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Inline Edit

Inline Edit allows a user to do quick edits to simple text without having to switch modes or screens. All work is done on the same interface, which helps the user maintain context.

The basic form of the Inline Edit component is the Simple Text Inline Edit. Three specific integrations are also available:

  • a Dropdown Inline Edit
  • a Rich Text Inline Edit using the CKEditor
  • a Rich Text Inline Edit using TinyMCE

Simple Text Inline Edit

fluid.inlineEdit(container, options);
fluid.inlineEdits(container, options);

Creates an Inline Edit component (or multiple components) that uses a simple input field for the edit mode. See Simple Text Inline Edit API for details.

Dropdown Inline Edit

fluid.inlineEdit.dropdown(container, options);

Creates an Inline Edit component that uses a dropdown selection box for the edit mode. See Dropdown Inline Edit API for details.

Rich Text Inline Edit

fluid.inlineEdit.CKEditor(container, options);
fluid.inlineEdit.tinyMCE(container, options);

Creates an Inline Edit component that uses a rich text editor for the edit mode. See Rich Text Inline Edit API for details.

Status

Simple Text is in Production status
Dropdown is in Sneak Peek status
Rich Text is in Sneak Peek status

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Supported Events

afterInitEdit

Description

This event is fired by the Rich Text Editors when the editing interface is fully initialized.

Type

default

Parameters

editor
the instance of the editor component

afterBeginEdit

Description

This event fires after the editing view has initialized and is ready for editing.

Type

default

Parameters

none

onCreateEditView

Description

This event fires when the Inline Edit component creates the editing view.

Type

default

Parameters

none

modelChanged

Description

This event fires when the value of the editable field has changed.

Type

default

Parameters

model
The current (new) value of the "model" structure representing the editable state of the component

oldModel
A snapshot of the old value of the model structure before the current edit operation started

source
An arbitrary object which optionally represents the "source" of the change, which can be checked by listeners to prevent cyclic events. Can often be undefined.

onBeginEdit

Description

This event fires before the Inline Edit component switched into edit mode.

Type

preventable

Parameters

none

onFinishEdit

Description

This event fires before the Inline Edit component is switched out of edit mode back into view mode.

Type

preventable

Parameters

newValue
see parameters for modelChanged (model, oldModel)

oldValue
see parameters for modelChanged (model, oldModel)

editNode
A DOM node which holds the concrete editable control - this may vary in interpretation for different embodiments of the InlineEdit control but may, for example be an <input>, <textarea> or <select> node

viewNode
A DOM node which holds the read-only representation of the editable value.

afterFinishEdit

Description

This event fires when the Inline Edit component has been switched out of edit mode back into view mode.

Type

default

 Parameters

newValue
see parameters for modelChanged (model, oldModel)

oldValue
see parameters for modelChanged (model, oldModel)

editNode
A DOM node which holds the concrete editable control - this may vary in interpretation for different embodiments of the InlineEdit control but may, for example be an <input>, <textarea> or <select> node

viewNode
A DOM node which holds the read-only representation of the editable value.


Functions

These functions are defined on the central component  object returned from the inlineEdit creator function - for example with

var myEdit = fluid.inlineEdit(componentContainer, options);
myEdit.edit();

Switches the component into edit mode. The events onBeginEdit and afterBeginEdit will fire.

myEdit.finish();

Switches the component out of edit mode into display mode, updating the displayed text with the current content of the edit field. The events onFinishEdit and afterFinishEdit will fire. If the model value has changed, there will be a call to modelUpdated in between these calls.

myEdit.cancel();

Cancels the in-progress edit and switches back to view mode.

myEdit.isEditing();

Determines if the component is currently in edit mode: Returns true if edit mode is shown, false if view mode is shown.

myEdit.refreshView(source);

Updates the state of the inline editor in the DOM, based on changes that may have happened to the model. source is an optional source object identifying the source of the change (see ChangeApplier documentation)

myEdit.tooltipEnabled();

Returns a boolean indicating whether or not the tooltip is enabled.

/**
  * Pushes external changes to the model into the inline editor, refreshing its
  * rendering in the DOM. The modelChanged event will fire.
  * 
  * @param {String} newValue The bare value of the model, that is, the string being edited
  * @param {Object} source An optional "source" (perhaps a DOM element) which triggered this event
  */
myEdit.updateModelValue(newValue, source);

Updates the component's internal representation of the text to a new value. If the value differs from the existing value, the modelChanged event will fire and the component will be re-rendered.

/**
  * Pushes external changes to the model into the inline editor, refreshing its
  * rendering in the DOM. The modelChanged event will fire.
  * 
  * @param {Object} newValue The full value of the new model, that is, a model object which
  *      contains the editable value as the element named "value"
  * @param {Object} source An optional "source" (perhaps a DOM element) which triggered this event
  */
myEdit.updateModel(newValue, source);

Similar to updateModelValue, only accepts specification of the overall model object (housing the editable value under the key value).

myEdit.model

Not a function, but a data structure. This directly represents the "model" or state of the editable component. External users should consider this structure as read-only, and only make modifications through the updateModel call above.


Options

The following options to the creator functions can be used to customize the behaviour of the Inline Edit component:

 

selectors

strings

listeners

styles

paddings

applyEditPadding

submitOnEnter

displayModeRenderer

editModeRenderer

displayAccessor

displayView

editAccessor

editVIew

lazyEditView

blurHandlerBinder

Description

A function which acts on the overall component to bind a handler for the blur event received on the editable view. For integrations where the editable view is a complex collection of elements, such as dropdown inlineEdit, this needs to take an arbitrary form. A standard implementation is provided as fluid.deadMansBlur which will infer that focus is leaving a set of elements if none of them receives a focus after a blur within a 150 millisecond horizon.

Default

null

Example

fluid.inlineEdit("#myContainer", {
    blurHandlerBinder: ""
});

selectOnEdit

Description

Indicates whether or not to automatically select the editable text when the component switches into edit mode.

Default

false

Example

fluid.inlineEdit("#myContainer", {
    selectOnEdit: true
});

defaultViewText

Description

The default text to use when filling in an empty component. Set to empty to suppress this behaviour.

Default

"Click here to edit"

Example

fluid.inlineEdit("#myContainer", {
    defaultViewText: ""
});

useTooltip

Description

Indicates whether or not the component should display a custom ("invitation") tooltip on mouse hover

Default

false

Example

fluid.inlineEdit("#myContainer", {
    useTooltip: true
});

tooltipText

Description

The text to use for the tooltip to be displayed when hovering the mouse over the component

Default

"Click item to edit"

Example

fluid.inlineEdit("#myContainer", {
    tooltipText: "Click to edit"
});

See also

useTooltip

tooltipID

Description

The id to be used for the DOM node holding the tooltip

Default

"tooltip"

Example

fluid.inlineEdit("#myContainer", {
    tooltipID: "myTooltip"
});

See also

useTooltip

tooltipDelay

Description

The delay, in ms, between starting to hover over the component and showing the tooltip

Default

1000

Example

fluid.inlineEdit("#myContainer", {
    tooltipDelay: 500
});

See also

useTooltip

Additional options for Multiple Inline Edits

The options for the creation of multiple Inline Edits are the same as those for the creation of a single Inline Edit, with the addition of a selector for identifying the editable elements. The default selector is defined as follows:

selectors: {
    editables: ".flc-inlineEditable"
}

InlineEdit Types

Several of the InlineEdit configuration elements make use of various "Implicit" or "Duck Typed" objects which have particular structures or signatures.

Type name
Description
Layout
ViewAccessorAppears as displayAccessor and editAccessor. Used to convey updates to and from the model to its representation in the DOM. Exposes a single function value with the same semantics as jQuery.val(). value: function( [optional value]) }
InlineEditViewAppears as displayView and editView. Used to wrap the action of the relevant ViewAccessor as it maintains synchrony between the model and DOM. For some views, especially where there is some "default text" to invite the user to edit, there is extra formality to displaying the model which is InlineEdit-specific, rather than markup-specific. Such logic goes in this class, and is less frequently user-configured.{ refreshView: function (that, source) }
InlineEditRendererAppears as editModeRenderer. Actually a function, rather than a structure, with a fairly complex contract. Is passed the entire component that in order to inspect the current markup situation at startup time, to manipulate it if necessary to render and initialise the editable component view, and return the relevant nodes which it has either created or discovered.function (that) -> { container, field }


Dependencies

The Inline Edit dependencies can be met by including the Infusion JS file (for example, infusion-all.js) in the header of the HTML file:

<script type="text/javascript" src="infusion-all.js"></script>

Alternatively, the individual file requirements are:

<script type="text/javascript" src="lib/jquery/core/js/jquery.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="lib/jquery/ui/js/jquery.ui.core.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="lib/jquery/ui/js/jquery.ui.widget.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="lib/jquery/ui/js/jquery.ui.position.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="lib/jquery/plugins/tooltip/js/jquery.ui.tooltip.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="framework/core/js/Fluid.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="framework/core/js/jquery.keyboard-a11y.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="framework/core/js/FluidDocument.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="framework/core/js/DataBinding.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="framework/core/js/FluidView.js"></script> 
<script type="text/javascript" src="framework/core/js/FluidIoC.js"></script> 
<script type="text/javascript" src="components/tooltip/js/Tooltip.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="components/inlineEdit/js/InlineEdit.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="components/undo/js/Undo.js"></script>

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