Re: Allow xf:setfocus with no @control to set the focus to the event target

Mark,

+1 from me. Makes it easy to set focus within repeats without needing to
understand id magic.

Regards,
Uli.

Mark Birbeck wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I was just looking something up in the spec, and noticed that if
> @control is omitted from the use of xf:setfocus then nothing happens.
> 
> It occurred to me that omitting @control and defaulting to the event
> target might actually be a useful pattern.
> 
> This example is a little contrived, because I've only just thought of
> the whole thing, but bear with me....
> 
> Ordinarily, setting focus on a control when it is invalid could be
> done like this:
> 
>   <xf:input id="me" ref="x">
>     <xf:label>X:</xf:label>
>     <xf:setfocus control="me" ev:event="xforms-invalid" />
>   </xf:input>
> 
> But that requires naming the control with an @id, and then ensuring
> that the @control value and the control name are in sync. An easier
> and more maintainable way would be:
> 
>   <xf:input ref="x">
>     <xf:label>X:</xf:label>
>     <xf:setfocus ev:event="xforms-invalid" />
>   </xf:input>
> 
> If people don't like simply omitting @control, an alternative would be:
> 
>   <xf:input ref="x">
>     <xf:label>X:</xf:label>
>     <xf:setfocus control="" ev:event="xforms-invalid" />
>   </xf:input>
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mark
> 

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Ulrich Nicolas Lissé