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/*
A jQuery edit in place plugin
Version 2.3.0
Authors:
Dave Hauenstein
Martin Häcker <spamfaenger [at] gmx [dot] de>
Project home:
http://code.google.com/p/jquery-in-place-editor/
Patches with tests welcomed! For guidance see the tests </spec/unit/>. To submit, attach them to the bug tracker.
License:
This source file is subject to the BSD license bundled with this package.
Available online: {@link http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php}
If you did not receive a copy of the license, and are unable to obtain it,
learn to use a search engine.
*/
(function($){
$.fn.editInPlace = function(options) {
var settings = $.extend({}, $.fn.editInPlace.defaults, options);
assertMandatorySettingsArePresent(settings);
preloadImage(settings.saving_image);
return this.each(function() {
var dom = $(this);
// This won't work with live queries as there is no specific element to attach this
// one way to deal with this could be to store a reference to self and then compare that in click?
if (dom.data('editInPlace'))
return; // already an editor here
dom.data('editInPlace', true);
new InlineEditor(settings, dom).init();
});
};
/// Switch these through the dictionary argument to $(aSelector).editInPlace(overideOptions)
/// Required Options: Either url or callback, so the editor knows what to do with the edited values.
$.fn.editInPlace.defaults = {
url: "", // string: POST URL to send edited content
bg_over: "#ffc", // string: background color of hover of unactivated editor
bg_out: "transparent", // string: background color on restore from hover
hover_class: "", // string: class added to root element during hover. Will override bg_over and bg_out
show_buttons: false, // boolean: will show the buttons: cancel or save; will automatically cancel out the onBlur functionality
save_button: '<button class="inplace_save">Save</button>', // string: image button tag to use as “Save” button
cancel_button: '<button class="inplace_cancel">Cancel</button>', // string: image button tag to use as “Cancel” button
params: "", // string: example: first_name=dave&last_name=hauenstein extra paramters sent via the post request to the server
field_type: "text", // string: "text", "textarea", or "select"; The type of form field that will appear on instantiation
default_text: "(Click here to add text)", // string: text to show up if the element that has this functionality is empty
use_html: false, // boolean, set to true if the editor should use jQuery.fn.html() to extract the value to show from the dom node
textarea_rows: 10, // integer: set rows attribute of textarea, if field_type is set to textarea. Use CSS if possible though
textarea_cols: 25, // integer: set cols attribute of textarea, if field_type is set to textarea. Use CSS if possible though
select_text: "Choose new value", // string: default text to show up in select box
select_options: "", // string or array: Used if field_type is set to 'select'. Can be comma delimited list of options 'textandValue,text:value', Array of options ['textAndValue', 'text:value'] or array of arrays ['textAndValue', ['text', 'value']]. The last form is especially usefull if your labels or values contain colons)
text_size: null, // integer: set cols attribute of text input, if field_type is set to text. Use CSS if possible though
// Specifying callback_skip_dom_reset will disable all saving_* options
saving_text: undefined, // string: text to be used when server is saving information. Example "Saving..."
saving_image: "", // string: uses saving text specify an image location instead of text while server is saving
saving_animation_color: 'transparent', // hex color string, will be the color the pulsing animation during the save pulses to. Note: Only works if jquery-ui is loaded
value_required: false, // boolean: if set to true, the element will not be saved unless a value is entered
element_id: "element_id", // string: name of parameter holding the id or the editable
update_value: "update_value", // string: name of parameter holding the updated/edited value
original_value: 'original_value', // string: name of parameter holding the updated/edited value
original_html: "original_html", // string: name of parameter holding original_html value of the editable /* DEPRECATED in 2.2.0 */ use original_value instead.
save_if_nothing_changed: false, // boolean: submit to function or server even if the user did not change anything
on_blur: "save", // string: "save" or null; what to do on blur; will be overridden if show_buttons is true
cancel: "", // string: if not empty, a jquery selector for elements that will not cause the editor to open even though they are clicked. E.g. if you have extra buttons inside editable fields
// All callbacks will have this set to the DOM node of the editor that triggered the callback
callback: null, // function: function to be called when editing is complete; cancels ajax submission to the url param. Prototype: function(idOfEditor, enteredText, orinalHTMLContent, settingsParams, callbacks). The function needs to return the value that should be shown in the dom. Returning undefined means cancel and will restore the dom and trigger an error. callbacks is a dictionary with two functions didStartSaving and didEndSaving() that you can use to tell the inline editor that it should start and stop any saving animations it has configured. /* DEPRECATED in 2.1.0 */ Parameter idOfEditor, use $(this).attr('id') instead
callback_skip_dom_reset: false, // boolean: set this to true if the callback should handle replacing the editor with the new value to show
success: null, // function: this function gets called if server responds with a success. Prototype: function(newEditorContentString)
error: null, // function: this function gets called if server responds with an error. Prototype: function(request)
error_sink: function(idOfEditor, errorString) { alert(errorString); }, // function: gets id of the editor and the error. Make sure the editor has an id, or it will just be undefined. If set to null, no error will be reported. /* DEPRECATED in 2.1.0 */ Parameter idOfEditor, use $(this).attr('id') instead
preinit: null, // function: this function gets called after a click on an editable element but before the editor opens. If you return false, the inline editor will not open. Prototype: function(currentDomNode). DEPRECATED in 2.2.0 use delegate shouldOpenEditInPlace call instead
postclose: null, // function: this function gets called after the inline editor has closed and all values are updated. Prototype: function(currentDomNode). DEPRECATED in 2.2.0 use delegate didCloseEditInPlace call instead
delegate: null // object: if it has methods with the name of the callbacks documented below in delegateExample these will be called. This means that you just need to impelment the callbacks you are interested in.
};
// Lifecycle events that the delegate can implement
// this will always be fixed to the delegate
var delegateExample = {
// called while opening the editor.
// return false to prevent editor from opening
shouldOpenEditInPlace: function(aDOMNode, aSettingsDict, triggeringEvent) {},
// return content to show in inplace editor
willOpenEditInPlace: function(aDOMNode, aSettingsDict) {},
didOpenEditInPlace: function(aDOMNode, aSettingsDict) {},
// called while closing the editor
// return false to prevent the editor from closing
shouldCloseEditInPlace: function(aDOMNode, aSettingsDict, triggeringEvent) {},
// return value will be shown during saving
willCloseEditInPlace: function(aDOMNode, aSettingsDict) {},
didCloseEditInPlace: function(aDOMNode, aSettingsDict) {},
missingCommaErrorPreventer:''
};
function InlineEditor(settings, dom) {
this.settings = settings;
this.dom = dom;
this.originalValue = null;
this.didInsertDefaultText = false;
this.shouldDelayReinit = false;
};
$.extend(InlineEditor.prototype, {
init: function() {
this.setDefaultTextIfNeccessary();
this.connectOpeningEvents();
},
reinit: function() {
if (this.shouldDelayReinit)
return;
this.triggerCallback(this.settings.postclose, /* DEPRECATED in 2.1.0 */ this.dom);
this.triggerDelegateCall('didCloseEditInPlace');
this.markEditorAsInactive();
this.connectOpeningEvents();
},
setDefaultTextIfNeccessary: function() {
if('' !== this.dom.html())
return;
this.dom.html(this.settings.default_text);
this.didInsertDefaultText = true;
},
connectOpeningEvents: function() {
var that = this;
this.dom
.bind('mouseenter.editInPlace', function(){ that.addHoverEffect(); })
.bind('mouseleave.editInPlace', function(){ that.removeHoverEffect(); })
.bind('click.editInPlace', function(anEvent){ that.openEditor(anEvent); });
},
disconnectOpeningEvents: function() {
// prevent re-opening the editor when it is already open
this.dom.unbind('.editInPlace');
},
addHoverEffect: function() {
if (this.settings.hover_class)
this.dom.addClass(this.settings.hover_class);
else
this.dom.css("background-color", this.settings.bg_over);
},
removeHoverEffect: function() {
if (this.settings.hover_class)
this.dom.removeClass(this.settings.hover_class);
else
this.dom.css("background-color", this.settings.bg_out);
},
openEditor: function(anEvent) {
if ( ! this.shouldOpenEditor(anEvent))
return;
this.disconnectOpeningEvents();
this.removeHoverEffect();
this.removeInsertedDefaultTextIfNeccessary();
this.saveOriginalValue();
this.markEditorAsActive();
this.replaceContentWithEditor();
this.setInitialValue();
this.workAroundMissingBlurBug();
this.connectClosingEventsToEditor();
this.triggerDelegateCall('didOpenEditInPlace');
},
shouldOpenEditor: function(anEvent) {
if (this.isClickedObjectCancelled(anEvent.target))
return false;
if (false === this.triggerCallback(this.settings.preinit, /* DEPRECATED in 2.1.0 */ this.dom))
return false;
if (false === this.triggerDelegateCall('shouldOpenEditInPlace', true, anEvent))
return false;
return true;
},
removeInsertedDefaultTextIfNeccessary: function() {
if ( ! this.didInsertDefaultText
|| this.dom.html() !== this.settings.default_text)
return;
this.dom.html('');
this.didInsertDefaultText = false;
},
isClickedObjectCancelled: function(eventTarget) {
if ( ! this.settings.cancel)
return false;
var eventTargetAndParents = $(eventTarget).parents().andSelf();
var elementsMatchingCancelSelector = eventTargetAndParents.filter(this.settings.cancel);
return 0 !== elementsMatchingCancelSelector.length;
},
saveOriginalValue: function() {
if (this.settings.use_html)
this.originalValue = this.dom.html();
else
this.originalValue = trim(this.dom.text());
},
restoreOriginalValue: function() {
this.setClosedEditorContent(this.originalValue);
},
setClosedEditorContent: function(aValue) {
if (this.settings.use_html)
this.dom.html(aValue);
else
this.dom.text(aValue);
},
workAroundMissingBlurBug: function() {
// Strangely, all browser will forget to send a blur event to an input element
// when another one is created and selected programmatically. (at least under some circumstances).
// This means that if another inline editor is opened, existing inline editors will _not_ close
// if they are configured to submit when blurred.
// Using parents() instead document as base to workaround the fact that in the unittests
// the editor is not a child of window.document but of a document fragment
var ourInput = this.dom.find(':input');
this.dom.parents(':last').find('.editInPlace-active :input').not(ourInput).blur();
},
replaceContentWithEditor: function() {
var buttons_html = (this.settings.show_buttons) ? this.settings.save_button + ' ' + this.settings.cancel_button : '';
var editorElement = this.createEditorElement(); // needs to happen before anything is replaced
/* insert the new in place form after the element they click, then empty out the original element */
this.dom.html('<form class="inplace_form" style="display: inline; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></form>')
.find('form')
.append(editorElement)
.append(buttons_html);
},
createEditorElement: function() {
if (-1 === $.inArray(this.settings.field_type, ['text', 'textarea', 'select']))
throw "Unknown field_type <fnord>, supported are 'text', 'textarea' and 'select'";
var editor = null;
if ("select" === this.settings.field_type)
editor = this.createSelectEditor();
else if ("text" === this.settings.field_type)
editor = $('<input type="text" ' + this.inputNameAndClass()
+ ' size="' + this.settings.text_size + '" />');
else if ("textarea" === this.settings.field_type)
editor = $('<textarea ' + this.inputNameAndClass()
+ ' rows="' + this.settings.textarea_rows + '" '
+ ' cols="' + this.settings.textarea_cols + '" />');
return editor;
},
setInitialValue: function() {
var initialValue = this.triggerDelegateCall('willOpenEditInPlace', this.originalValue);
var editor = this.dom.find(':input');
editor.val(initialValue);
// Workaround for select fields which don't contain the original value.
// Somehow the browsers don't like to select the instructional choice (disabled) in that case
if (editor.val() !== initialValue)
editor.val(''); // selects instructional choice
},
inputNameAndClass: function() {
return ' name="inplace_value" class="inplace_field" ';
},
createSelectEditor: function() {
var editor = $('<select' + this.inputNameAndClass() + '>'
+ '<option disabled="true" value="">' + this.settings.select_text + '</option>'
+ '</select>');
var optionsArray = this.settings.select_options;
if ( ! $.isArray(optionsArray))
optionsArray = optionsArray.split(',');
for (var i=0; i<optionsArray.length; i++) {
var currentTextAndValue = optionsArray[i];
if ( ! $.isArray(currentTextAndValue))
currentTextAndValue = currentTextAndValue.split(':');
var value = trim(currentTextAndValue[1] || currentTextAndValue[0]);
var text = trim(currentTextAndValue[0]);
var option = $('<option>').val(value).text(text);
editor.append(option);
}
return editor;
},
connectClosingEventsToEditor: function() {
var that = this;
function cancelEditorAction(anEvent) {
that.handleCancelEditor(anEvent);
return false; // stop event bubbling
}
function saveEditorAction(anEvent) {
that.handleSaveEditor(anEvent);
return false; // stop event bubbling
}
var form = this.dom.find("form");
form.find(".inplace_field").focus().select();
form.find(".inplace_cancel").click(cancelEditorAction);
form.find(".inplace_save").click(saveEditorAction);
if ( ! this.settings.show_buttons) {
// TODO: Firefox has a bug where blur is not reliably called when focus is lost
// (for example by another editor appearing)
if ("save" === this.settings.on_blur)
form.find(".inplace_field").blur(saveEditorAction);
else
form.find(".inplace_field").blur(cancelEditorAction);
// workaround for msie & firefox bug where it won't submit on enter if no button is shown
if ($.browser.mozilla || $.browser.msie)
this.bindSubmitOnEnterInInput();
}
form.keyup(function(anEvent) {
// allow canceling with escape
var escape = 27;
if (escape === anEvent.which)
return cancelEditorAction();
});
// workaround for webkit nightlies where they won't submit at all on enter
// REFACT: find a way to just target the nightlies
if ($.browser.safari)
this.bindSubmitOnEnterInInput();
form.submit(saveEditorAction);
},
bindSubmitOnEnterInInput: function() {
if ('textarea' === this.settings.field_type)
return; // can't enter newlines otherwise
var that = this;
this.dom.find(':input').keyup(function(event) {
var enter = 13;
if (enter === event.which)
return that.dom.find('form').submit();
});
},
handleCancelEditor: function(anEvent) {
// REFACT: remove duplication between save and cancel
if (false === this.triggerDelegateCall('shouldCloseEditInPlace', true, anEvent))
return;
var enteredText = this.dom.find(':input').val();
enteredText = this.triggerDelegateCall('willCloseEditInPlace', enteredText);
this.restoreOriginalValue();
if (hasContent(enteredText)
&& ! this.isDisabledDefaultSelectChoice())
this.setClosedEditorContent(enteredText);
this.reinit();
},
handleSaveEditor: function(anEvent) {
if (false === this.triggerDelegateCall('shouldCloseEditInPlace', true, anEvent))
return;
var enteredText = this.dom.find(':input').val();
enteredText = this.triggerDelegateCall('willCloseEditInPlace', enteredText);
if (this.isDisabledDefaultSelectChoice()
|| this.isUnchangedInput(enteredText)) {
this.handleCancelEditor(anEvent);
return;
}
if (this.didForgetRequiredText(enteredText)) {
this.handleCancelEditor(anEvent);
this.reportError("Error: You must enter a value to save this field");
return;
}
this.showSaving(enteredText);
if (this.settings.callback)
this.handleSubmitToCallback(enteredText);
else
this.handleSubmitToServer(enteredText);
},
didForgetRequiredText: function(enteredText) {
return this.settings.value_required
&& ("" === enteredText
|| undefined === enteredText
|| null === enteredText);
},
isDisabledDefaultSelectChoice: function() {
return this.dom.find('option').eq(0).is(':selected:disabled');
},
isUnchangedInput: function(enteredText) {
return ! this.settings.save_if_nothing_changed
&& this.originalValue === enteredText;
},
showSaving: function(enteredText) {
if (this.settings.callback && this.settings.callback_skip_dom_reset)
return;
var savingMessage = enteredText;
if (hasContent(this.settings.saving_text))
savingMessage = this.settings.saving_text;
if(hasContent(this.settings.saving_image))
// REFACT: alt should be the configured saving message
savingMessage = $('<img />').attr('src', this.settings.saving_image).attr('alt', savingMessage);
this.dom.html(savingMessage);
},
handleSubmitToCallback: function(enteredText) {
// REFACT: consider to encode enteredText and originalHTML before giving it to the callback
this.enableOrDisableAnimationCallbacks(true, false);
var newHTML = this.triggerCallback(this.settings.callback, /* DEPRECATED in 2.1.0 */ this.id(), enteredText, this.originalValue,
this.settings.params, this.savingAnimationCallbacks());
if (this.settings.callback_skip_dom_reset)
; // do nothing
else if (undefined === newHTML) {
// failure; put original back
this.reportError("Error: Failed to save value: " + enteredText);
this.restoreOriginalValue();
}
else
// REFACT: use setClosedEditorContent
this.dom.html(newHTML);
if (this.didCallNoCallbacks()) {
this.enableOrDisableAnimationCallbacks(false, false);
this.reinit();
}
},
handleSubmitToServer: function(enteredText) {
var data = this.settings.update_value + '=' + encodeURIComponent(enteredText)
+ '&' + this.settings.element_id + '=' + this.dom.attr("id")
+ ((this.settings.params) ? '&' + this.settings.params : '')
+ '&' + this.settings.original_html + '=' + encodeURIComponent(this.originalValue) /* DEPRECATED in 2.2.0 */
+ '&' + this.settings.original_value + '=' + encodeURIComponent(this.originalValue);
this.enableOrDisableAnimationCallbacks(true, false);
this.didStartSaving();
var that = this;
$.ajax({
url: that.settings.url,
type: "POST",
data: data,
dataType: "html",
complete: function(request){
that.didEndSaving();
},
success: function(html){
var new_text = html || that.settings.default_text;
/* put the newly updated info into the original element */
// FIXME: should be affected by the preferences switch
that.dom.html(new_text);
// REFACT: remove dom parameter, already in this, not documented, should be easy to remove
// REFACT: callback should be able to override what gets put into the DOM
that.triggerCallback(that.settings.success, html);
},
error: function(request) {
that.dom.html(that.originalHTML); // REFACT: what about a restorePreEditingContent()
if (that.settings.error)
// REFACT: remove dom parameter, already in this, not documented, can remove without deprecation
// REFACT: callback should be able to override what gets entered into the DOM
that.triggerCallback(that.settings.error, request);
else
that.reportError("Failed to save value: " + request.responseText || 'Unspecified Error');
}
});
},
// Utilities .........................................................
triggerCallback: function(aCallback /*, arguments */) {
if ( ! aCallback)
return; // callback wasn't specified after all
var callbackArguments = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1);
return aCallback.apply(this.dom[0], callbackArguments);
},
/// defaultReturnValue is only used if the delegate returns undefined
triggerDelegateCall: function(aDelegateMethodName, defaultReturnValue, optionalEvent) {
// REFACT: consider to trigger equivalent callbacks automatically via a mapping table?
if ( ! this.settings.delegate
|| ! $.isFunction(this.settings.delegate[aDelegateMethodName]))
return defaultReturnValue;
var delegateReturnValue = this.settings.delegate[aDelegateMethodName](this.dom, this.settings, optionalEvent);
return (undefined === delegateReturnValue)
? defaultReturnValue
: delegateReturnValue;
},
reportError: function(anErrorString) {
this.triggerCallback(this.settings.error_sink, /* DEPRECATED in 2.1.0 */ this.id(), anErrorString);
},
// REFACT: this method should go, callbacks should get the dom node itself as an argument
id: function() {
return this.dom.attr('id');
},
markEditorAsActive: function() {
this.dom.addClass('editInPlace-active');
},
markEditorAsInactive: function() {
this.dom.removeClass('editInPlace-active');
},
// REFACT: consider rename, doesn't deal with animation directly
savingAnimationCallbacks: function() {
var that = this;
return {
didStartSaving: function() { that.didStartSaving(); },
didEndSaving: function() { that.didEndSaving(); }
};
},
enableOrDisableAnimationCallbacks: function(shouldEnableStart, shouldEnableEnd) {
this.didStartSaving.enabled = shouldEnableStart;
this.didEndSaving.enabled = shouldEnableEnd;
},
didCallNoCallbacks: function() {
return this.didStartSaving.enabled && ! this.didEndSaving.enabled;
},
assertCanCall: function(methodName) {
if ( ! this[methodName].enabled)
throw new Error('Cannot call ' + methodName + ' now. See documentation for details.');
},
didStartSaving: function() {
this.assertCanCall('didStartSaving');
this.shouldDelayReinit = true;
this.enableOrDisableAnimationCallbacks(false, true);
this.startSavingAnimation();
},
didEndSaving: function() {
this.assertCanCall('didEndSaving');
this.shouldDelayReinit = false;
this.enableOrDisableAnimationCallbacks(false, false);
this.reinit();
this.stopSavingAnimation();
},
startSavingAnimation: function() {
var that = this;
this.dom
.animate({ backgroundColor: this.settings.saving_animation_color }, 400)
.animate({ backgroundColor: 'transparent'}, 400, 'swing', function(){
// In the tests animations are turned off - i.e they happen instantaneously.
// Hence we need to prevent this from becomming an unbounded recursion.
setTimeout(function(){ that.startSavingAnimation(); }, 10);
});
},
stopSavingAnimation: function() {
this.dom
.stop(true)
.css({backgroundColor: ''});
},
missingCommaErrorPreventer:''
});
// Private helpers .......................................................
function assertMandatorySettingsArePresent(options) {
// one of these needs to be non falsy
if (options.url || options.callback)
return;
throw new Error("Need to set either url: or callback: option for the inline editor to work.");
}
/* preload the loading icon if it is configured */
function preloadImage(anImageURL) {
if ('' === anImageURL)
return;
var loading_image = new Image();
loading_image.src = anImageURL;
}
function trim(aString) {
return aString
.replace(/^\s+/, '')
.replace(/\s+$/, '');
}
function hasContent(something) {
if (undefined === something || null === something)
return false;
if (0 === something.length)
return false;
return true;
}
})(jQuery);
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