RadioButton

Radio button

Used either individually or in a group, it enables you to select a single item from a set of items that are specified by a selection list.

Appearance

Show validation marker: Show a validation icon and border when the view is invalid. Boolean

Behavior

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

Value when selected: The value that the binding is set to when this radio button is selected. String

Group name: The group that this radio button belongs to. When this radio button is selected, all other radio buttons in the same group are deselected. String

Events

On Load:

Description: Triggers whenever the view is loaded.

Example:

if (me.isSelected()) ${Data1}.setValue(me.getSelectedValue())

On Selected:

Description: Triggers when this radio button is selected.

Example:

${Data1}.setValue(me.getSelectedValue())

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();

getLabel() Returns: {string}

Get label associated with radio button control

getSelectedValue() Returns: {boolean}

Get the value of the radio button control when it is selected

getTabIndex() Returns: {integer}

Get tab index for radio button control

getType() Returns: {string}

Get descriptive string representing the type of control

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();

isLabelVisible() Returns: {boolean}

Get label visibility for the radio button control

isSelected() Returns: {boolean}

Get selected state for radio button 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

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(text)

Set label for radio button control

Name Type Default Description

text {string} Label for radio button

setLabelVisible(flag)

Set label visibility for radio button control

Name Type Default Description

flag {boolean} true | false

setSelected()

Set selected state for radio button control to true

setTabIndex(tabIndex)

Sets tab index of radio button control

Name Type Default Description

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

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"

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