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tableModelViewBase

This is a base widget that supports pagination over a model as well as base support for model editing. It is not intended to be used directly. The examples may use a specific derived widget such as grid or a generic "derived-view". See the grid and tableModelView widgets.

Any widget that uses column items to edit a model can benefit from the editing support in this base widget. Even if this base widget isn't used similar logic should be implemented for initializing column items, setting model values from the column items, setting column item values from the model, rendering read only view of model field values, and triggering the apex.event:apexbeginrecordedit and apex.event:apexendrecordedit events.

Since:
  • 5.1

Options

autoAddRecord :boolean

Specifies if a new record should be automatically added when the model doesn't contain any data. If supported by the derived view a new record may be added when moving beyond the last record in the view while editing. Must only be true if the model and view are editable and the model allows adding records.

Type:
  • boolean
Default Value:
  • false
Examples

Initialize the derived-view with the autoAddRecord option specified.

$( ".selector" ).derived-view( {
    autoAddRecord: true
} );

Get or set option autoAddRecord after initialization.

// get
var value = $( ".selector" ).derived-view( "option", "autoAddRecord" );
// set
$( ".selector" ).derived-view( "option", "autoAddRecord", true );

editable :boolean

Determine if the view allows editing. If true the model must also allow editing but if false the model could still allow editing. If true the view data can be edited according to what the model allows. Only applies if the view supports editing.

Type:
  • boolean
Default Value:
  • false
Examples

Initialize the derived-view with the editable option specified.

$( ".selector" ).derived-view( {
    editable: true
} );

Get or set option editable after initialization.

// get
var value = $( ".selector" ).derived-view( "option", "editable" );
// set
$( ".selector" ).derived-view( "option", "editable", true );

Determine if the view will include a footer to show status and pagination controls and information. If true a footer is shown at the bottom of the view. If false no footer is shown.

Type:
  • boolean
Default Value:
  • true
Examples

Initialize the derived-view with the footer option specified.

$( ".selector" ).derived-view( {
    footer: false
} );

Get or set option footer after initialization.

// get
var value = $( ".selector" ).derived-view( "option", "footer" );
// set
$( ".selector" ).derived-view( "option", "footer", false );

hasSize :boolean

This affects scrolling and how any header (if the view has a header) or footer position is handled.

Set to true if the view is in a container that has a specific height defined. When hasSize is true the record content will scroll within the bounds of the region.

Set to false if the view does not have a defined height. The view height will be as large as needed to contain the view records as determined by pagination settings. The view may scroll within the browser window. Other options may control if the header (if the view has a header) or footer sticks to the window.

The container width must always be defined.

Type:
  • boolean
Default Value:
  • false
Example

Initialize the derived-view with the hasSize option specified.

$( ".selector" ).derived-view( {
    hasSize: true
} );

hideDeletedRows :boolean

Determine if deleted rows (records) are removed from the view right away or shown with a visual effect to indicate they are going to be deleted. If true (and the view is editable) deleted records will not be visible, otherwise they are visible but have a visual indication that they are deleted. The actual records are not deleted on the server until the model is saved. The visual effect is determined by CSS rules and is typically strike through. See also apex.model.create onlyMarkForDelete option.

Type:
  • boolean
Default Value:
  • false
Examples

Initialize the derived-view with the hideDeletedRows option specified.

$( ".selector" ).derived-view( {
    hideDeletedRows: true
} );

Get or set option hideDeletedRows after initialization.

// get
var value = $( ".selector" ).derived-view( "option", "hideDeletedRows" );
// set
$( ".selector" ).derived-view( "option", "hideDeletedRows", true );

hideEmptyFooter :boolean

Hide the footer if there is no data. This only applies if footer is true.

Type:
  • boolean
Default Value:
  • false
Examples

Initialize the derived-view with the hideEmptyFooter option specified.

$( ".selector" ).derived-view( {
    hideEmptyFooter: true
} );

Get or set option hideEmptyFooter after initialization.

// get
var value = $( ".selector" ).derived-view( "option", "hideEmptyFooter" );
// set
$( ".selector" ).derived-view( "option", "hideEmptyFooter", true );

highlights :object

Defines highlight color information for the view. Only applies to views that support highlighting. Style rules are injected into the document based on the highlight object.

The object is a mapping of highlight id to color definition.

Type:
  • object
Properties:
Name Type Description
* object A highlight ID. A unique ID for the highlight rule. The object can contain any number of highlight rules. The model record or field highlight metadata (see model.RecordMetadata) is used to associate the model data with the highlight rule. One of color or background must be given.
Properties
Name Type Attributes Description
seq number A number that defines the order of the CSS rule that is added.
row boolean If true the highlight applies to the record/row.
color string <nullable>
The foreground color. If given, must be a valid CSS color value.
background string <nullable>
The background color. If given, must be a valid CSS color value.
cssClass string <nullable>
The class name for the rule. This is the class used in the rule and given to the appropriate element in the view so that the desired highlight colors are applied. The cssClass defaults to the highlight id prefixed with "hlr_" if row is true and "hlc_" otherwise.
Examples

Initialize the derived-view with the highlights option specified.

$( ".selector" ).derived-view( {
    highlights: {
        "hlid0001": {
            seq: 1,
            row: true,
            color: "#FF7755"
        },
        ...
    }
} );

Get or set option highlights after initialization.

// get
var value = $( ".selector" ).derived-view( "option", "highlights" );
// set
$( ".selector" ).derived-view( "option", "highlights", {...} );

modelName :string

Name of model that this view widget will display data from. Can include an instance as well. The model must already exist. This option is required. See apex.model.create modelId argument.

Type:
  • string
Examples

Initialize the derived-view with the modelName option specified.

$( ".selector" ).derived-view( {
    modelName: [ "myModel", "1011" ]
} );

Get or set option modelName after initialization.

// get
var value = $( ".selector" ).derived-view( "option", "modelName" );
// set
$( ".selector" ).derived-view( "option", "modelName", "myModel" );

noDataIcon :string

Icon to display when there is no data. The icon is displayed above the noDataMessage text.

Type:
  • string
Default Value:
  • "icon-irr-no-results"
Examples

Initialize the derived-view with the noDataIcon option specified.

$( ".selector" ).derived-view( {
    noDataIcon: "fa fa-warning"
} );

Get or set option noDataIcon after initialization.

// get
var value = $( ".selector" ).derived-view( "option", "noDataIcon" );
// set
$( ".selector" ).derived-view( "option", "noDataIcon", "fa fa-warning" );

noDataMessage :string

Text to display when there is no data.

Type:
  • string
Examples

Initialize the derived-view with the noDataMessage option specified.

$( ".selector" ).derived-view( {
    noDataMessage: "No employees found."
} );

Get or set option noDataMessage after initialization.

// get
var value = $( ".selector" ).derived-view( "option", "noDataMessage" );
// set
$( ".selector" ).derived-view( "option", "noDataMessage", "No records found." );

pagination :object

Pagination settings.

Type:
  • object
Properties:
Name Type Description
scroll boolean If true the scroll bar is used to page through the results a.k.a infinite scrolling or virtual paging. If false then next and previous buttons are shown. Default is false.
loadMore boolean If true show a load more button rather than auto paging. Only applies if scroll is true and the model doesn't know the total rows. Default is false.
showPageLinks boolean If true show page links between buttons. Only applies if scroll is false The model must know the total number of rows for this to be true. Default is false.
maxLinks number The maximum number of links to show when showPageLinks is true. Default is 5.
showPageSelector boolean If true show a drop down page selector between the buttons. Only applies if scroll is false. The model must know the total number of rows for this to be true. Default is false.
showRange boolean If true the range of rows/records is shown. It is shown between the buttons unless showPageLinks or showPageSelector is true. The range is shown as "X to Y" if the model doesn't know the total rows and "X to Y of Z" if the model does know the total number of rows. Default is true.
firstAndLastButtons boolean Only applies if scroll is false. If true first and last buttons are included. For this to be true the model must know the total number of rows.
hideSinglePage boolean Only applies if scroll is false. When true and there is just one page of results the pagination controls are hidden. When false the pagination controls are disabled when there is just one page. The default is false.
Examples

Initialize the derived-view with the pagination option specified.

$( ".selector" ).derived-view( {
    pagination: {
        scroll: false,
        showRange: true,
        showPageLinks: true,
        maxLinks: 6,
        firstAndLastButtons: true
    }
 
} );

Get or set option pagination after initialization.

// get
var value = $( ".selector" ).derived-view( "option", "pagination" );
// set
$( ".selector" ).derived-view( "option", "pagination", {...} );

progressOptions :object

Options object to pass to apex.util.showSpinner. The default depends on the hasSize option.

Type:
  • object
Default Value:
  • { fixed: !options.hasSize }
Examples

Initialize the derived-view with the progressOptions option specified.

$( ".selector" ).derived-view( {
    progressOptions: null
} );

Get or set option progressOptions after initialization.

// get
var value = $( ".selector" ).derived-view( "option", "progressOptions" );
// set
$( ".selector" ).derived-view( "option", "progressOptions", null );

rowsPerPage :number|null

Determine how many rows to show in one page. Only applies if pagination.scroll is false, otherwise this value is ignored. If null this value is determined by the viewport height

Type:
  • number | null
Default Value:
  • null
Examples

Initialize the derived-view with the rowsPerPage option specified.

$( ".selector" ).derived-view( {
    rowsPerPage: 50
} );

Get or set option rowsPerPage after initialization.

// get
var value = $( ".selector" ).derived-view( "option", "rowsPerPage" );
// set
$( ".selector" ).derived-view( "option", "rowsPerPage", 50 );

selectionStatusMessageKey :string

The text message key to use for showing the number of selected rows/records in the footer. The message key must have exactly one parameter %0 which is replaced with the number of rows/records selected.

Type:
  • string
Default Value:
  • "APEX.GV.SELECTION_COUNT"
Examples

Initialize the derived-view with the selectionStatusMessageKey option specified.

$( ".selector" ).derived-view( {
    selectionStatusMessageKey: "MY_SELECTION_MESSAGE"
} );

Get or set option selectionStatusMessageKey after initialization.

// get
var value = $( ".selector" ).derived-view( "option", "selectionStatusMessageKey" );
// set
$( ".selector" ).derived-view( "option", "selectionStatusMessageKey", "MY_SELECTION_MESSAGE" );

Determine if the footer will stick to the bottom of the page. Only applies if hasSize is false and footer is true. If false the footer will not stick to the bottom of the page. If true the footer will stick to the bottom of the page.

Type:
  • boolean
Default Value:
  • false
Examples

Initialize the derived-view with the stickyFooter option specified.

$( ".selector" ).derived-view( {
    stickyFooter: true
} );

Get or set option stickyFooter after initialization.

// get
var value = $( ".selector" ).derived-view( "option", "stickyFooter" );
// set
$( ".selector" ).derived-view( "option", "stickyFooter", true );

Methods

finishEditing() → {Promise}

This method makes sure that the model is up to date with all current edits. While the active row is being edited it may at times be out of sync with the model.

Any code that wants to interact with the model should call this method to make sure the view and model are in sync and then interact with the model when the returned promise is resolved. You must still check for changes in the model. Just because the promise is resolved doesn't mean there where or are any changes.

Note: This does not affect any edit mode.

Returns:
A promise that is resolved when the model has been synchronized with the view.
Type
Promise
Example

The following function saves the grid view model for the Interactive Grid region given by static id igRegion. This shows how finishEditing is used but it is generally much better to use the built-in Interactive Grid "save" action.

function doSave( igRegion ) {
    var p, finished,
        grid = apex.region( igRegion ).call( "getViews" ).grid;

    finished = grid.view$.grid( "finishEditing" );
    finished.done( function() {
        // now the model has all the current changes from the view
        p = apex.model.save( null, null, grid.modelName, true );
        p.done( function( data ) {
            // do something after save completes
        } );
    } );
}

firstPage() → {boolean}

Display the first page of records. If option pagination.scroll is true simply scrolls to the top of the viewport and a new page of records is added if needed. If pagination.scroll is false and not already on the first page the view is refreshed and shows the first page.

Returns:
true for success, false if a page is currently being rendered.
Type
boolean
Example

This example goes to the first page.

$( ".selector" ).grid( "firstPage" );

getActiveRecord() → {model.Record}

Returns the active record or null if there is no active record. The active record is the one currently being edited.

Returns:
Active record.
Type
model.Record

getActiveRecordId() → {string}

Returns the identity of the active record or null if there is no active record. The active record is the one currently being edited.

Returns:
Active record id.
Type
string

gotoPage(pPageNumber) → {boolean}

Go to the specified page number. This should only be used when pagination.scroll is false and the model knows the total number of records.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
pPageNumber zero based page number
Returns:
true for success, false if a page is currently being rendered.
Type
boolean

lastPage() → {boolean}

Display the last page of records. If pagination.scroll is true simply scrolls to the bottom of the viewport and a new page of records is added if needed. If pagination.scroll is false and not already on the last page the view is refreshed and shows the last page. This method only works correctly if the model knows the total number of rows.

Returns:
true for success, false if a page is currently being rendered.
Type
boolean
Example

This example goes to the last page.

$( ".selector" ).grid( "lastPage" );

loadMore() → {boolean}

Load more records into the view. If pagination.scroll is true this adds a new page of records to the end. If pagination.scroll is false this is the same as nextPage. This is intended to be used when pagination.loadMore is true.

Returns:
true for success, false if a page is currently being rendered.
Type
boolean

lockActive()

Call to lock the active row while async processing is in progress.

The view edits one row/record at a time. This is known as the active row. In edit mode as the user changes the focused cell with the mouse, tab or enter keys if the new cell is on a different row the previous row is deactivated and the new row is activated. Any dynamic actions or other code that manipulates Column items are acting on the active row. If any actions are asynchronous such as using Ajax to set a column item value then the row must not be deactivated while the async action is in progress otherwise the result would be applied to the wrong row!

So this method must be called before starting an async operation. It can be called multiple times if there are multiple async operations. For each call to lockActive there must be exactly one call to unlockActive. See also See tableModelViewBase#unlockActive

If the view is part of an APEX region plugin, that region should implement the beforeAsync and afterAsync functions on the object returned from region#getSessionState by calling lockActive and unlockActive respectively. Then if an appropriate target option is passed to apex.server.plugin then the locking will be done automatically. Dynamic Actions that act on column items pass the correct target option. The bottom line is that for Dynamic Actions on columns of an Interactive Grid these lock/unlock methods are called automatically.

Example

See grid#setActiveRecordValue for an example.

nextPage() → {boolean}

Display the next page of records. If pagination.scroll is true the viewport scrolls down one page and records are added if needed. If pagination.scroll is false and not on the last page refresh the view to show the next page.

Returns:
true for success, false if a page is currently being rendered.
Type
boolean
Example

This example goes to the next page.

$( ".selector" ).grid( "nextPage" );

previousPage() → {boolean}

Display the previous page of records. If pagination.scroll is true the viewport scrolls up one page and records are added if needed. If pagination.scroll is false and not on the first page refresh the view to show the previous page.

Returns:
true for success, false if a page is currently being rendered.
Type
boolean
Example

This example goes to the previous page.

$( ".selector" ).grid( "previousPage" );

setActiveRecordValue(pColumn)

Use after a column item value is set without triggering a change event to update the model and grid view. Has no effect if there is no active record.

When a dynamic action or other event handler on a change event updates the value of the same item that triggered the change event, the change event from setting the value should be suppressed to avoid an infinite loop. However the model is only updated from a change event. This method offers a solution to the model not being updated if the value is set asynchronously. Call this method anytime a column item is updated and the change event is suppressed.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
pColumn string The name of the column.
Example

This example updates the "SALARY" column, which has static id "C_SALARY", in interactive grid with static id "MyGrid", to add 10 to whatever the user enters. setTimeout is used to simulate an async value update. The active row must be locked around the async update.

var salary = apex.item( "C_SALARY" );
$( salary.node ).change( function( event ) {
    // assume the current view is grid and not single row view.
    var grid$ = apex.region( "MyGrid" ).call( "getCurrentView" ).view$;
    grid$.grid("lockActive");
    setTimeout( function() {
        // suppress this change otherwise this handler will be triggered again
        salary.setValue( parseFloat( salary.getValue() ) + 10, null, true );
        // suppressing the value means the grid model is not updated so call setActiveRecordValue
        grid$.grid( "setActiveRecordValue", "SALARY" )
            .grid( "unlockActive" );
    }, 10 ):
} );

unlockActive()

Call to unlock the active row after async processing is complete.

Call after the async operation completes. See tableModelViewBase#lockActive for more information.

Example

See grid#setActiveRecordValue for an example.