Notes/Domino XPages Development Forum - Dynamically Change Button Labels

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~Maria Revelumarnivu

Mar 11, 2011, 7:13 PM

5 Posts

Dynamically Change Button Labels

Category: Server Side JavaScript
Platform: All
Release: 8.5.2
Role: Developer
Tags: Button,Label
Replies: 1

I would like to dynamically change a button label based on a selectedTabId property from a tab panel. (The old "Profiles" app). For example, if the user selects Tab A, then I would like the button label to say "Create New A". Tab B, "Create New B". Can any one provide any suggestions?

Thanks!!

~Arnold Minreternivu

Mar 11, 2011, 7:39 PM

41 Posts

Re: Dynamically Change Button Labels

Try the following (assuming that the component Id of your tabbed panel is "tabbedPanel1").

<xp:button value="Create New #{javascript:var tabbedPanel = getComponent('tabbedPanel1'); var selectedTab = tabbedPanel.findComponent(tabbedPanel.getSelectedTab()); return selectedTab.getLabel();}" />

So if you had tabs labeled "Contact", "Company", "Task", and "Message", your button's label would be "Create New Contact", "Create New Company", etc., based on which tab is selected.