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SeanLapointe
November 22, 2021
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Detect field value change in adaptive forms

  • November 22, 2021
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Hello,

 

Is there a way to determine if the value of a field has been changed in an adaptive HTML form other than having a hidden field with the initial value in it that gets compared when the Value Commit event is triggered?

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Best answer by radzmar

Hi, you can add event listeners to various events. As an example: This script in the initialize event of the guide root panel will cause, that every change in your form is reported into the console of the web browser.

 

guideBridge.on("elementValueChanged" , function(event, payload) {
     console.log("The value of object '" + payload.target.name + "' has been changed from '" + payload.oldText + "' into '" + payload.newText + "'.");
});

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radzmar
radzmarAccepted solution
November 22, 2021

Hi, you can add event listeners to various events. As an example: This script in the initialize event of the guide root panel will cause, that every change in your form is reported into the console of the web browser.

 

guideBridge.on("elementValueChanged" , function(event, payload) {
     console.log("The value of object '" + payload.target.name + "' has been changed from '" + payload.oldText + "' into '" + payload.newText + "'.");
});
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    SeanLapointeAuthor
    November 23, 2021

    payload.oldText returns 'undefined' for every change. I was trying to avoid using hidden fields, but I guess I don't have much of a choice. 

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      SeanLapointeAuthor
      May 5, 2022

      Hi,

      Could you please explain more with some example code snippet, how you did this? I am facing the same issue.Thanks!


      Here is an example where I am monitoring some date fields for changes. This code is entered as the Initialize Rule of the Root Panel object.

       

      //keep track of the initial values of the fields that you want to monitor for changes
var odt = RequestDeadlineTime.value;
var odd = RequestDeadlineDate.value;
var otd = TranslatorDeadlineDate.value;
var ott = TranslatorDeadlineTime.value;
var valList = [];

//create the event listener
guideBridge.on("elementValueChanged" , function(event, payload) {
  //check if the changed element was one of the ones tha you want to monitor
  if(payload.target.name == "RequestDeadlineTime" || payload.target.name == "RequestDeadlineDate" || payload.target.name == "TranslatorDeadlineTime" || payload.target.name == "TranslatorDeadlineDate") {
     //record the change in the log if you desire
	 console.log("The value of object '" + payload.target.name + "' has been changed from '" + payload.oldText + "' into '" + payload.newText + "'.");
     console.log(odd + " " + odt);
	 //perform some logic if the monitored fields are changed.
	 //In this case, I am validating some dates. if they are valid, I show some other field.
     if(guideBridge.validate(valList,RequestDeadlineTime.somExpression) && guideBridge.validate(valList,TranslatorDeadlineTime.somExpression)) {
       updateDeadline.visible = true;
     } else {
       updateDeadline.visible = false;
     }
  }
});
      Pulkit_Jain_
      Adobe Employee
      Pulkit_Jain_Adobe Employee
      Adobe Employee
      November 22, 2021

      @seanlapointe 

      Usually button clicks or field exit events can be used to validate the rules so you can check for the  (field value change AND value of the field against the set default value of the hidden field) here.

       

        Mayank_Tiwari
        Adobe Employee
        Mayank_TiwariAdobe Employee
        Adobe Employee
        November 23, 2021

        Use this:

         

          Mayank_Gandhi
          Adobe Employee
          Mayank_GandhiAdobe Employee
          Adobe Employee
          December 1, 2021

          @seanlapointe  You can go with what @radzmar  suggested or you can create custom listener as well. 

           

          const input = document.querySelector('input');
const log = document.getElementById('yourFieldID');

input.addEventListener('change', updateValue);

function updateValue(e) {
  log.textContent = e.target.value;
}
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