Removing empty spaces

Suite and Optimus Suite 5
#1

Hello!

I have a combo box as a filter. To validate the entries I use onBlur event - I extract the Value of a selected option, and see if such option exists. That works fine. However, if the user selects a correct option, and then accidently creates any white spaces, like via tabbing, etc., the Value is now not returned, since Combo treats white space as a character, and therefore option is not found.

Here is my code:

function onBlurFunc(){
var combotext=z.getComboText();
var value = z.getActualValue();
if( !this.getOption(value)){
MY VALIDATION CODE
}else{}

Is there any way that Combo can not treat white spaces as a character, or that the line “var value = z.getActualValue();” ignores the white spaces?

Thank you a lot!
Anya

#2

Hello,

I think it would be better to consider this case in your code if it is needed.

combo.attachEvent("onBlur", onBlurFunc); function onBlurFunc(){ var combotext=z.getComboText(); var value = z.getActualValue(); if( !this.getOption(value)){ value = value.replace(/(^[ \t]*)|([ \t]*$)/g, ""); if(!this.getOptionByLabel(value)){ // validation } } }

#3

Hello Alexandra!

In my case, value is numeric, so that when users change values in Combo box, this line "
var value = z.getActualValue();" returns a number (index of the option). Therefore it is not possible to run this lines:

var value = z.getActualValue();
if( !this.getOption(value)){
value = value.replace(/(^[ \t])|([ \t]$)/g, “”);

Is this correct that getActualValue returns the index in my case? If yes, how can I deal with empty spaces in this scenario?

Thank you!

#4

I’ve actually trimmed the combotext value:
combotext = combotext.replace(/(^[ \t])|([ \t]$)/g, “”);

And then check if this exists:
if(( !this.getOptionByLabel(combotext)

This seems to work. The only thing I am not sure about - even when I trim combotext, the value of the field is then left not as an index, by as a string. When I tab back to this option, all is corrected and the value is turned back to index. I am not sure at this point what kind of complications I will get later.

#5

Hello,

getActualValue returns either option value (key) or the text in header if there is not an option that corresponds it.

this line “var value = z.getActualValue();” returns a number (index of the option)

There won’t be empty spaces if the value is a number and you should not call replace method for it.

If it is needed you can add a check for value type
if(typeof value == “string”)
value = value.replace(/(^[ \t])|([ \t]$)/g, “”);