Properties of checkboxes [duplicate] - dom

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Can HTML checkboxes be set to readonly?
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I have a form that includes many checkboxes with the same name but with different values, when the form is submitted I get a single variable that has the name of the checkboxes and it contains a comma separated list values of each checkbox that was checked. All this is OK, however, I have modified the form to disable some of the checked checkboxes which means that we cannot uncheck the checkbox, again this is OK and working.
The issue that I have is that disabled checked checkboxes do not have a value when submitted.
Is there another property I can use that will include all checked checkboxes?

There is not another property that you can use. readonly can be used for fields where the value is what changes. However, for checkboxes, the value doesn't change so it cannot be used.
The best you can do is to leave the checkboxes disabled and add hidden input fields to get the values you need onto the server.

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Angular 2 - Dynamic Reactive form with Radio Inputs build with FormBuilder, FormGroup, FormArray

Case:
I have an array of answers which I want to show in the view as radio inputs. When one of the answers is already answered it must be [checked] and if it's [checked] a textarea shows, so far so good.
Next I want to check another radio input and I want the current selected to be deselected and its textarea hidden, then the new selected radio input should be [checked] and it's textarea should show.
I use the FormBuilder and FormArray and have following issues.
I can't use index without intrapolation, I see many examples where the index is used without.
If I select another radio input, first my data disappears and it's not checked and on the second click it get's checked but now both are checked.
- I don't have access to the checked event, I can show it in the view with {{tempVar.checked}} as you can see above, if I use a template variable #tempVar, but I don't have access to it in the textarea below *ngIf="tempVar.checked". If I do use it in the ngIf I get the following error
Expression has changed after it was checked. Previous value: 'false'. Current value: 'true'.
Questions:
Is this the right approach?
An example of a Reactive Dynamic form with FormBuilder and FormArray with Radio inputs
Here is my code
https://gist.github.com/webwizart/121c85a0f316f47977cc0c99455af7bf
I would think using the tags should be reserved for unique identifiers? I wouldn't be surprised if dom renderer will update all elements with the same id.
Not sure if this will help, but you could use an answer view model instead (containing the same data) but that also has a 'checked' property
This way you can be sure that it will behave as you would expect.
e.g.: (in your component.ts)
let answers = this.question.Question.PossibleAnswers
.map(a =>
{ return Object.assign({}, a, { checked: false });
}
);
then in html you use: 'answer.checked' instead of 'radio.checked'
ps: also you could use ng-container instead of span, so you don't have an extra DOM imprint in your html

Remove "empty" selection from dropdown list box

When creating a form in Orbeon Form Builder, you can define a list of values for a dropdown list box.
When running the form in form runner, is it possible to remove the "[Select...]" value from this dropdown list box?
I would like to restrict the possible values only to the given ones and restricting the user from selecting an "[Select...]" value when filling in the form. I hope you understand what I mean :)
Here is a screenshot
It's not possible without changes to Orbeon Forms to remove the empty option.
The best way to achieve what you want is to make the field required. When that's the case, the user will have to select a value or validation won't pass.
(The rationale for adding/keeping an empty option at the top is to force the user to make a selection. Otherwise it is possible that users might not even look at the option selected by default, and involuntarily select an incorrect option.)

Drupal 7 - Hide certain form fields of a content edit form depending on the content data

In Drupal 7, is there a way to change the standard edit form for a content type based on a certain content?
For example:
I have a content type with a checkbox...once it it checked and the form is saved, I do not want this checkbox to be visible anymore...therefore based on the checkboxes value in the Database I want to hide form fields when showing the form.
I am building a small specific project site, where a company wants to add projects, and their customers are supposed to follow certain steps (upload some content, provide information etc.), and also should be able to check off certain requirements, and once these are checked off, they should not be visible/editable to them.
Also the displayed form fields should depend on an user's role, and then FURTHER be limited depending on the content's database entries.
Is there a module, which could achieve this behaviour? "rules" and "field/permissions" come close to what I need, but are not sufficient. Or did I just miss the option to change a form field's accessibility based on conditions?
What I need is some place to define a logic like "IF (VALUEOF(CHECKBOX_1) == TRUE) THEN DO_NOT_SHOW(CHECKBOX_1)"
hook_form_alter is the way to do this, as explained by Mihaela, but what options do you have inside that function?
If you want just to disable field (it will be visible, but user can't change it) you can do it like this:
$form['field_myfield']['#disabled'] = TRUE;
And if you want it to be hidden, but to keep value it has before editing the way to do that is:
$form['field_myfield']['#access'] = FALSE;
I.e. hiding it (somewhere I saw someone suggesting that):
hide($form['field_myfield']);
really hides the field, but after that, when form is saved this field has empty value, validation fails, etc, so that's not a good way to do this. Hiding makes sense only if you want to print separately that field later, at some other place.
function your_module_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state, $form_id){
switch($form_id) {
case 'nameOfTheNode_node_form':
//your code here. check the value from from_state.
break;
}
}
In this case, I use module Conditional Fields https://www.drupal.org/project/conditional_fields
For example: If my Dependees field has a value, Dependent field can be visible/invisible, enabled/disabled, required/optional, checked/unchecked

Mutually exclusive checkbox

I have a PDF form that has has 2 checkboxes with the same name and no export value and they behave mutually exclusive.
When I use:
pdfFormFields.SetField("myCheckBox", "1"),
the first checkbox is checked.
My question is:
How do I use pdfFormFields.SetField to check the second checkbox since it has the same name?
I've taken a look at the form, and it's encrypted, reader-enabled and wrong. There is no such thing as a 'mutually exclusive' checkbox. If such a thing existed, it would be called a 'radio' field.
Apparently, the person who designed the form, didn't know that. I fixed the form by replacing the two widget annotations created for the same checkbox field CheckBox3 (which can not have a different value), by two widget annotations for the single radio field radio (so that one widget corresponds with one value).
You can find the result here: http://itextpdf.org/documents/pos030.pdf
Now you can use either:
form.setField("Radio", "0");
or
form.setField("Radio", "1");
You should ask the people of the Canadian government to fix the form accordingly.

Kentico CMS: Form Validation - At least one input answered

I have a simple feedback form in a Kentico CMS site.
There are two inputs and a submit button. One of the inputs is a yes/no radio button selection and the other is a text area input. (please see screenshot).
I want the user to be able to submit the form only when at least one of the following 3 criteria are met:
'Was this page helpful?' was answered.
The text area value is not blank and the value does not equal the default text value which is 'How can we improve this page? Providing feedback helps us to improve this information'
Or, both criteria in 1 and 2 are met.
Basically, I want them to answer at least one of the inputs.
Is this type of validation possible using Kentico forms/online form web part?
Screenshot of form (may be of use):
I contacted Kentico about this functionality and their response is below:
Regrettably, this type of validation is not provided. Kentico CMS
perform validation for each built-in control separately.
In general, you have two options. The first one is to implement the
OnBeforeValidate or OnAfterValidate events which give you the ability
to perform a custom validation if necessary. You can access each field
as follows:
string answerText =
ValidationHelper.GetString(viewBiz.BasicForm.Data.GetValue("answerText"),
"");
If the validation fails, you need to set the StopProcessing of the
BizForm control to true:
viewBiz.StopProcessing = true;
More information about customization possibilities related to BizForm
can be found here:
http://devnet.kentico.com/docs/devguide/index.html?api_bizforms_customization_possibilities.htm
Another way would be creating a custom form control just as it is
described in the documentation:
http://devnet.kentico.com/docs/devguide/developing_form_controls.htm
The form control would allow users to specify both fields and
therefore you can peform the custom validation (IsValid method)
according to your requirements.
To set a field other than the field for which the for control is used,
you need to implement the GetOtherValues method.
Then, just disable the other field so that it is not displayed on the
form twice.