aps/FieldSet

This is a container for widgets that allows to assign and show labels near those widgets. The widget is similiar to ``dojox/layout/TableContainer``.

Child widgets can use some context sensitive attributes as explained in the Context-Sensitive Properties section.

Compatibility

All user panels - CP and UX1

Overview

The aps/FieldSet container allows you to wrap a set of widgets with individual labels and description.

If the value of the required property of a right column element is true, then an asterisk * symbol will be added to the label of this element in the left column.

Find the nested rules for this widget in the recommended :ref:ui_widget_hierarchy`.

Key specifics:

  • Every child widget (except for aps/Button) gets the label attribute that is displayed as the widget title.

  • Every child widget (except for aps/Button) gets the optionalText attribute. The optionalText attribute is a string that is displayed only when required attribute of the child widget is set to false and there is a label attribute value in this widget.

  • All child widgets get the hint attribute, but this attribute is deprecated and replaced by description.

  • All widgets get the description attribute. That will be a text shown below the origin widget.

Examples

Depending on the way your widgets are declared, child elements are added as explained in Declarations.

Two-Column Table

In the simplest case, an aps/FieldSet is just a two-column table:

RUN DEMO

require(["aps/load", "aps/ready!"],
  function(load){
    "use strict";
    load(["aps/PageContainer", [
        ["aps/Panel", [
            [ "aps/FieldSet", [
                [ "aps/Output", { label: "OS",            value: "CentOS 6 (x86_64)" } ],
                [ "aps/Output", { label: "Source Image",  value: "Silver" } ] ]
            ]
        ]]
    ]]);
});

Disable Labels

You may disable output of the labels. To do this, you need to set the showLabels property to false.

RUN DEMO

require(["aps/load", "aps/ready!"],
  function(load){
    "use strict";
    load(["aps/PageContainer", [
        ["aps/Panel", [
            ["aps/FieldSet", { showLabels: false }, [
                [ "aps/Output", { label: "OS",           value: "CentOS 6 (x86_64)" } ],
                [ "aps/Output", { label: "Source Image", value:  "Silver" } ]]
            ]
        ]]
    ]]);
});

Titles and Descriptions

In addition to grouping widgets, the aps/FieldSet widget may also display a title (the title property), a description (description) and supplemental information (hint).

RUN DEMO

require(["aps/load", "aps/ready!"],
function(load){
    "use strict";
    load(['aps/PageContainer', [
        ["aps/Panel", [
            ["aps/FieldSet", {
                title:         "Downloads",
                description:   "Active downloads",
                hint:          "Speed limit enabled" }, [
                    ["aps/Output", { label: "OS", value: "CentOS 6 (x86_64)" }],
                    ["aps/Output", { label: "Source Image", value:  "Silver" }]
    ]]]]]]);
});

Horizontal Line

To display a horizontal line above a FieldSet which does not have a title text, you need to set the title property to true.

RUN DEMO

require(["aps/load", "aps/ready!"],
function(load){
    "use strict";
    load(["aps/PageContainer", [
        ["aps/Panel", [
            ["aps/FieldSet", { title: true }, [
                [ "aps/Output", { label: "OS", value: "CentOS 6 (x86_64)" }],
                [ "aps/Output", { label: "Source Image", value:  "Silver" }]
            ]]
        ]]
    ]]);
});

Using Widget Constructors

RUN DEMO

require(["aps/FieldSet", "aps/Output", "aps/PageContainer", "aps/ready!"],
  function(FieldSet, Output, PageContainer){
    "use strict";

    var page = new PageContainer();
    page.placeAt("main");

    var simpleText = new FieldSet({
       title:         "Form Elements -> Simple Text",
       description:   "The element is used for showing (not entering) object property."
    });

    simpleText.addChild(new Output({
       label:  "Contact name",
       value:  "Customer Name"
    }));

    simpleText.addChild(new Output({
       label:     "E-mail address",
       content:   "<a href='#'>customer@domain.dom</a>"
    }));

    simpleText.addChild(new Output({
       label:    "Status",
       content:  "<i class='indent-icon'><img src='ok.png' alt></i><span>Active</span>"
    }));

    simpleText.addChild(new Output({
       label:   "Traffic",
       value:   "0 B/month used of Unlimited"
    }));

    page.addChild(simpleText);
    page.startup();
});

Public Properties

PROPERTY

TYPE

DEFAULT

DESCRIPTION

collapsed

boolean

false

If this property value is set to “false”, the inner part of the widget is visible.

collapsible

boolean

false

A container may provide a user an ability to collapse its content and leave only the title visible.

description

string

“”

Text under the header of the Container and over the content of the Container.

disabled

boolean

false

Specifies if the widget will respond to user input.

gridSize

string

undefined

This specifies the widget width that is relevant only for widgets inside Container, FieldSet, or Tiles.

hint

string

“”

It contains supplemental information.

isBusy

boolean

false

If the widget is busy then this property is true.

label

string

“”

Text that is shown in aps.

showLabels

boolean

true

If true - the widget shows labels of children.

title

string

“”

Text that is shown in the header of the Container.

visible

boolean

true

If this property value is set to true, then the widget is visible.

collapsed boolean

If this property value is set to “false”, the inner part of the widget is visible. Default value: false.

collapsible boolean

A container may provide a user an ability to collapse its content and leave only the title visible. Default value: false.

description string

Text under the header of the Container and over the content of the Container. Deprecated in CCP v2. Default value: “”.

disabled boolean

Specifies if the widget will respond to user input.

Default value: false.

gridSize string

This specifies the widget width that is relevant only for widgets inside Container, FieldSet, or Tiles. In other cases it will be ignored.

gridSize string contains few options with number values (from 1 to 12) separated by spaces, which specify the grid size of the widget in different layouts:

- md - desktop

- xs - phone

For example, gridSize: “md-4 xs-2”.

All values below 1, e.g. “md-0”, will be replaced with the empty string (“”), values above 12, e.g. “md-14”, will be reduced to 12 (“md-12”).

Default value: undefined.

hint string

It contains supplemental information. Deprecated in CCP v2. Default value: “”.

isBusy boolean

If the widget is busy then this property is true.

Default value: false.

label string

Text that is shown in aps.FieldSet. Don’t shown in the header of the Container. Default value: “”.

showLabels boolean

If true - the widget shows labels of children. Default value: true.

title string

Text that is shown in the header of the Container. Don’t shown in aps.FieldSet. Default value: “”.

visible boolean

If this property value is set to true, then the widget is visible.

Default value: true.

Public Methods

METHOD

RETURN

DESCRIPTION

addChild (child, insertIndex)

undefined

Makes the given widget a child of this widget

cancel ()

object

Sets the isBusy property to false

destroy ()

undefined

Destroys this widget

focus ()

aps/_container
function

Focusing on the focusNode of the first suitable child

get ()

any

Get a property of the Stateful instance

getChildren ()

array

Returns all direct children of this widget, i

getParents ()

array

Discover and return all parents of the widget

placeAt ()

dijit/_widgetbase
function

Place this widget somewhere in the DOM based on standard dojo/dom-construct::place() conventions

removeAll ()

undefined

Remove all children in the widget

removeChild (widget)

undefined

Removes the passed widget instance from this widget and destroys it

reset ()

undefined

Resets the widget

set ()

object
function

Set a property of the Stateful instance

startup ()

undefined

Gets started after the DOM fragment is added to the document

validate ()

boolean

Called by oninit, onblur, and onkeypress

addChild

Makes the given widget a child of this widget. Inserts specified child widget’s dom node as a child of this widget’s container node and possibly does other processing (such as layout).

Return: undefined

ARGUMENT

TYPE

DESCRIPTION

child

Widget

Child widget

insertIndex

Number
String

Position child in the parent node

cancel

Sets the isBusy property to false.

Return: object

destroy

Destroys this widget. Will also destroy any resources (including widgets) registered via this.own(). This method will also destroy internal widgets such as those created from a template.

Return: undefined

focus

Focusing on the focusNode of the first suitable child

Return: aps/_container function

get

Get a property of the Stateful instance. Get a named property of the Stateful object. The property may potentially be retrieved via a getter method in subclasses.

In the base class, this just retrieves the object’s property.

Return: any

getChildren

Returns all direct children of this widget, i.e. all widgets underneath this.containerNode whose parent is this widget. Note that it returns not all descendetns, but only the direct children. Analogous to Node.childNodes, except containing widgets rather than DOMNodes.

The result intentionally excludes internally created widgets (a.k.a. supporting widgets) outside of this.containerNode.

Note the returned array is a simple array. The application code should not assume existence of methods like forEach().

Return: array

getParents

Discover and return all parents of the widget.

Return: array

placeAt

Place this widget somewhere in the DOM based on standard dojo/dom-construct::place() conventions. A convenience function providing a simple shorthand mechanism to put an existing (or newly created) widget somewhere in the DOM, and allow chaining.

Return: dijit/_widgetbase function

removeAll

Remove all children in the widget.

Return: undefined

removeChild

Removes the passed widget instance from this widget and destroys it. You can also pass in an integer indicating the index within the container to remove (ie, removeChild(5) removes the sixth widget).

Return: undefined

ARGUMENT

TYPE

DESCRIPTION

widget

Widget
int

Child widget or index

reset

Resets the widget.

Return: undefined

set

Set a property of the Stateful instance. Sets named properties of the stateful object and notifies the watchers of the property. A programmatic setter may be defined in subclasses.

Return: object function

startup

Gets started after the DOM fragment is added to the document Called after the widget and its children have been created and added to the page, and all related widgets have finished their create() cycle, up through postCreate().

Note that startup() may be called while the widget is still hidden, for example if the widget is inside a hidden dijit/Dialog or an unselected tab of a dijit/layout/TabContainer. For widgets that need to do layout, it’s best to put that layout code inside resize(), and then extend dijit/layout/_LayoutWidget so that resize() is called when the widget is visible.

Return: undefined

validate

Called by oninit, onblur, and onkeypress. Show missing or invalid messages if appropriate, and highlight textbox field.

Return: boolean

Public Events

EVENT

RETURN

DESCRIPTION

onClick ()

undefined

The method is called when a user clicks on the widget

onClick

The method is called when a user clicks on the widget.