Re: Refresh action

Thanks, that's good information.

I'll try to work it into the spec as a note.

Steven

On Tue, 11 Apr 2017 19:53:58 +0200, Erik Bruchez <ebruchez@orbeon.com>  
wrote:

>> I understand the need for rebuild and recalculate, less the need for  
>> revalidate, but I >>can't imagine any use case for refresh.
>
> Refresh as a side-effect dispatches UI events (`xforms-value-changed`,  
> etc.). So if you >are running an action and want *everything* in your  
> form to be up to date in the middle of >an action, then `refresh` allows  
> you to do that. Note that other actions, such as `toggle` >and  
> `setindex` in effect force a refresh as part of their execution.
>
> In addition, any function which requires asking controls themselves for  
> information, such >as `index()`, `case()`, will be up to date only after  
> a refresh.
>
> I have used `refresh` on occasion.
>
> -Erik