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Client Actions Tab |
  
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Client Actions Tab |
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Client Actions are client side events that can be used to trigger Javascript statements or functions.
Client Action Tab
Property Name |
Description |
PostbackOnChange |
Indicates whether the form should perform a postback upon a form value or selection change |
CausesValidation |
Indicates whether inline validation of form fields should occur. This property is only available for the Button element |
OnBlurAction |
Triggers when field element looses focus |
OnFocusAction |
Triggers when field element receives focus |
OnClickAction |
Triggers when field element is clicked upon |
OnDblClickAction |
Triggers when field element is double clicked upon |
OnChangedAction |
Triggers when field element content/value has been changed |
OnKeyPressAction |
Triggers when there is a key press within the area of the field element |
OnKeyDownAction |
Triggers when a key is pressed (at Down state) within the area of the field element. |
OnKeyUpAction |
Triggers when a key is pressed (at Up state) within the area of the field element |
OnMouseOverAction |
Triggers when the mouse cursor is over the area of the field element |
OnMouseMoveAction |
Triggers when the mouse is being moved within the area of the field element |
OnMouseOutAction |
Triggers when the mouse cursor is moved out of the area of the field element |
OnMouseDownAction |
Triggers when a mouse button is clicked (at Down state) within the area of the field element |
OnMouseUpAction |
Triggers when a mouse button is clicked (at Up state) within the area of the field element |
OnSelectAction |
Triggers when a item has been selected, This action is used for list type elements such as Drop Down List, Radio buttons or Check boxes |
When to use Client Actions
Client Actions is typically used when there is a need to call a Javascript function or functions while filling out the form.
For example, a simplest Javascript call could be to attach a Javascript alert statement on the OnBlurAction of a field element
OnBlurAction = alert('Hello World')
Thus when the form is displayed to the user, the field that has the OnBlurAction attached will automatically display a message containing "Hello World" when the field looses focus.
Field ID rendering
When a form element is created, Enterprise Forms automatically generate a 16 character unique ID. This ID can not be referenced directly in Javascript. However, Enterprise Forms 2.3 now supports a fields ID rendering whereby the field ID generated by Enterprise Forms can be automatically converted to an HTML field ID referencing the object in Javascript functions.
To convert a field ID generated by Enterprise Forms to a HTML field object ID simply put a pair curly brackets, {}, around the field ID.
For example: Enterprise Forms generates a field ID as ID1234567890123456
if you wish to have a function that reference the HTML field ID of this field, simple add a pair of curly brackets {}, around the ID as "{ID1234567890123456}". This tell Enterprise Forms to convert the field ID to the correct HTML field ID
Note that the field ID rendering feature can only be applied to the Field Client Actions attributes