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  • December 18, 2012 at 5:36 pm Text value #12526

    nosn
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    Is there a way to grab the text value of the input box ( I.e. user typed in input instead of selecting an item )?

    thanks,
    nosn

    December 19, 2012 at 6:59 am Text value #12551

    Dimitar
    Participant

    Hello nosn,

    Here is how to get the value in the input:

    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
    <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
    <head>
        <meta name="keywords" content="jQuery ComboBox, List, ListBox, Popup List, jqxComboBox, jqxListBox, List Widget, ListBox Widget, DropDownList Widget" />
        <meta name="description" content="The jqxComboBox in this demo is populated with items and show
            how to display image next to each item." />
        <title id='Description'>The jqxComboBox represents a widget that contains a list of
            selectable items displayed in a drop-down. Users can enter information in the text
            box portion and search for a specific item. The widget comes with built-in auto-complete
            support.</title>
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css" type="text/css" />
        <script type="text/javascript" src="../../scripts/gettheme.js"></script>
        <script type="text/javascript" src="../../scripts/jquery-1.8.2.min.js"></script>
        <script type="text/javascript" src="../../jqwidgets/jqxcore.js"></script>
        <script type="text/javascript" src="../../jqwidgets/jqxbuttons.js"></script>
        <script type="text/javascript" src="../../jqwidgets/jqxscrollbar.js"></script>
        <script type="text/javascript" src="../../jqwidgets/jqxlistbox.js"></script>
        <script type="text/javascript" src="../../jqwidgets/jqxcombobox.js"></script>
    </head>
    <body>
        <div id='content'>
            <script type="text/javascript">
                $(document).ready(function () {
                    var theme = getTheme();
                    var source = new Array();
                    for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
                        var movie = 'avatar.png';
                        var title = 'Avatar';
                        var year = 2009;
                        switch (i) {
                            case 1:
                                movie = 'endgame.png';
                                title = 'End Game';
                                year = 2006;
                                break;
                            case 2:
                                movie = 'priest.png';
                                title = 'Priest';
                                year = 2011;
                                break;
                            case 3:
                                movie = 'unknown.png';
                                title = 'Unknown';
                                year = 2011;
                                break;
                            case 4:
                                movie = 'unstoppable.png';
                                title = 'Unstoppable';
                                year = 2010;
                                break;
                            case 5:
                                movie = 'twilight.png';
                                title = 'Twilight';
                                year = 2008;
                                break;
                            case 6:
                                movie = 'kungfupanda.png';
                                title = 'Kung Fu Panda';
                                year = 2008;
                                break;
                            case 7:
                                movie = 'knockout.png';
                                title = 'Knockout';
                                year = 2011
                                break;
                            case 8:
                                movie = 'theplane.png';
                                title = 'The Plane';
                                year = 2010;
                                break;
                            case 9:
                                movie = 'bigdaddy.png';
                                title = 'Big Daddy';
                                year = 1999;
                                break;
                        }
                        var html = "<div style='padding: 0px; margin: 0px; height: 95px; float: left;'><img width='60' style='float: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 15px;' src='../../images/" + movie + "'/><div style='margin-top: 10px; font-size: 13px;'>"
                    + "<b>Title</b><div>" + title + "</div><div style='margin-top: 10px;'><b>Year</b><div>" + year.toString() + "</div></div></div>";
                        source[i] = { html: html, title: title };
                    }
                    // Create a jqxComboBox
                    $("#jqxWidget").jqxComboBox({ source: source, selectedIndex: 0, width: '250', height: '25px', theme: theme });
                    // alerts the value in the widget's input
                    $("#getValueButton").click(function () {
                        var value = $("#jqxWidget input").val();
                        alert(value);
                    });
                });
            </script>
            <div id='jqxWidget'>
            </div>
            <button id="getValueButton">
                Get value</button>
        </div>
    </body>
    </html>

    Best Regards,
    Dimitar

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

    December 19, 2012 at 3:30 pm Text value #12600

    nosn
    Participant

    Thank you. That answered my question.

    -nosn

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