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XForms/Highlight Selected Row
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Motivation
It is very often useful to highlight the selected row. This is done with a xform-repeat-index pseudo element in the style sheet.
CSS
By adding the following to your CSS the selected row will be highlighted in blue:
.xforms-repeat-index {
background-color: blue;
}
Screen Image
This example highlights the background of the selected row.
Image:Xforms-hilight-index.jpg
This example was run using the FormFaces system.
Program Code
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:xf="http://www.w3.org/2002/xforms"
xmlns:ev="http://www.w3.org/2001/xml-events">
<head>
<title>XForms Delete Example</title>
<!-- I used the formfaces system to test this -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="formfaces.js"></script>
<style type="text/css">
* {
font-family: Ariel, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
label, legend {
font-weight: bold;
}
.header {
color: white;
background-color: gray;
font-weight: bold;
padding: 2px;
}
.header {
width: 370px;
}
.leftColumn, .rightColumn {
display: inline;
}
.leftColumn {
margin-left: 10px;
}
.rightColumn {
position: absolute;
left: 0;
margin-left: 150px;
}
fieldset {
width: 380px;
}
.xforms-repeat-index {
background-color: blue;
}
</style>
<xf:model>
<xf:instance>
<PhoneList xmlns="">
<Person>
<Name>Peggy</Name>
<Phone>123</Phone>
</Person>
<Person>
<Name>Dan</Name>
<Phone>456</Phone>
</Person>
<Person>
<Name>John</Name>
<Phone>789</Phone>
</Person>
<Person>
<Name>Sue</Name>
<Phone>234</Phone>
</Person>
<NewPerson>
<Name />
<Phone />
</NewPerson>
<SelectedRow />
</PhoneList>
</xf:instance>
</xf:model>
</head>
<body>
<xf:group nodeset="/PhoneList">
<fieldset>
<legend>Company Phone List</legend>
<div class="header">
<div class="leftColumn">Name</div>
<div class="rightColumn">Phone</div>
</div>
<xf:repeat id="list" nodeset="Person">
<xf:input ref="Name" class="leftColumn"><xf:label></xf:label></xf:input>
<xf:input ref="Phone" class="rightColumn"><xf:label></xf:label></xf:input>
</xf:repeat>
</fieldset>
<fieldset>
<legend>Add New Person</legend>
<xf:input ref="NewPerson/Name">
<xf:label>Name:</xf:label>
</xf:input>
<br />
<xf:input ref="NewPerson/Phone">
<xf:label>Phone:</xf:label>
</xf:input>
<xf:trigger>
<xf:label>Insert After Selected Row</xf:label>
<xf:action ev:event="DOMActivate">
<xf:insert nodeset="Person" at="index('list')" position="after" />
<xf:setvalue ref="Person[index('list')]/Name" value="/PhoneList/NewPerson/Name" />
<xf:setvalue ref="Person[index('list')]/Phone" value="/PhoneList/NewPerson/Phone" />
<xf:setvalue ref="SelectedRow" value="index('list')" />
</xf:action>
</xf:trigger>
</fieldset>
<xf:trigger>
<xf:label>Delete Selected Row</xf:label>
<xf:action ev:event="DOMActivate">
<xf:delete nodeset="Person" at="index('list')" />
</xf:action>
</xf:trigger>
<xf:output ref="SelectedRow">
<xf:label>Selected Row= </xf:label>
</xf:output>
</xf:group>
</body>
</html>
Discussion
Note that this only works when you select a row an click your cursor on the input field. The result is that the value of the index for the selected list will change. This can be used by the functions that add or delete a selected row.
Known bugs
This appears to not be functional under the FireFox extension as of 0.6.
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