Libraries.Web.Page.Select Documentation

The Select class represents HTML's (Hypertext Markup Language) select tag which is a selection list of options or items. You can find more information about this tag at: The select attribute.

Example Code


use Libraries.Web.Page.all
class Main
action main
   WebPage page
   
   Select select
   OptionGroup og
   og:SetLabel("States")
   select:AddOptionGroup(og)

   page:AddToBody(select)
   output page:Generate()
end
end

Inherits from: Libraries.Web.Page.AttributeAccepter, Libraries.Language.Object, Libraries.Web.Page.GlobalAttributeAccepter, Libraries.Web.Page.WebTag, Libraries.Web.Page.FlowContent

Actions Documentation

Add(Libraries.Web.Page.Attribute attribute)

This action adds an attribute to this object. If an attribute with the same name as

Parameters

Example


use Libraries.Web.Page.AttributeAccepter
use Libraries.Web.Page.Attribute

Attribute attribute
attribute:SetName("src")
attribute:SetValue("http://www.google.com")

AttributeAccepter accept
accept:Add(attribute)

Add(Libraries.Web.Page.Option content)

This action places a Option object inside of a Select object.

Parameters

Example


use Libraries.Web.Page.all

class Main
    action Main
        WebPage page
        

        Option option
        page:Add(option)

        text value = page:Generate()
        output value
    end
end

Add(Libraries.Web.Page.HiddenContent content)

This action places a HiddenContent object inside of a Select object.

Parameters

Example


use Libraries.Web.Page.all

class Main
    action Main
        WebPage page
        

        HiddenContent hiddenContent
        page:Add(hiddenContent)

        text value = page:Generate()
        output value
    end
end

Add(Libraries.Web.Page.Script content)

This action places a Script object inside of a Select object.

Parameters

Example


use Libraries.Web.Page.all

class Main
    action Main
        WebPage page
        

        Script script
        page:Add(script)

        text value = page:Generate()
        output value
    end
end

Add(Libraries.Web.Page.OptionGroup content)

This action places a OptionGroup object inside of a Select object.

Parameters

Example


use Libraries.Web.Page.all

class Main
    action Main
        WebPage page
        

        OptionGroup optionGroup
        page:Add(optionGroup)

        text value = page:Generate()
        output value
    end
end

AddAttribute(text name, text value)

This action adds an attribute to this object. This action is a helper action, which essentially does the same thing as the Add(Attribute) action. If an attribute with the same name as

Parameters

  • text name: The name of the attribute functions as a key. For example, in a link, we might have a "src" and an actual address, like google.com. In this case, the name would be equivalent to the src.
  • text value: As an example of link, imagine we have a value of "src" and an actual address, like google.com. In this case, the value would be equivalent to google.com.

Example


use Libraries.Web.Page.AttributeAccepter
use Libraries.Web.Page.Attribute

AttributeAccepter accept
accept:AddAttribute("src", "http://www.google.com")

AddClassAttribute(text value)

Adds to the ClassAttribute attribute. Multiple class names can be listed in the passed text, separated by a space.

Parameters

  • text value: The classes to be added to the element

Example



use Libraries.Web.Page.GlobalAttributeAccepter
use Libraries.Web.Page.Attribute

GlobalAttributeAccepter accept
accept:AddClassAttribute("myClass")

AddNestedTag(Libraries.Web.Page.WebTag tag)

This action adds a WebTag to the list of WebTags contained within the current WebTag.

Parameters

Example

use Libraries.Web.Page.TableRow
use Libraries.Web.Page.TableData


//TableRow and TableData are both WebTags
TableRow row
TableData cell
cell:SetDescription("name")
row:Add(cell)

AddOption(Libraries.Web.Page.Option option)

This action adds an option to the slecet list.

Parameters

Example


use Libraries.Web.Page.Select
use Libraries.Web.Page.Option

Select s
s:SetName("States")
Option option
option:SetLabel("Alabama")
s:AddOption(option)

AddOptionGroup(Libraries.Web.Page.OptionGroup optionGroup)

This action adds an option group to the slecet list.

Parameters

Example


use Libraries.Web.Page.Select
use Libraries.Web.Page.OptionGroup

Select s
s:SetName("States")
OptionGroup og
og:SetLabel("Alabama")
s:AddOptionGroup(og)

AddText(text value)

This action sets the description text for this WebTag.

Parameters

  • text value: The text contained in the WebTag.

Example

use Libraries.Web.Page.TableRow
use Libraries.Web.Page.TableData

//TableRow and TableData are both WebTags
TableRow row
TableData cell
cell:AddDescription("name")
row:Add(cell)

Compare(Libraries.Language.Object object)

This action compares two object hash codes and returns an integer. The result is larger if this hash code is larger than the object passed as a parameter, smaller, or equal. In this case, -1 means smaller, 0 means equal, and 1 means larger. This action was changed in Quorum 7 to return an integer, instead of a CompareResult object, because the previous implementation was causing efficiency issues.

Parameters

Return

integer: The Compare result, Smaller, Equal, or Larger.

Example

Object o
Object t
integer result = o:Compare(t) //1 (larger), 0 (equal), or -1 (smaller)

Equals(Libraries.Language.Object object)

This action determines if two objects are equal based on their hash code values.

Parameters

Return

boolean: True if the hash codes are equal and false if they are not equal.

Example

use Libraries.Language.Object
use Libraries.Language.Types.Text
Object o
Text t
boolean result = o:Equals(t)

Generate()

This action removes an option group from the slecet list.

Return

text:

Example


use Libraries.Web.Page.Select
use Libraries.Web.Page.OptionGroup

Select s
s:SetName("States")
OptionGroup og
og:SetLabel("Alabama")
s:AddOptionGroup(og)

s:RemoveOptionGroup(og)

GenerateAttributes()

This action returns a text description of all attributes stored.

Return

text:

Example


use Libraries.Web.Page.AttributeAccepter
use Libraries.Web.Page.Attribute

AttributeAccepter accept
accept:AddAttribute("src", "http://www.google.com")
text result = accept:GenerateAttributes()

GenerateNestedTags()

This action generates the HTML output text of all of the nested WebTags.

Return

text: The text including all webtags within this WebTag.

Example

use Libraries.Web.Page.TableRow
use Libraries.Web.Page.TableData

//TableRow and TableData are both WebTags
TableRow row
TableData cell
cell:SetDescription("name")
row:Add(cell)
output row:GenerateNestedTags()

GetAccessKey()

Returns the AccessKey attribute. Specifies a shortcut key for the web element.

Return

Libraries.Web.Page.Attribute: The current AccessKey attribute.

Example



use Libraries.Web.Page.GlobalAttributeAccepter
use Libraries.Web.Page.Attribute

GlobalAttributeAccepter accept
Attribute attribute = accept:GetAccessKey()

GetAttribute(text name)

This action returns an attribute from this object's Attributes object. If no attribute exists for a given key, this action returns undefined.

Parameters

  • text name

Return

Libraries.Web.Page.Attribute:

Example


use Libraries.Web.Page.AttributeAccepter
use Libraries.Web.Page.Attribute

AttributeAccepter accept
//as we have not set any attribute, this would
//return undefined
Attribute attribute = accept:GetAttribute("src")

GetAttributeValue(text name)

This action returns an attribute from this object's Attributes object. If no attribute exists for a given key, this action returns undefined.

Parameters

  • text name: The key value in this case is described in more detail in the documentation for this class's Add actions.

Return

text:

Example


use Libraries.Web.Page.AttributeAccepter
use Libraries.Web.Page.Attribute

AttributeAccepter accept
accept:AddAttribute("src", "http://www.google.com")
//This helper action would throw an error if "src" were not set.
text value = accept:GetAttributeValue("src")

GetAttributes()

Returns a list of all attributes on the system.

Return

Libraries.Web.Page.Attributes: The attributes class contains all of the attributes that have been set for this object.

Example



use Libraries.Web.Page.AttributeAccepter
use Libraries.Web.Page.Attributes

AttributeAccepter accept
Attributes attributes = accept:GetAttributes()

GetAutofocus()

This action gets whether the Select list is automatically got focus (true) or not(false).

Return

boolean: True if auto focused and false if not auto focused.

Example


use Libraries.Web.Page.Select

Select select
boolean result = select:GetAutofocus()

GetClassAttribute()

Returns the ClassAttribute attribute.

Return

Libraries.Web.Page.Attribute: The current ClassAttribute attribute.

Example



use Libraries.Web.Page.GlobalAttributeAccepter
use Libraries.Web.Page.Attribute

GlobalAttributeAccepter accept
Attribute attribute = accept:GetClassAttribute()

GetContentEditable()

Returns the ContentEditable attribute.

Return

Libraries.Web.Page.Attribute: The current ContentEditable attribute.

Example



use Libraries.Web.Page.GlobalAttributeAccepter
use Libraries.Web.Page.Attribute

GlobalAttributeAccepter accept
Attribute attribute = accept:GetContentEditable()

GetContextMenu()

Returns the ContextMenu attribute.

Return

Libraries.Web.Page.Attribute: The current ContextMenu attribute.

Example



use Libraries.Web.Page.GlobalAttributeAccepter
use Libraries.Web.Page.Attribute

GlobalAttributeAccepter accept
Attribute attribute = accept:GetContextMenu()

GetDisabled()

This action gets whether the Select list is disabled (true) or enabled(false).

Return

boolean: True if diabled and false if enabled.

Example


use Libraries.Web.Page.Select

Select select
boolean result = select:GetDisabled()

GetDraggable()

Returns the Draggable attribute.

Return

Libraries.Web.Page.Attribute: The current Draggable attribute.

Example



use Libraries.Web.Page.GlobalAttributeAccepter
use Libraries.Web.Page.Attribute

GlobalAttributeAccepter accept
Attribute attribute = accept:GetDraggable()

GetDropZone()

Returns the DropZone attribute.

Return

Libraries.Web.Page.Attribute: The current DropZone attribute.

Example



use Libraries.Web.Page.GlobalAttributeAccepter
use Libraries.Web.Page.Attribute

GlobalAttributeAccepter accept
Attribute attribute = accept:GetDropZone()

GetFormId()

This action gets a form that the select belongs to.

Return

Libraries.Web.Page.Attribute: The form a select list belongs to.

Example


use Libraries.Web.Page.Select
use Libraries.Web.Page.Attribute

Select select
Attribute result = select:GetFormId()

GetHashCode()

This action gets the hash code for an object.

Return

integer: The integer hash code of the object.

Example

Object o
integer hash = o:GetHashCode()

GetHidden()

Returns the Hidden attribute.

Return

Libraries.Web.Page.Attribute: The current Hidden attribute.

Example



use Libraries.Web.Page.GlobalAttributeAccepter
use Libraries.Web.Page.Attribute

GlobalAttributeAccepter accept
Attribute attribute = accept:GetHidden()

GetIdentifier()

Returns the Identifier attribute.

Return

Libraries.Web.Page.Attribute: The current Identifier attribute.

Example



use Libraries.Web.Page.GlobalAttributeAccepter
use Libraries.Web.Page.Attribute

GlobalAttributeAccepter accept
Attribute attribute = accept:GetIdentifier()

GetIterator()

This action returns an iterator of all attributes stored in this object.

Return

Libraries.Containers.Iterator:

Example


use Libraries.Web.Page.AttributeAccepter
use Libraries.Web.Page.Attribute
use Libraries.Containers.Iterator

AttributeAccepter accept
accept:AddAttribute("src", "http://www.google.com")

//output out all of the attributes
Iterator<Attribute> it =  accept:GetIterator()
repeat while it:HasNext()
    Attribute at = it:Next()
    output at:Generate()
end

GetLanguage()

Returns the Language attribute.

Return

Libraries.Web.Page.Attribute: The current Language attribute.

Example



use Libraries.Web.Page.GlobalAttributeAccepter
use Libraries.Web.Page.Attribute

GlobalAttributeAccepter accept
Attribute attribute = accept:GetLanguage()

GetMultiple()

This action gets whether the Select list can have more than one option selected (true) or not(false).

Return

boolean: True if more than one can be selected and false if not.

Example


use Libraries.Web.Page.Select

Select select
boolean result = select:GetMultiple()

GetName()

This action gets the name of the select list.

Return

Libraries.Web.Page.Attribute: Name of the select list.

Example


use Libraries.Web.Page.Select
use Libraries.Web.Page.Attribute

Select select
Attribute result = select:GetName()

GetNumberOfAttributes()

This action returns the number of attributes that are currently stored in this object.

Return

integer:

Example


use Libraries.Web.Page.AttributeAccepter
use Libraries.Web.Page.Attribute

AttributeAccepter accept
accept:AddAttribute("src", "http://www.google.com")
integer num = accept:GetNumberOfAttributes()

GetNumberOfNestedTags()

This action gets the number of nested tags within the current WebTag.

Return

integer: The number of nested tags.

Example

use Libraries.Web.Page.TableRow
use Libraries.Web.Page.TableData

//TableRow and TableData are both WebTags
TableRow row
TableData cell
cell:SetDescription("name")
row:Add(cell)
integer numTags = row:GetSize()

GetSize()

This action gets the number of visible options in the select list.

Return

Libraries.Web.Page.Attribute: The number of options.

Example


use Libraries.Web.Page.Select
use Librarie