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~Nita Refanalyynds

Jan 24, 2013, 11:02 AM

1 Posts

Type Ahead Validation

Category: Other
Platform: Windows
Release: 8.5.2
Role:
Tags: Type Ahead
Replies: 2

Hello,

I'm new in Xpage and I need to add a editbox with a Type ahead feature.

The type ahead feature is helpful, but it doesn't prevent users from entering inexisting values to the list.

There is a way to add a validation on the field to obligate the user to select some value of the list on the type-ahead?

thanks

~Joseph Nonjipylyader

Jan 31, 2013, 2:02 PM

8 Posts

Re: Type Ahead Validation

I think you can try using Edit Box Events(OnKeyDown or OnChange). Get entered value and compare with existing type ahead values which you must have stored somewhere.

~Bella Elfreemaroni

Jan 31, 2013, 2:59 PM

31 Posts

Re: Type Ahead Validation

In your input control that has typeahead attached to it & if you also have a picker associated with it, you can add a pickervalidator.

<xp:this.validators>

<xe:pickerValidator for="namePicker1"
message="The value is invalid">

</xe:pickerValidator>
</xp:this.validators>

which (in my testing) will get triggered when you submit the page.

Take a look at the Domino_Pickers.xsp in the XPages Extension Library Demo Db available on OpenNTF: http://www.openntf.org/internal/home.nsf/project.xsp?action=openDocument&name=XPages%20Extension%20Library