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edx-platform/cms/static/js/views/validating_view.js
Don Mitchell 773dfce68d Try to make server and validation errors work together. Getting double
errors when there are parent and child views both defining on error
handlers still.
2013-02-11 12:04:45 -05:00

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CMS.Views.ValidatingView = Backbone.View.extend({
// Intended as an abstract class which catches validation errors on the model and
// decorates the fields. Needs wiring per class, but this initialization shows how
// either have your init call this one or copy the contents
initialize : function() {
this.model.on('error', this.handleValidationError, this);
this.selectorToField = _.invert(this.fieldToSelectorMap);
},
errorTemplate : _.template('<span class="message-error"><%= message %></span>'),
events : {
"blur input" : "clearValidationErrors",
"blur textarea" : "clearValidationErrors"
},
fieldToSelectorMap : {
// Your subclass must populate this w/ all of the model keys and dom selectors
// which may be the subjects of validation errors
},
_cacheValidationErrors : [],
handleValidationError : function(model, error) {
// error triggered either by validation or server error
// error is object w/ fields and error strings
for (var field in error) {
var ele = this.$el.find('#' + this.fieldToSelectorMap[field]);
if (ele.length === 0) {
// check if it might a server error: note a typo in the field name
// or failure to put in a map may cause this to muffle validation errors
if (_.has(error, 'error') && _.has(error, 'responseText')) {
CMS.ServerError(model, error);
return;
}
else continue;
}
this._cacheValidationErrors.push(ele);
if ($(ele).is('div')) {
// put error on the contained inputs
$(ele).find('input, textarea').addClass('error');
}
else $(ele).addClass('error');
$(ele).parent().append(this.errorTemplate({message : error[field]}));
}
},
clearValidationErrors : function() {
// error is object w/ fields and error strings
while (this._cacheValidationErrors.length > 0) {
var ele = this._cacheValidationErrors.pop();
if ($(ele).is('div')) {
// put error on the contained inputs
$(ele).find('input, textarea').removeClass('error');
}
else $(ele).removeClass('error');
$(ele).nextAll('.message-error').remove();
}
},
saveIfChanged : function(event) {
// returns true if the value changed and was thus sent to server
var field = this.selectorToField[event.currentTarget.id];
var currentVal = this.model.get(field);
var newVal = $(event.currentTarget).val();
this.clearValidationErrors(); // curr = new if user reverts manually
if (currentVal != newVal) {
this.model.save(field, newVal);
return true;
}
else return false;
},
// these should perhaps go into a superclass but lack of event hash inheritance demotivates me
inputFocus : function(event) {
$("label[for='" + event.currentTarget.id + "']").addClass("is-focused");
},
inputUnfocus : function(event) {
$("label[for='" + event.currentTarget.id + "']").removeClass("is-focused");
}
});