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Description

Creates a form, all inputs into the form are attached to a variable called model. Adding a platform to the form will send the request to the Platform Store API and create the model as a new result .

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Usage

as element: 
<content:form
       [platform="{string}"]
       [legend="{string}"]
       [action="{string}"]
       [content="{Object}"]>
</content:form>

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Directive info

  • This directive creates new scope.

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Parameters

ParamTypeDetails
platform (optional)stringThe platform to post the data to.
legend (optional)stringText to display in the legend of the form.
action (optional)stringWhether the form should be creating a new record (store) or updating an existing record (update). Default:store, options store or update
content (optional)ObjectKey value pair object or result to map the form data to.

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Events

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contentFormPostError

When the content form is posted to the API unsuccessfully this event will be broadcasted with the error received from the API.

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Type:

broadcast

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Target:

root scope

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contentFormPostSuccess

When the content form is posted to the API successfully this event will be broadcasted with the model sent to the API.

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Type:

broadcast

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Target:

root scope

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Example

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Source

<div ng-controller="ExampleController">
<search:platform var="platform" conf="platform.test"></search:platform>
<layout:grid>
    <layout:block md="1-1">
        <h3 id="example_styling">Styling</h3>
    </layout:block>
    <layout:block md="1-2">
        <h4 id="example_styling">(form-aligned)</h4>
        <content:form styling="form-aligned" platform="platform">
            <content:input label="id" field="id" value="123456" hidden="true"></content:input>
            <content:input label="Name" field="name" required="true"></content:input>
            <content:textarea label="Address" field="Address" required="true"></content:textarea>
            <content:submit></content:submit>
        </content:form>
    </layout:block>
    <layout:block md="1-2">
        <h4 id="example_styling">(form-stacked)</h4>
        <content:form styling="form-stacked" content="model1" platform="platform">
            <content:input label="id" field="id" value="12345" hidden="true"></content:input>
            <content:input label="Name" field="name" required="true"></content:input>
            <content:textarea label="Address" field="Address"></content:textarea>
            <content:submit></content:submit>
        </content:form>
    </layout:block>
</layout:grid>
<hr/>
<h3 id="example_attributes">Attributes</h3>
<h4 id="example_attributes_legend">Legend</h4>
<content:form legend="Please complete the form." content="result">
    <content:input label="id" field="id" value="1234" hidden="true"></content:input>
    <content:input label="Name" field="name" required="true"></content:input>
    <content:textarea label="Address" field="Address"></content:textarea>
    <content:submit></content:submit>
</content:form>
<hr/>
<h4 id="example_attributes_content">Content</h4>
<button styling="button" ng-click="changeModel()">Update Content Model</button>
<layout:grid>
    <layout:block md="1-1">
        <p>Click update content model button to update the values in the inputs.</p>
        <content:form styling="form-stacked" content="model1" platform="platform">
            <strong>Form Model</strong>
            <pre>{{$parent.model}}</pre>
            <content:input label="id" field="id" value="12345" hidden="true"></content:input>
            <content:input label="Name" field="name" required="true"></content:input>
            <content:textarea label="Address" field="Address"></content:textarea>
            <content:submit></content:submit>
        </content:form>
    </layout:block>
    <layout:block md="1-1">
        <p>To only initiated the form with the values from a result or scope object use <code>content="::myModelObject"</code>.
        If you click update content model the values of this form will not change.
        (see <a href="https://docs.angularjs.org/guide/expression#one-time-binding" target="_blank">one time bindings</a>)</p>
        <content:form styling="form-stacked" content="::model1" platform="platform">
            <strong>Form Model</strong>
            <pre>{{$parent.model}}</pre>
            <content:input label="id" field="id" value="12345" hidden="true"></content:input>
            <content:input label="Name" field="name" required="true"></content:input>
            <content:textarea label="Address" field="Address"></content:textarea>
            <content:submit></content:submit>
        </content:form>
    </layout:block>
</layout:grid>
</div>

angular.module('lightning')
.controller('ExampleController', ['$scope', function($scope) {
        $scope.model1 = {
            name:'foo',
            Address:'bar'
        }

        function generateRandomString(size){
            var text = "";
            var possible = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789";

            for( var i=0; i < size; i++ )
                text += possible.charAt(Math.floor(Math.random() * possible.length));

            return text;
        }

        $scope.changeModel = function(){
        $scope.model1 = {
            name:generateRandomString(4),
            Address:generateRandomString(3)
        }
        };



        $scope.result ={
        result: {
            fields: {
            name:{
                val:'George',
            } ,
            Address:{
                val:'123 George Way',
            },
            }
        },
        }
}]);

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Result

Result
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