Form Model Binding

[4xjbhParticipant]

Is there a way to use the data-adapter to get the data for my attributes from the session and auto populate the controls automatically similar to Laravels form model binding?

[Peter StoevKeymaster]

Hi 4xjbh,

The adapter can be used for getting data from JSON, CSV, TSV, XML or Array data source. You can’t bind it to forms or other things.

Best Regards,
Peter Stoev

jQWidgets Team
http://www.jqwidgets.com/

[4xjbhParticipant]

Can you recommend a good practice for populating form fields after retrieving the data with the adapter if you have a lot of inputs, checkboxes etc (Single record)

Doing the following doesn’t look right…. would using an array and looping thing through inputs, checkboxes, etc be the best way?

$(“#first”).jqxInput().val(record[‘first’]);
$(“#last”).jqxInput().val(record[‘last’]);
$(“#employee”).jqxCheckBox().val(record[‘is_employee’]);
$(“#locked”).jqxCheckBox().val(record[‘locked’]);
$(“#is_client”).jqxCheckBox().val(record[‘is_client’]);
……
…… many more inputs

[Peter StoevKeymaster]

Hi 4xjbh,

$(“#locked”).jqxCheckBox().val is the same as $(“#locked”).val so you don’t have to know what type of widget you have. Just call val. I would probably select all HTML Elements which are in the Form and have jqx-widget CSS class and will loop through them.

Best Regards,
Peter Stoev
jQWidgets Team
http://www.jqwidgets.com/

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