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yvonnezoe
yvonnezoe

Reputation: 7417

How do I do a switch case for jQuery?

I have this if-else statement which gave me weird response... whenever i select "output" first, nothing else selected afterwards can appear... FYI, I am using multi select so I can select and show as many as I want.

 $('#outputText').hide();
    $('#armCB').hide();
    $('#outputCB').hide();
    $('#zoneText').hide();
    $('#counterText').hide();
    $('#flagText').hide();
    $('#sensorText').hide();

('#select-choice-1').change(function(){
        if ($('#output').is(':selected')){
            $('#outputText').show();
        }
        else if ($('#arm').is(':selected')){
            $('#armCB').show();
        }
        else if ($('#zone').is(':selected')){
            $('#zoneText').show();
        }
        else if ($('#counter').is(':selected')){
            $('#counterText').show();
        }
        else if ($('#flag').is(':selected')){
            $('#flagText').show();
        }
        else if ($('#sensor').is(':selected')){
            $('#sensorText').show();
        }
        else{
            $('#outputText').hide();
            $('#armCB').hide();
            $('#zoneText').hide();
            $('#counterText').hide();
            $('#flagText').hide();
            $('#sensorText').hide();

        }

Is there a mistake in my if-else statement? or must I use Switch case statement here? If so, how should i do it?

HTML:

<div id="display" style=" clear:both">
        <div class="left" style="float:left; width:48%">
        <div data-role="fieldcontain">
            <label for="select-choice-1" class="select">Select Category</label>
            <select name="select-choice-1" id="select-choice-1" data-native-menu="false" data-mini="true" multiple="multiple" size="2">

                <option value="arm" id="arm">Arm</option>
                <option value="zone" id="zone">Zone Input</option>
                <option value="output" id="output">Output</option>
                <option value="counter" id="counter">Counter</option>
                <option value="flag" id="flag">Flag</option>
                <option value="sensor" id="sensor">Sensor</option>
            </select>
        </div>



        </div>
        <div class="right" style=" float: right; width:48%">
             <div id="armCB">
                <fieldset data-role="controlgroup">
                    <legend>Unit</legend>
                    <input type="checkbox" class="CB" name="armCB_1" id="armCB_1" class="custom" data-mini="true" />
                    <label for="armCB_1">Arming Status</label>
                </fieldset>
             </div>

            <div id="outputText">
                <p> Please enter an Output number and press "Add" button: </p>
                <input style="background: white; color: black;" type="text" id="outputTextInput" value="">
                <input type="submit" id="outputAdd" value="Add"/>
                <input type="submit" id="outputRemove" value="Remove"/>
            </div>
            <div id="zoneText">
                <p> Please enter a Zone number and press "Add" button: </p>
                <input style="background: white; color: black;" type="text" id="zoneTextInput" value="">
                <input type="submit" id="zoneAdd" value="Add"/>
                <input type="submit" id="zoneRemove" value="Remove"/>
            </div>
            <div id="counterText">
                <p> Please enter a counter number and press "Add" button: </p>
                <input style="background: white; color: black;" type="text" id="counterTextInput" value="">
                <input type="submit" id="counterAdd" value="Add"/>
                <input type="submit" id="counterRemove" value="Remove"/>
            </div>
            <div id="flagText">
                <p> Please enter a Flag number and press "Add" button: </p>
                <input style="background: white; color: black;" type="text" id="flagTextInput" value="">
                <input type="submit" id="flagAdd" value="Add"/>
                <input type="submit" id="flagRemove" value="Remove"/>
            </div>
            <div id="sensorText">
                <p> Please enter a Sensor number and press "Add" button: </p>
                <input style="background: white; color: black;" type="text" id="sensorTextInput" value="">
                <input type="submit" id="sensorAdd" value="Add"/>
                <input type="submit" id="sensorRemove" value="Remove"/>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>

Upvotes: 15

Views: 110351

Answers (4)

Martin V.
Martin V.

Reputation: 3710

That`s just standard javascript : http://www.w3schools.com/js/js_switch.asp

switch(n) {
 case 1:
  //execute code block 1
  break;
 case 2:
  //execute code block 2
  break;
 default:
 // code to be executed if n is different from case 1 and 2
}

where switch variable will be the name of selected tag

Upvotes: 39

Arun P Johny
Arun P Johny

Reputation: 388406

If it is a multi select, don't use else if

$('#select-choice-1').change(function() {
    $('#outputText').hide();
    $('#armCB').hide();
    $('#zoneText').hide();
    $('#counterText').hide();
    $('#flagText').hide();
    $('#sensorText').hide();

    if ($('#output').is(':selected')) {
        $('#outputText').show();
    }
    if ($('#arm').is(':selected')) {
        $('#armCB').show();
    }
    if ($('#zone').is(':selected')) {
        $('#zoneText').show();
    }
    if ($('#counter').is(':selected')) {
        $('#counterText').show();
    }
    if ($('#flag').is(':selected')) {
        $('#flagText').show();
    }
    if ($('#sensor').is(':selected')) {
        $('#sensorText').show();
    }
});

Demo: Fiddle

You can simplify it to something like below, if you can make some changes to the markup

$(function(){

    var $ctitems = $('#select-choice-1-items');
    var $items = $('.item', $ctitems).hide();

    $('#select-choice-1').change(function(){
        $items.hide()
        $('option:selected',this).each(function(){
            var id = $(this).attr('id');
            $('#' + id + 'Item').show()
        });
    });
});

HTML

<div id="display" style=" clear:both">
    <div class="left" style="float:left; width:48%">
        <div data-role="fieldcontain">
            <label for="select-choice-1" class="select">Select Category</label>
            <select name="select-choice-1" id="select-choice-1" data-native-menu="false" data-mini="true" multiple="multiple" size="2">
                <option value="arm" id="arm">Arm</option>
                <option value="zone" id="zone">Zone Input</option>
                <option value="output" id="output">Output</option>
                <option value="counter" id="counter">Counter</option>
                <option value="flag" id="flag">Flag</option>
                <option value="sensor" id="sensor">Sensor</option>
            </select>
        </div>
    </div>

    <div id="select-choice-1-items" class="right" style=" float: right; width:48%">
        <div id="armItem" class="item">
            <fieldset data-role="controlgroup">
                <legend>Unit</legend>
                <input type="checkbox" class="CB" name="armCB_1" id="armCB_1" class="custom" data-mini="true" />
                <label for="armCB_1">Arming Status</label>
            </fieldset>
        </div>

        <div id="outputItem" class="item">
            <p> Please enter an Output number and press "Add" button: </p>
            <input style="background: white; color: black;" type="text" id="outputTextInput" value=""/>
            <input type="submit" id="outputAdd" value="Add"/>
            <input type="submit" id="outputRemove" value="Remove"/>
        </div>
        <div id="zoneItem" class="item">
            <p> Please enter a Zone number and press "Add" button: </p>
            <input style="background: white; color: black;" type="text" id="zoneTextInput" value=""/>
            <input type="submit" id="zoneAdd" value="Add"/>
            <input type="submit" id="zoneRemove" value="Remove"/>
        </div>
        <div id="counterItem" class="item">
            <p> Please enter a counter number and press "Add" button: </p>
            <input style="background: white; color: black;" type="text" id="counterTextInput" value=""/>
            <input type="submit" id="counterAdd" value="Add"/>
            <input type="submit" id="counterRemove" value="Remove"/>
        </div>
        <div id="flagItem" class="item">
            <p> Please enter a Flag number and press "Add" button: </p>
            <input style="background: white; color: black;" type="text" id="flagTextInput" value=""/>
            <input type="submit" id="flagAdd" value="Add"/>
            <input type="submit" id="flagRemove" value="Remove"/>
        </div>
        <div id="sensorItem" class="item">
            <p> Please enter a Sensor number and press "Add" button: </p>
            <input style="background: white; color: black;" type="text" id="sensorTextInput" value=""/>
            <input type="submit" id="sensorAdd" value="Add"/>
            <input type="submit" id="sensorRemove" value="Remove"/>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

Demo: Fiddle

Upvotes: 1

Ram
Ram

Reputation: 144699

You don't need a switch statement in this case, you can use the current value or id of the selected option for selecting the target element:

$('#select-choice-1').change(function(){
    $('.elements').hide();
    $('#' + this.value + 'Text').show();
});

Update: As you are using multiple attribute for the select element, you can use jQuery val method, it returns an array of selected options, then you can create a selector based on the selected values.

$('#select-choice-1').change(function(){
    $('div.right > div').hide();
    var selector = '#' + $(this).val().join('Text, #') + 'Text';
    $(selector).show();
});

http://jsfiddle.net/3AbJq/

Upvotes: 7

PSL
PSL

Reputation: 123739

There is no JQuery Switch statement. If you want to use switch statement you can refer to Javascript Switch.

Switch

Here would be my approach. i will add a data-section attribute for each option in #select-choice-1, which will have the id of the corresponding div.

$('#select-choice-1').change(function(){
        $('#outputText').hide();
        $('#armCB').hide();
        $('#zoneText').hide();
        $('#counterText').hide();
        $('#flagText').hide();
        $('#sensorText').hide();

    //the above hide() methods can be removed if you can
    //add a class for all of these sections and say $('.sectionDivs').hide()
    var divId = $(':selected',this).data('section');
    $('#' + divId ).show();
  
    }

Upvotes: 1

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