Question about referencing last button pressed on a page
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I have a form where a user is able to hit a button to show a dropdown menu. If they hit a different button, the first dropdown menu is hidden and a different one appears. I have different buttons that each use this logic.
jQuery(‘.dropdown1’).show();
jQuery(‘.dropdown2’).hide();
jQuery(‘.dropdown3’).hide();etc.. This allows the user to browse one dropdown at a time by hitting a different button.
The user is able to browse the dropdowns and eventually choose one of the items and continue to the next page.
Now later in the form, I want to output the last item they selected in those dropdowns by using something like:
jQuery(‘#result’).html(‘You selected ‘+LAST FIELD NAME SELECTED’);
})()Note where it says “LAST FIELD NAME SELECTED” is where I am stuck. I don’t know how to reference the last field when
a.) They fields don’t seem to be logically grouped together
b.) The user may pick several different items from several dropdowns. How do I tell it to pick just the last one?
Sorry if this is a bit of a complex question. Can I use a fieldset or div container for this?
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Ahhh I’ve almost got it. This is driving me nuts.
I’m trying to write the following
<script>
jQuery(document).on(
‘change’,
‘[id*=”fieldname1_”],[id*=”fieldname2_”],[id*=”fieldname3_”],[id*=”fieldname4_”]’, function(){
jQuery(‘#result2’).html(‘You selected ‘+jQuery(this).val()+ ‘ at’ +(fieldname5)+ ‘ %’);
});
</script>The only thing I added to your script was +fieldname5+ and I can’t seem to find the right syntax to make it output. It should be able to grab another field in the output right?
Please help.
Ah so I’ve been trying to figure this out all night. fieldname5 in the above example is a number and it keeps returning a 0.
fieldname5 is a calculated field with the below equation. It’s worth noting that it outputs the correct value in the calculated field, but when I try to insert it into my HTML content field, it always returns a 0.
For example:
You selected red with 0%
prec((function(){
var values = [fieldname2,fieldname6,fieldname73, fieldname74],
total = 0,
counter = 0;for(var i in values)
{
if(values[i]) counter++;
total += values[i];
}return (counter)?total/counter:0;
})(),1)So here’s how my form works.
1.) I make a dropdown selection between fieldname1-4
2.) On the next page I calculate the average in fieldname5
3.) I output the selection in an HTML content field using the below logic (thanks very much for this. It mostly works wonderfully).
<script>
jQuery(document).on(
‘change’,
‘[id*=”fieldname1_”],[id*=”fieldname2_”],[id*=”fieldname3_”],[id*=”fieldname4_”],[id*=”fieldname5_”]’, function(){
jQuery(‘#result2’).html(‘You selected ‘+jQuery(this).val()+’ at ‘+jQuery(‘[id*=”fieldname5_”]’).val()+’%’);
});
</script>;If I skip the dropdown (1-4) step in my form and calculate fieldname5 first, then back up and select dropdowns between 1-4, everything works properly. If I select between 1-4 first, then try to calculate fieldname5, fieldname5 comes back with 0% in my HTML content field. It’s worth noting that the calculated field calculates fine.
Something about the way the code in the HTML content field evaluates the second step needs to be fixed because it seems like it’s dependent on fieldnames 1-4 and really I’m just calling it from a different calculated field.
Can you help?
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I think it’s a triggering issue though. When I hit “Calculate” it triggers this equation
prec((function(){
var values = [fieldname2,fieldname6,fieldname73, fieldname74],
total = 0,
counter = 0;for(var i in values)
{
if(values[i]) counter++;
total += values[i];
}return (counter)?total/counter:0;
})(),1)… and outputs it to fieldname5. But in my HTML output which looks at
<script>
jQuery(document).on(
‘change’,
‘[id*=”fieldname1_”],[id*=”fieldname2_”],[id*=”fieldname3_”],[id*=”fieldname4_”],[id*=”fieldname5_”]’, function(){
jQuery(‘#result2’).html(‘You selected ‘+jQuery(this).val()+’ at ‘+jQuery(‘[id*=”fieldname5_”]’).val()+’%’);
return true;
});
</script>It seems to be waiting for me to go back to fieldnames 1-4 to pick it again. It won’t evaluate the output of the calculation in real time. It wants me to go back and pick a dropdown before it will evaluate it.
For example, if I calculate fieldname5 first, THEN pick between fields 1-4, it works fine.
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