Character limit on text field in repeater causes script errors

  • Resolved Jason Lefkowitz

    (@jalefkowit)


    9 years, 1 month ago

    If a field placed within a repeater has any value set for its “Maximum Characters” attribute, the form will break with various JavaScript errors. This is true both for both the “Single Line Text” and “Paragraph Text” field types. In some cases, the errors can result in the entire form not being displayed. My guess is that GF’s scripts that do the character-counting and add the little label (“0 of X characters used”) below these types of fields are conflicting with the scripts from the add-on somehow.

    Here is an example stack trace from the console that I got when attempting to load a form with a character-limited field:

    14:37:26.977 TypeError: q is undefined
gfRepeater_getRepeaters/e</<() gf-repeater.min.js:1
.each() jquery.js:2
m.prototype.each() jquery.js:2
gfRepeater_getRepeaters/e<() gf-repeater.min.js:1
.each() jquery.js:2
m.prototype.each() jquery.js:2
gfRepeater_getRepeaters() gf-repeater.min.js:1
<anonymous> gf-repeater.min.js:1
m.event.dispatch() jquery.js:4
m.event.add/r.handle() jquery.js:4
m.event.trigger() jquery.js:4
e.event.trigger() jquery-migrate.min.js:2
.trigger/<() jquery.js:4
.each() jquery.js:2
m.prototype.each() jquery.js:2
.trigger() jquery.js:4
<anonymous> repeater-test-page:298
m.Callbacks/j() jquery.js:2
m.Callbacks/k.fireWith() jquery.js:2
.ready() jquery.js:2
J() jquery.js:2
1 gf-repeater.min.js:1:2307

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  • Thread Starter Jason Lefkowitz

    (@jalefkowit)

    Update on this: I believe the problem is coming from the function get_counter_init_script(), defined in GravityForms core in the file form_display.php. This function creates and outputs an inline script for each text field that uses jQuery to attach the textareaCount() script function that provides the character counting functionality.

    The problem is that this function creates the ID of the DOM element to be counter-ized like this:

    $field_id = "input_{$form['id']}_{$field->id}";

    … which means that elements in a repeater won’t be matched, since they have IDs in the format input_{$form[‘id’]}_{$field->id}-{number}-{number} instead. So when the inline script is executed the inline script tries to run the textareaCount() routine against null, resulting in boom.

    There is a filter you can hook into that lets you modify or replace the inline script GF generates for the element, called gform_counter_script. But I’m not sure how best to get the right ID for the element, which you’d need to have to output a working replacement. GF passes along what it thinks is the ID for the field, but it’s just the standard input_X_Y ID, not the input_W_X-Y-Z form the element gets once it’s placed in a repeater. And I’m not sure if there’s some obvious way to derive the correct repeater-ized ID with just the base ID and the other data the filter gets.

    Plugin Author Kodie Grantham

    (@kodiegrantham)

    Hey Jason! Thanks for the info! I will look into it and try to get a patch released asap!

    Plugin Author Kodie Grantham

    (@kodiegrantham)

    This has been fixed in the latest development version. Find out how to get the development version here: https://github.com/kodie/gravityforms-repeater#development

    Thread Starter Jason Lefkowitz

    (@jalefkowit)

    Thanks! Questions: Is the development version ready enough for prime time to be suitable for deployment? If not, are there particular issues that are keeping it from release status users should be aware of?

    Thread Starter Jason Lefkowitz

    (@jalefkowit)

    BTW, I tried the Github Updater approach on both my local development WP instance and on a remote dev server and don’t get the “try another branch” option on either. (There’s a “GitHub” link, but that just takes me to the repo’s main page on GH.) Adding a personal access token in the Github Updater settings didn’t help.

    Plugin Author Kodie Grantham

    (@kodiegrantham)

    I’ll have to look into the GitHub Updater issue. At the moment there are no known issues with the development version and would be totally fine to use in a production environment.

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