Mika Tuupola

In the heels of autogrow textarea comes next custom input for Jeditable. This time we will use markItUp! universal markup editor by Jay Salvat.

If you are not familiar with Jeditable custom inputs read the introduction. Also see autogrow and timepicker tutorials.

If you are just looking for the code download it here.

Creating custom input

Throughout the tutorial we will be using following code to trigger Jeditable. Note variable called markitupHTML. It holds configuration of used markItUp! tagset. In this example I use slightly modified HTML tagset. For more information on tagsets see markItUp! documentation.

$(".edit").editable("http://www.example.com/save.php", { 
    type      : "markitup",
    submit    : 'OK',
    cancel    : 'Cancel',
    tooltip   : "Click to edit...",
    onblur    : "ignore",
    markitup  : markitupHTML
});

Again we start by adding custom input type called markitup.

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Previously i showed you how to create inline timepicker for Jeditable. This time we will create autogrowing textarea. This custom input will adjust its height while you type. Code uses excellent Autogrow jQuery plugin by Chrys Bader.

If this is your first encounter with Jeditable custom inputs you might want to read an introduction to them.

If you are just looking for the code download it here.

Creating custom input

Throughout the tutorial we will be using following code to trigger Jeditable.

$(".edit").editable("http://www.example.com/save.php", { 
    type      : "autogrow",
    submit    : 'OK',
    cancel    : 'Cancel',
    tooltip   : "Click to edit...",
    onblur    : "ignore",
    autogrow : {
        lineHeight : 16,
        maxHeight  : 512
    }
});

We start by adding custom input type called autogrow.

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Inline editing is not only limited to text and textarea inputs. In this tutorial you will learn how to make inline timepicker with JavaScript. We will be using the usual tools: jQuery and Jeditable.

Before continuing you might be interested in reading introduction to custom input types for Jeditable.

Available methods for creating custom input

When creating custom input type you want to define one or several of following methods. None of them are mandatory.

$.editable.addInputType('example', {
    element : function(settings, original) { },
    content : function(string, settings, original) { },
    buttons : function(settings, original) { },
    submit  : function(settings, original) { },
    plugin  : function(settings, original) { }
});

All methods receive two parameters. Settings is Jeditable settings hash. Original is the original element which was clicked. Method content() also receives third parameter string which is the value input should be set to. Inside all methods this represents the form.

For this example we will be using three methods.

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Alert! Alert! Another boring new release is out blog entry ahead. If you are bored already go ahead and download latest (1.5.0 at time of writing) Jeditable source, minified (recommended) or packed.

More info and should-be-better documentation at project page.

What is new or changed?

• Added placeholder parameter. This can be html on plaintext string. It will be shown when editable element is empty.
• Returned JavaScript is now executed. Allows us to do tricks like returning <script>alert(‘Saved!’)</from> from the save script.
• Hacks which supported old getload and postload parameters are now removed. Use loadurl and loadtype instead.
• Callback should now be given in options hash not as third parameter.

Usage of new or changed options below:

 $(".editable").editable("http://www.example.com/save.php", {
     placeholder : "Click me to edit",
     loadurl : "http://www.example.com/load.php",
     loadtype : "POST",
     callback: function(value, settings) {
         console.log(this);
         console.log(value);
         console.log(settings);
     }
 });

Thanks

Thanks to Ole Laursen, Dylan Verheul and Mariano Iglesias for providing patches and ideas!

Maybe your get greedy and two buttons in you in place editor is not enough. Maybe your boss says submit and cancel is not enough. He want to have maybe button too. Maybe you want to be as confusing as Excel save dialogue. This is a walkthrough on how to add the third button.

Available methods for creating custom input

When creating custom input type you want to define one or several of these methods. None of them are mandatory.

$.editable.addInputType('example', {
    element : function(settings, original) { },
    content : function(string, settings, original) { },
    buttons : function(settings, original) { },
    submit  : function(settings, original) { },
    plugin  : function(settings, original) { }
});

All methods receive two parameters. Settings is jEditable settings hash. Original is the original element which was clicked. Method content() also receives third parameter string which is the value(s) input should be set to. Inside all methods this represents the form.

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I have received many feature requests lately. Most of them have been worth of adding. People have different needs. But I have been worrying about jEditable becoming feature creep. Thats why I figured out another aproach.

For those in hurry. Check the custom input types demo for some proof on concept inputs.

Write your own input types

Sometimes you need multiple selects. Your form might need special third button which is not submit or cancel. Sometimes you want to use some other plugin such as Date Picker for editing.

There is no point adding separate parameter for all of these. Code would become bloated. Thus I have been working on enabling other developers to add new input types. Think of it as plugins for in place editor plugin.

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Small update to jQuery eip plugin. Data parameter is now more flexible. Bug with callback function launching too early is fixed.

In earlier versions you could use functions for two things. To submit edited data to function which takes full control of Ajax request. You could also define optional callback function. This function is called after submitting edited data. Starting from 1.3.1 release you can also use functions as data property. Instead of passing static string you can pass function which generates the data.

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jQuery in place edit is now close to have all features it needs. Add some more and it will become feature creep. Most features are configurable. You can even get full control on Ajax request. Just write your own function for submitting and post to this function instead of URL. Smartypants!.

As usual, download latest source or test online.

Using callback function

Now you can define optional callback function. This function is called after form has been submitted. Callback function receives two parameters. Value contains submitted form content. Settings contain all plugin settings. Inside function this refers to the original element.

$(".editable").editable("http://www.example.com/save.php", { 
    type    : "textarea",
    submit  : "OK",
}, function(value, settings) {
    console.log(this);
    console.log(value);
    console.log(settings);
});

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Several people already asked support for selects and possibility to pass CSS class or styles as parameter to jQuery inplace editor. Here they are.

Big thanks goes to Mathias Henze for providing patches and ideas making this release possible!

For those in hurry: test and grab the latest source.

NOTE! JUST FOUND OUT THIS RELEASE HAS PROBLEMS WITH IE. WILL RERELEASE IN FEW HOURS AND KICK MYSELF THREE TIMES FOR NOT DEBUGGING IN WINDOWS!

How to use selects?

You can use selects by giving type parameter value of select. Select is built from JSON encoded array. This array can be given using either data parameter or fetched from external URL given in loadurl parameter. Array keys are values for <option> tag. Array values are text shown in pulldown.

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Latest release of javascript in place editor plugin has some minor bugfixes. In near future postload and getload parameters will be deprecated in favour of loadurl and loadmethod.

Fixed bugs are:

• Cancel button now works even when onblur is set to ignore. Thanks to Thomas Mann for providing the patch.
• Plugin does not break the chain even when attached to nonexistent element. In other words it returns this instead of false in case of failure.

As usual test and download plugin.