Slider

Creates a slider with a handle that you can drag to increase or decrease a number. You can choose the number from a range of numbers, and specify the step value by which the slider increases or decreases the number when you slide the handle.

Appearance

Vertical: When selected, slider will be vertical, instead of horizontal Boolean

Color style: The color style of the slider view.
{Default | Primary | Info | Success | Warning | Danger} BadgeColorStyle

Height: Slider height, in px or em String

Width: The width in px, % or em.\r\nFor example\: 50px, 20%, 0.4em. If no unit is specified, px is assumed. String

Border radius: Radius of curvature for corners of the slider bar. String

Handle width: Width in px or em.\r\nFor example\: 50px, 0.4em. If no unit is specified, px is assumed (avoid using %). String

Handle radius: Radius of curvature for corners of the handle. String

Show current value: Show the current slider value, which can be changed by typing a different value. Boolean

Show limit values: Show the minimum and maximum values for the slider range. Boolean

Behavior

Minimum: Minimum value in slider range Decimal

Maximum: Maximum value in slider range Decimal

Step: Slider value step size Decimal

Tab index: The tabbing sequence index of the form view. Indices start at 1, and can be set sparsely. For example, you can use 1, 5, 10. Integer

Formula

Value formula: The formula or expression to automatically calculate slider values. String

Events

On Load:

Description: Triggers when control loads

Example:

me.setValue(50)

On Change:

Description: This event is fired when the slider value is changed.

Example:

if (newVal > 50) {${icon}.setIcon("smile-o");} else {${icon}.setIcon("frown-o");}

Context Variables	newVal {numeric}	oldVal {numeric}

Extends:

com.ibm.bpm.coach.CoachView

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");

focus()

Set focus on this control

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();

getTabIndex() Returns: {integer}

Get tab index for text control

getType() Returns: {string}

Get descriptive string representing the type of control

getValue() Returns: {numeric}

Get the current value this control is set to

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 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

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

setTabIndex(tabIndex)

Sets tab index of text control

Name Type Default Description

tabIndex {integer} Tab indices start at 1 and may be set sparsely

setValue(val)

Sets the value of the control

Name Type Default Description

val {numeric} Value to set control to

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"

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