipisonetsi

Apr 1, 2011, 8:46 AM

261 Posts

Re: getting selected documents on a repeat control

Dave,

I had at look at the demo you created: your and my alternative both eventually do the same. They offer a way to store/retrieve a list of selected rows (when not using a view control) in a server variable.

The main difference is that in your demo a server-call is made on every click of the "Add" button. In that call an ID of the clicked row is added to the a viewScope (array) variable.

In my sample I've bound the checkboxes directly to a viewScope variable (that's why I have to create an array containing a specified number of items before the page is rendered). This doesn't require a server-call for every checkbox tick/ untick: it send the selected items to the server when the "Show selected" button is clicked. For an end user this works/ looks the same as offering default checkboxes in a viewPanel.

Cheers,
Mark

~Isaac Fezboosiakoi

Apr 1, 2011, 9:12 PM

586 Posts

Re: getting selected documents on a repeat control

Interesting. Thanks for pointing out the difference to me. I knew I was generating server calls on each button. I didn't realize yours was more done as a batch.

thanks!

~Keiko Elfanaverettu

Jun 17, 2011, 9:02 AM

2 Posts

Re: getting selected documents on a repeat control

Mark

I have used your method to get checkboxes in a repeat and it works great. Do you know how you would go about adding a 'Select All' checkbox that ticked all the checkboxes?

~Lily Kihipisonetsi

Jun 17, 2011, 1:27 PM

261 Posts

Re: getting selected documents on a repeat control

Ed,

You could do that in a number of ways.

If all your entries are on one page, you could add a clientside script to the button that checks all the boxes. Using dojo that could be something like (not tested btw):

dojo.query("input[type=checkbox]", "#{id:yourViewControlId}").forEach( function(checkbox) { checkbox.checked = true;} );

Another approach would be to call a serverside script that fills the selectedIds viewScope variables with all the ID's of the items in the repeat (in the same order !).

Mark