Default Values Using Javascript

I should mention in addition - the choice controls do have a default value. This works fine when the form is first opened - New Item.

Once the form is saved however the tabs (choice control) takes the value of the selection it was in when it was saved. I would like to set the value of these choice controls when the form opens.

Thank you.

Andrew

Hi Christophe,

I have tried your code, matched up all of my fields and it doesn't currently work.

In F12 Debug mode - on the Console, it says I'm missing method=POST so it will not complete my task.

Do you have any ideas about this issue? Did you encounter it also on your way to making your code work?

Thank you,

Andrew

Hi,

I have been successful with the code 'NWF$(':radio[value="Test1"]').attr('checked',true);'.

Thanks for your help Jeremy, I was hoping you'd get in touch as I had followed your 'tab tutorial' so you probably have a good idea of what my form is like and the tabs I created. You were spot on, the display format is options buttons and the code works.

The form now sets its tabs to 'job details' on opening the form each time.

Thank you.

Best Regards,

Andrew

Hi Jeremy,

I finally made it working the way I want

NWF$('document').ready(function(){

var strMyRadioButtonValue = 'Test1';

NWF$('#'+fldTabs).find('input[value=''+strMyRadioButtonValue+'']').prop('checked', 'checked');

});

No need to uncheck all values and it is working in a button and when you save the iterm.

Happy ;-)

Christophe

Hi Jeremy,

Thanks so much for this pointer! So here's what I found.

Placing your original code with .attr('checked',true) inside RegisterAfterReady - nothing happened, this time even the target tab was not highlighted to indicate it was selected.

However, when I placed the following code inside the RegisterAfterReady it behaved exactly as hoped i.e. the tab was selected and the hide rules on the panels fired correctly:

NWF$(':radio[value="Test1"]').click();

Hopefully this is helpful to someone else...I'm curious about why the original code seems to work in some cases and not others?

Thanks Again!

Barry

Hi Barry,

Through trial and error, with some success at times and at other times failure I built my working code from everything you see in this feed. I should have probably posted it back to this page for people to find. I ended up combining everything I had learned through this feed and I have a script that runs on opening the form and some code that runs when the save button is clicked. Here's how my code turned out combining suggestions in this post, especially as I have 2 main tabs where at least one of those is hidden at any one time, I am unable to change the tab myself as it is not visible so this code makes my form work:

NWF$(document).ready(function(){

var rad = NWF$('#' + mainTabButton);

rad.find('input').each(function(){

this.checked = false;

});

rad.find('input')[0].checked = true;});

NWF$(document).ready(function(){

NWF$(':radio[value="Job Details"]').attr('checked',true);}); //Both of my two main tabs need to be 'job details'

function SelectTabs(){                 //"Save" Button calls this function

var rad = NWF$('#' + mainTabButton);

var authrad = NWF$('#' + Authorisationtab);

var hazard = NWF$('#' + hazardtab);

rad.prop('checked',false);

authrad.prop('checked',false);

hazard.prop('checked',false);

rad.find('input').each(function(){

if(this.value == "Job Details"){

this.checked = true;

} });

authrad.find('input').each(function(){

if(this.value == "Job Details"){

this.checked = true;

} });

hazard.find('input').each(function(){

if(this.value == "Working Environment"){

this.checked = true;

} })};

Hi Chris,

I'm wondering if you can help.

I have two panels, hidden or showing based on which of my two tabs are selected. This works great if a user uploads the document using the normal +Add a Document and they get the form immediately to populate metadata. However, if I use the drag and drop, and try to edit the metadata after my upload, the form opens without the default panel opening. Do I need to use some sort of code like you have used?

thanks!