Tag - remoteField

Description

Creates a text field that sends its value to a remote link when it changes. By default the parameter name sent is called 'value', this can be changed by specifying a 'paramName' attribute.

Parameters

• name (required) - the name of the field
• value (optional) - The initial value of the field
• paramName (optional) - The name of the parameter send to the server
• action (optional) - the name of the action to use in the link, if not specified the default action will be linked
• controller (optional) - the name of the controller to use in the link, if not specified the current controller will be linked
• id (optional) - The id to use in the link
• update (optional) - Either a map containing the elements to update for 'success' or 'failure' states, or a string with the element to update in which cause failure events would be ignored
• before (optional) - The javascript function to call before the remote function call
• after (optional) - The javascript function to call after the remote function call
• asynchronous (optional) - Whether to do the call asynchronously or not (defaults to true)
• method (optional) - The method to use to execute the call (defaults to "post")

Events

• onSuccess (optional) - The javascript function to call if successful
• onFailure (optional) - The javascript function to call if the call failed
• on_ERROR_CODE (optional) - The javascript function to call to handle specified error codes (eg on404="alert('not found!')")
• onUninitialized (optional) - The javascript function to call the a ajax engine failed to initialise
• onLoading (optional) - The javascript function to call when the remote function is loading the response
• onLoaded (optional) - The javascript function to call when the remote function is completed loading the response
• onComplete (optional) - The javascript function to call when the remote function is complete, including any updates

Examples

Example controller for an application called "shop":

class BookController {
    def changeTitle = {
       def b = Book.get(params.id)
       b.title = params.value
       b.save()
    }
}

<g:remoteField action="changeTitle" update="titleDiv"  name="title" value="${book?.title}"/>
<div id="titleDiv">I'm updated with the new title!</div>