Populating a multiline textbox inside a repeated section

K
Badge +6

Hello. I know that single line text this is how you do it.

NWF$('.RepeatingSection .nf-repeater-row:not(.nf-repeater-row-hidden):last .SinglineTextbox input').val(value);‍‍

How to do it on a multiline textbox?

5 replies

MegaJerk
Userlevel 5
Badge +14

You almost have it. 

Try this instead: 

NWF$('.RepeatingSection .nf-repeater-row:not(.nf-repeater-row-hidden):last .SinglineTextbox textarea').val(value);‍

Or, for something that works with both Single and Multi-Line text controls, you can use: 

NWF$('.RepeatingSection .nf-repeater-row:not(.nf-repeater-row-hidden):last .SinglineTextbox [formcontrolid][id]').val(value);‍‍
K
Badge +6

This works, thank you very much. How to get forcontrolid and id though?

MegaJerk
Userlevel 5
Badge +14

no no. In the second example, you don't need to get the formcontrolid or the id proper, you're just searching for a control beyond the topmost level, which has both the attributes

  • formcontrolid
  • id 

Here is a VERY SPARSE example of what the html of a Multi-line Text Control looks like: 

<div class="someUniqueClass nf-filler-control nf-filler-highlightonvalidationerror nf-resizable nf-resizable" formcontrolid="0123456789-ABCDEFGHI" data-controlname="someControlName">
  <div class="nf-filler-control-border">
    <div class="nf-filler-control-inner">
      <div class="nf-multiline">
        <textarea name="someIncrediblyLongName" id="someID" formcontrolid="0123456789-ABCDEFGHI">
          This is the text inside of a Multi-Line Text Control! Wow!
        </textarea>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

At the outermost level we have a <div> element with the class: "someUniqueClass". If you travel down the tree looking at the children under it, you'll eventually come to a <textarea> element with both an id attribute and a formcontrolid attribute. If we were to target that using jquery like: 

NWF$(".someUniqueClass" [formcontrolid][id]);‍‍‍

Which translates into "Find any element with the class of "someUniqueClass" and then look for a child element underneath of it that has both a formcontrolid and id attribute, REGARDLESS of their values". 

I hope that helps happy.png 

K
Badge +6

Thank you very much. So last question, I wanted to check for duplicate inputs. I have managed to do it but I have two another problem.

function getItemSelected(){ 
let selectedItems = NWF$("#"+calculatedSelection).val(); 
let arrayItems; 
let result = selectedItems.slice(1,-1); 
let newString = ""; 
arrayItems = result.split(',');
let duplicatedItems = ""; 
let hasDuplicate = 0;
for(let i = 0; i < arrayItems.length; i++){ 
let itemString = arrayItems[i].split(" -"); 
let isDuplicate = 0; 
NWF$('.vtMyRepeatingSection .nf-repeater-row:not(.nf-repeater-row-hidden)').each(function (){ 
let $row = NWF$(this); 
let $textLine=$row.find('.classText textarea').val(); 
let multilineText = $textLine.split('
');  
for (let j = 0; j < multilineText.length; j++){ 
if (itemString[0].trim() == multilineText[j]){
isDuplicate = 1;
hasDuplicate = 1;
duplicatedItems = duplicatedItems + itemString[0].trim() + "
";
break;
}

if (isDuplicate == 1){
break;
}
} 

});
if (isDuplicate == 0){ 
newString = newString + itemString[0].trim(); 
if (i != arrayItems.length - 1){ 
newString = newString + "
";  
}
} 
}
if (hasDuplicate === 1){ 
alert(duplicatedItems + " are already included in a row. Please remove these in the selection"); 
} 
else{
NWF$('.vtMyRepeatingSection .nf-repeater-row:not(.nf-repeater-row-hidden):last .classText textarea').val(newString); 
}
} ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

1) How to append texts in multiline

2) How to know which row I am currently on?

MegaJerk
Userlevel 5
Badge +14

I recommend starting a new topic asking this question, but with more details and perhaps screenshots that provide a better example of what it is you're trying to do / achieve. 

Parsing raw text isn't that fun or, depending on the conditions, easy. 


Reply


View our Community Site Map

Nintex Community Sitemap
Terms & ConditionsCookie settings