Limiting the selections in an xforms:select

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Chris Bailey [mailto:[hidden email]]
>Sent: 21 February 2007 17:04
>To: [hidden email]
>Subject: [ops-users] Limiting the selections in an xforms:select
>
>Hi,
>
>A quick xforms question....
>
>I was wondering if there any way of restricting the number of
>selections that can be made with an xforms:select?
>
>I would like to allow users to, say, select between 2 and 5
>choices from a selection box or list. Is there a pure way of
>doing this (with something like an xforms:bind) or do I have
>to use a repeating group, move items to that group and
>implement the restrictions myself?
>
>Chris.
>
>
>

>From: "Alessandro Vernet" <[hidden email]>
>Reply-To: [hidden email]
>To: [hidden email]
>Subject: Re: [ops-users] Limiting the selections in an xforms:select
>Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:09:14 -0800
>
>Hi Chris,
>
>On 2/21/07, Chris Bailey <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>I was wondering if there any way of restricting the number of selections
>>that can be made with an xforms:select?
>
>Like Ryan said, you can have an <xforms:bind constraint="..."> that
>checks if less than x values are selected. This won't prevent users
>from selecting more values, but if they do the control will become
>invalid.
>
>You can also have your own event handler for xforms-value-changed, and
>set the value of the node to the first x values. This way when the
>user selects too many values, the last value will be automatically
>removed.
>
>You can also imagine a UI with 2 lists, when the user moves items from
>the first to the second by pointing to an item in the first list and
>clicking on a button. When x values are selected, then you disable the
>button with a bind readonly.
>
>Alex
>--
>Orbeon Forms - Web 2.0 Forms for the Enterprise
>http://www.orbeon.com/
>

> Alex,
>
> The second option that you have described where you have two select
> and move
> one item from one select to another... Is there a chance we could
> have a
> widget that does just that... instead of having to build it every
> single
> time.  I am just asking :-)  or maybe you can point me in a
> direction that
> would allow an easy template usage...  Yep I am lazy...
>
> I think it would be a nice feature
>
>
> >From: "Alessandro Vernet" <[hidden email]>
> >Reply-To: [hidden email]
> >To: [hidden email]
> >Subject: Re: [ops-users] Limiting the selections in an xforms:select
> >Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:09:14 -0800
> >
> >Hi Chris,
> >
> >On 2/21/07, Chris Bailey <[hidden email]> wrote:
> >>I was wondering if there any way of restricting the number of
> selections>>that can be made with an xforms:select?
> >
> >Like Ryan said, you can have an <xforms:bind constraint="..."> that
> >checks if less than x values are selected. This won't prevent users
> >from selecting more values, but if they do the control will become
> >invalid.
> >
> >You can also have your own event handler for xforms-value-changed,
> and>set the value of the node to the first x values. This way when the
> >user selects too many values, the last value will be automatically
> >removed.
> >
> >You can also imagine a UI with 2 lists, when the user moves items
> from>the first to the second by pointing to an item in the first
> list and
> >clicking on a button. When x values are selected, then you disable
> the>button with a bind readonly.
> >
> >Alex
> >--
> >Orbeon Forms - Web 2.0 Forms for the Enterprise
> >http://www.orbeon.com/
> >
>
>
> >
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> Marco,
>    You could use /config/xforms-widget.xsl to add another widget to it. This is where Orbeon add there widgets.
>
> Ryan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Marco Lebel <[hidden email]>
> Date: Thursday, February 22, 2007 12:32 pm
> Subject: Re: [ops-users] Limiting the selections in an xforms:select
> To: [hidden email]
>
>> Alex,
>>
>> The second option that you have described where you have two select
>> and move
>> one item from one select to another... Is there a chance we could
>> have a
>> widget that does just that... instead of having to build it every
>> single
>> time.  I am just asking :-)  or maybe you can point me in a
>> direction that
>> would allow an easy template usage...  Yep I am lazy...
>>
>> I think it would be a nice feature
>>
>>
>>> From: "Alessandro Vernet" <[hidden email]>
>>> Reply-To: [hidden email]
>>> To: [hidden email]
>>> Subject: Re: [ops-users] Limiting the selections in an xforms:select
>>> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:09:14 -0800
>>>
>>> Hi Chris,
>>>
>>> On 2/21/07, Chris Bailey <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>> I was wondering if there any way of restricting the number of
>> selections>>that can be made with an xforms:select?
>>> Like Ryan said, you can have an <xforms:bind constraint="..."> that
>>> checks if less than x values are selected. This won't prevent users
>> >from selecting more values, but if they do the control will become
>>> invalid.
>>>
>>> You can also have your own event handler for xforms-value-changed,
>> and>set the value of the node to the first x values. This way when the
>>> user selects too many values, the last value will be automatically
>>> removed.
>>>
>>> You can also imagine a UI with 2 lists, when the user moves items
>> from>the first to the second by pointing to an item in the first
>> list and
>>> clicking on a button. When x values are selected, then you disable
>> the>button with a bind readonly.
>>> Alex
>>> --
>>> Orbeon Forms - Web 2.0 Forms for the Enterprise
>>> http://www.orbeon.com/
>>>
>>
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>From: Erik Bruchez <[hidden email]>
>Reply-To: [hidden email]
>To: [hidden email]
>Subject: Re: [ops-users] Limiting the selections in an xforms:select
>Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 20:03:48 +0100
>
>At some point in the future, we would like to add a real notion of
>components to XForms. Some implementations have already started
>experimenting with UBL, for example. This would give you the ability to
>write components in XForms and usable and reusable in XForms documents.
>
>For now, yeah, using xforms-widgets.xsl is a rough way of building
>components.
>
>-Erik
>
>[hidden email] wrote:
>>Marco,
>>    You could use /config/xforms-widget.xsl to add another widget to it.
>>This is where Orbeon add there widgets.
>>
>>Ryan
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: Marco Lebel <[hidden email]>
>>Date: Thursday, February 22, 2007 12:32 pm
>>Subject: Re: [ops-users] Limiting the selections in an xforms:select
>>To: [hidden email]
>>
>>>Alex,
>>>
>>>The second option that you have described where you have two select and
>>>move one item from one select to another... Is there a chance we could
>>>have a widget that does just that... instead of having to build it every
>>>single time.  I am just asking :-)  or maybe you can point me in a
>>>direction that would allow an easy template usage...  Yep I am lazy...
>>>
>>>I think it would be a nice feature
>>>
>>>
>>>>From: "Alessandro Vernet" <[hidden email]>
>>>>Reply-To: [hidden email]
>>>>To: [hidden email]
>>>>Subject: Re: [ops-users] Limiting the selections in an xforms:select
>>>>Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:09:14 -0800
>>>>
>>>>Hi Chris,
>>>>
>>>>On 2/21/07, Chris Bailey <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>>>I was wondering if there any way of restricting the number of
>>>selections>>that can be made with an xforms:select?
>>>>Like Ryan said, you can have an <xforms:bind constraint="..."> that
>>>>checks if less than x values are selected. This won't prevent users
>>> >from selecting more values, but if they do the control will become
>>>>invalid.
>>>>
>>>>You can also have your own event handler for xforms-value-changed,
>>>and>set the value of the node to the first x values. This way when the
>>>>user selects too many values, the last value will be automatically
>>>>removed.
>>>>
>>>>You can also imagine a UI with 2 lists, when the user moves items
>>>from>the first to the second by pointing to an item in the first list and
>>>>clicking on a button. When x values are selected, then you disable
>>>the>button with a bind readonly.
>>>>Alex
>>>>--
>>>>Orbeon Forms - Web 2.0 Forms for the Enterprise
>>>>http://www.orbeon.com/
>>>>
>>>
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