StatusBox

Status box

Displays a status message on other views, and is commonly used in conjuction with input views.

Appearance

Width: The width of the text box in (%, px, em) String

Color style: Color style for status box
{Default | Primary | Success | Info | Warning | Error} TextColorStyle

Status style: Status box style
{None | Default | Dark | Simple} TextStatusStyle

Float Status: Enable/disable floating status bar. If disabled, status bar will move other elements out of its way Boolean

Behavior

Show status: When enabled, status will be displayed at load Boolean

Show validation errors: Show status validation errors Boolean

Status as HTML: Status includes html Boolean

Formula

Text expression: The formula used to calculate the text in the status box. String

Events

On Load:

Description:	This event is fired when the status box is loaded.
Example:	`me.setStatusText("Status Text is Loaded"); me.setStatusVisible(true);`

On Click:

Description:	This event is fired when the status box is clicked.
Example:	`me.setStatusVisible(false);`

Extends:

Methods:

Inherited addClass(name, [replaced])

Add or replace the CSS classes for this view.

Name Type Default Description

name {string} The CSS class names to add to the view. For multiple classes, use space to separate the class names.

replaced {string} The CSS class names to be replaced by the first argument. For multiple classes, use space to separate the class names.

Example

Button.addClass("green");

Inherited getData() Returns: {Object}

Retrieve the bound data associated with the view. It applies only to views with bound data.

Example

var dec1 = MyDecimal.getData();

getLabel() Returns: {string}

Get label associated with control

getLabelPlacement() Returns: {string}

Get label placement for control. NOTE: This always returns the label placement as set, to avoid ambiguity always set the label placement using "T"|"L"

getStatusText() Returns: {string}

Get status text for the status box control

getType() Returns: {string}

Get descriptive string representing the type of control

getWidth() Returns: {string}

Get configured width for the status box control (including unit)

Inherited hide(collapseFlag)

Hide the view.

Name Type Default Description

collapseFlag {boolean} Set to true to collapse the view (equivalent to a view setting of "NONE")

Example

MyView.hide();

Inherited isBound() Returns: {boolean}

Indicate the bound status of the view.

Inherited isEnabled() Returns: {boolean}

Check whether the view is enabled.

Example

var enabled = MyView.isEnabled();

Inherited isLabelVisible() Returns: {boolean}

Check whether the view label is visible.

Example

var labelVisible = MyView.isLabelVisible();

isStatusVisible() Returns: {boolean}

Get status visibility for the status box control

Inherited isValid() Returns: {boolean}

Return the valid status as last set by the setValid() method.

Example

var valid = MyView.isValid();

Inherited isVisible() Returns: {boolean}

Check whether the view is visible.

Example

var visible = MyView.isVisible();

Inherited propagateUpValueChange(event) Returns: {boolean}

Propagate the value change of the view up through the parent views.

Name Type Default Description

event {Event} Value change event (usually an onchange event)

Example

MyView.propagateUp(event);

Inherited recalculate()

Applicable only to formula-enabled views!
Triggers the re-evaluation of the formula
for the view, if a formula was specified. If the view is not formula-enabled, recalculate() does nothing.

Example

Text1.recalculate();
//If the formula for Text1 is: new Date().toString(), Text1 is updated to the current date/time

setColorStyle(style)

Sets color style of the status box. NOTE: to avoid ambiguity always set the color using "D"|P"|"I"|"S"|"W"|"G"

Name Type Default Description

style {string} "DEFAULT"|"DEF"|"D"=Default | PRIMARY"|"P"=Primary | "INFO"|INF"|"I"=Info | "SUCCESS"|"S"=Success | "WARNING"|"WARN"|"W"=Warning | "ERROR"|"ERR"|"DANGER"|"G"=Danger

Inherited setEnabled(enabled, required)

Enable or disable the view.

Name Type Default Description

enabled {boolean} Enabled/read-only flag (true to enable view, false to disable/make read-only)

required {boolean} Enable or disable the required field flag for the view.

Example

MyView.setEnabled(false); //Make MyView read-only

setLabel(label)

Set label for control

Name Type Default Description

label {string} Label text

setLabelPlacement(placement)

Set label placement for control. NOTE: to avoid ambiguity always set the label placement using "T"|"L"

Name Type Default Description

placement {string} "T"|"TOP"=Top | "L"|"LEFT"=Left

Inherited setLabelVisible(visible)

Show or hide the view label.

Name Type Default Description

visible {boolean} Label visibility flag (true to show view label, false to hide)

Example

MyView.setLabelVisible(false);

setStatusText(text)

Set status text for the status box control

Name Type Default Description

text {string} the status text

setStatusVisible(visible)

Set status visibility for the status box control

Name Type Default Description

visible {boolean} the visibility of the control

Inherited setValid(valid, errorText)

Flag the view as valid or invalid.

Name Type Default Description

valid {boolean} Valid/invalid flag (true to set view valid, false to make it invalid - which typically shows the view with "invalid" styling and indicator)

errorText {string} Validation error text to show on the invalid-styled view

Example

MyView.setValid(false, "Fix your data entry"); //Make MyView invalid

Inherited setViewData(data, createPseudoBinding)

Set or update the bound data associated with the view. It applies only to views with bound data.

Note: It should only be used with simple type bindings, or complex type bindings with simple type properties.
It should not be used with bindings that have properties that are lists or compext types. For complex types, set the bindings by using
the binding.set pattern, as described in the Binding data and configuration options documentation section.

Name Type Default Description

data {Object} The value of the bound data. The parameter type must match the type of the bound data.

createPseudoBinding {boolean} If the value is set to true, the parameter creates a pseudo binding if there is no current binding.

Example

MyView.setViewData("TEST"); //Updates bound data to the string 'TEST'

Inherited setVisible(visible, collapse)

Show or hide the view.

Name Type Default Description

visible {boolean} Visibility flag (true to show the view, false to hide it)

collapse {boolean} Set it to true to collapse the view space when the option visible is set to false.

Examples

MyView.setVisible(false, false); //Equivalent to MyView.hide()

MyView.setVisible(false, true); // Sets visibility to "None"

setWidth(width)

Set width of the status boxcontrol (e.g. 50px, 20%, 2em - omitting the unit assumes px)

Name Type Default Description

width {string} the width of the control

Inherited show()

Show this view.

Example

MyView.show();

Inherited triggerFormulaUpdates([phase])

Broadcast the expression trigger for the specified view.

Name Type Default Description

phase {int} bpmext.ui.PHASE_NORMAL The phase we are currently in

Example

MyView.triggerFormulaUpdates();

Methods

Parent

Helpers