Radio Button Validation in Grid

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#1

I have a row of radio buttons that are created in the xml


<row>
  <cell></cell>
  <cell type="ra_str" name="week1"></cell>
  <cell type="ra_str" name="week1"></cell>
  <cell type="ra_str" name="week1"></cell>
  <cell type="ra_str" name="week1"></cell>
  <cell type="ra_str" name="week1"></cell>
  <cell image="../../images/date.gif"></cell>
</row>

I need to make sure that the user selects a radio value. Is there built in validation for radio buttons? I have not found that in the documentation. I’ve seen ways to set the validation for a column or by individual cell. Is there a way to validate by row? The examples I’ve seen with custom validation all works with columns.

Thanks

#2

There is no such validation logic, but you can attach custom handler to some event
( onBeforeUpdate event of dataprocessor for example ) and check is some radio was checked from it

#3

Thank you for the reply. I did create a custom validation that loops thru the rows and takes the values from the radio button columns, storing them in a temp array. The value returned for the radio buttons is 0 (unchecked) or 1 (checked) so I check each row to see if there is a checked radio from the values stored in the temp array. If a radio is not selected, I mark the row with a different color background and do not allow the form to submit.

I’ve included my code here to help others who may have a similar need. Mine is a treegrid with the children holding the radio buttons.

function validateRadio(){
			// find each row that has more than 1 child
			mygrid2.forEachRow(function(id){
				// clear backgrounds
				mygrid2.setRowColor(id,"");
				if(mygrid2.hasChildren(id)>1){
					// get the child's id
					var test = mygrid2.getChildItemIdByIndex(id,0);
					var tempArray = [];
					// get the cell value for that child col 1-5 and push in to tempArray
					for(var i=1; i<6; i++){
						var val = mygrid2.cellById(test,i).getValue();
						tempArray.push(val);
					}
					// test if value of 1 is in tempArray
					if(1 in oc(tempArray)){
						// passed validation
						mygrid2.setRowColor(id,"");
					} else {
						// failed validation
						mygrid2.setRowColor(id,"#eeb4b4");
					}
					
				}
			});
		}
		// test for value in array (used in validateRadio to find if cell value set to 1)
		function oc(a){
			var o = {};
			for(var i=0; i<a.length; i++){
				o[a[i]] = ''
			}
			return o;
		}