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user2266174
user2266174

Reputation: 15

jquery/javascript, use one button to click/submit multiple buttons

Probably a stupid question but please bear with me on this one:

Is it possible, with the use of jQuery/javascript, to make it so that when you click one button it clicks/submits multiple buttons?

This will probably help make answering the question easier:

<div class="form-item form-type-select form-item-field-status-10-field-status-und-select">
  <select size="0" name="field_status[10][field_status][und][select]" id="edit-field-status-10-field-status-und-select" class="select-or-other-select form-select chzn-done" style="width: 100px; display: none;">
    <option value="">- select -</option>
    <option selected="selected" value="In">In</option>
    <option value="Gym">Gym</option>
    <option value="Lunch">Lunch</option>
    <option value="Out">Out</option>
    <option value="select_or_other">Other</option>
  </select>
  <div id="edit_field_status_10_field_status_und_select_chzn" class="chzn-container chzn-container-single" style="width: 100px;" title=""><a tabindex="-1" class="chzn-single" href="javascript:void(0)"><span>In</span></a>
    <div style="left: -9000px; width: 98px; top: 25px;" class="chzn-drop">
      <div class="chzn-search">
        <input type="text" autocomplete="off" style="width: 63px;">
      </div>
      <ul class="chzn-results">
        <li style="" class="active-result" id="edit_field_status_10_field_status_und_select_chzn_o_0">- select -</li>
        <li style="" class="active-result result-selected" id="edit_field_status_10_field_status_und_select_chzn_o_1">In</li>
        <li style="" class="active-result" id="edit_field_status_10_field_status_und_select_chzn_o_2">Gym</li>
        <li style="" class="active-result" id="edit_field_status_10_field_status_und_select_chzn_o_3">Lunch</li>
        <li style="" class="active-result" id="edit_field_status_10_field_status_und_select_chzn_o_4">Out</li>
        <li style="" class="active-result" id="edit_field_status_10_field_status_und_select_chzn_o_5">Other</li>
      </ul>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 5655

Answers (5)

Rasshu
Rasshu

Reputation: 1799

That's what worked for me, using pure JavaScript. I used the onclick event on a list item (li) containing two reset button's. They control different form's and one of them is not displayed in the list item (style="display:none;"). Of course, you can make the same implementation in any type of input.

<ul>
  <li onclick="document.getElementById('btn-clear-1').click(); document.getElementById('btn-clear-2').click();">
    <input class="btn" id="btn-clear-1" form="frm1" type="reset" value="Clear" />
    <input class="btn" id="btn-clear-2" form="frm2" type="reset" value="Clear" style="display:none;" />
  </li>
</ul>

But what I did is unnecessary code for what I was looking for. It could be <li onclick="document.getElementById('#frm1').reset(); document.getElementById('#frm2').reset();">Clear</li> (Commentary made only to avoid bad coding in this board)

Upvotes: 0

user2266174
user2266174

Reputation: 15

I came up with a solution that does the trick for me:

// Find input(s) that have changed. Add class to their hidden submit button.
$(function() {
    $("input, select").change(function() {
        $(this).closest('td').find('input.ajax-processed').addClass("changed");
    });
});

// One button to submit all input(s) that have changed.
$('.submit-all').click(function(){
    $('.changed, input[type=button]').not('.submit-all').trigger('click');
});

Thanks guys for all of your help. It took a combination of all of your advice to get this beast working and it also helped me to rethink what I was trying to accomplish.

Upvotes: 0

SeinopSys
SeinopSys

Reputation: 8937

This way:

<input type="button" id="triggerAll">

<input type="button" class="button1">
<input type="button" class="button2">
<input type="button" class="button3">

$('#triggerAll').on('click',function(){
    $('.button1,.button2,.button3').trigger('click');
});

Or this way:

<input type="button" id="triggerAll">

<input type="button" class="processed">
<input type="button" class="processed">
<input type="button" class="processed">

$('#triggerAll').on('click',function(){
    $('.processed').trigger('click');
});

Or this way:

<form class="monitorChanges">
    <label>
        Pick one:
        <select data-defaultvalue="" name="other">
            <option value="" selected></option>
            <option value="1">One</option>
            <option value="2">Two</option>
            <option value="3">Three</option>
            <option value="4">Four</option>
        </select>
    </label>
    <label>
        Other:
        <input type="text" data-defaultvalue="" name="other">
    </label>
    <input type="submit">
</form>

<input type="text" value="Trigger All" id="triggerAll">

$('.monitorChanges').on('change keyup',"input,textarea,select",function(){
    var defaultValue = $(this).data('defaultvalue');

    if ($(this).val() !== defaultValue){
        $(this).parent().parent().find('input[type="submit"]:not(.processed)').addClass('processed');
    }
    else {
       $(this).parent().parent().find('input[type="submit"].processed').removeClass('processed');
    }
});

$('#triggerAll').on('click',function(){
    $(this).parent().find('form input[type="submit"].processed').trigger('click');
});

Upvotes: 8

Chad
Chad

Reputation: 19609

Here is an example specific to you:

$('.processed').on('click', function (e) {
    //real event
    if (e.originalEvent !== undefined) {
        $('.processed').click();
    }
    //manually triggered event
    else {
           alert($(this).text() + ' triggered');
    }
});

Hope this helps! You can see it working in this jsFiddle example

Upvotes: 0

karaxuna
karaxuna

Reputation: 26930

$('#mybtnId').click(function(){
    $('button, input[type=button]').not('#mybtnId').trigger('click');
});

Upvotes: 1

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