Re: Re-evaluating a switch

On Wed, 09 Nov 2016 18:01:35 +0100, Erik Bruchez <ebruchez@orbeon.com>  
wrote:

> I would argue the following:
>
> If there is no `@name` attribute, `<switch>` simply doesn't read/write a  
> value via its binding at all (the binding can still impact relevance).
>
> So a `<setvalue>` does not have any effect on the selected case in your  
> example.

True, but the control would get an xforms-value-changed, so it could be  
argued, that the response to a value changed is to activate the switch  
evaluation, which would result in the "selected" node being selected.

Steven


>
> -Erik
>
> On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 7:26 AM, Steven Pemberton  
> <steven.pemberton@cwi.nl> wrote:
>> This is about XForms 1.1 behaviour.
>>
>> <switch ref="foo">
>> <case id="a">...</case>
>> <case id="b" selected="true">...</case>
>> </switch>
>>
>> Initially b is selected.
>>
>> Then I do <toggle case="a"/>.
>>
>> So now a is selected.
>>
>> Then I do <setvalue ref="foo">bar</setvalue>
>>
>> I am assuming that b gets reselected.
>>
>> Do we agree?
>>
>> Steven