Editor insert only "datatable" field

unibocconi-ltcc

Hi,
I have a "datatable" field that I want to make it configurable only on insert.

On the server side I've already blocked the "update" action with ->set(Field::SET_CREATE), but I was wondering if there is a way also to prevent the change on the frontend.

allan

Yes, similar to the other field types, datatable can be enabled and disabled (field().enable() and field().disable()).

Combine those two method with the initCreate and initEdit events and you can enable and disable the field as needed - e.g.:

editor.on('initCreate', function () {
  editor.field('myDataTable').enable();
});

editor.on('initEdit', function () {
  editor.field('myDataTable').disable();
});

Allan

colin

This example from this thread is doing something similar to what you want. It's using field().enable() to make the age field editable on creation, but read-only afterwards.

Is that what you were after? Or did you want the field to not appear on the form? If so, you could use field().hide() instead for that.

Colin

unibocconi-ltcc

Thank you all for the suggestions and hints!

The type "datatable", when disabled, can however be searched and the pagination is active. I found this confusing.

So I came up with the approach of creating a new field and then show it an populate it when needed:

    const myField = 'MY_FIELD';
    editor.add({label: myField + ':', name: myField + '_READONLY', type: "readonly", def: ""}, null);

    editor.on('initCreate', function () {
        editor.enable(myField);
        editor.show(myField);
        editor.hide(myField + '_READONLY');
    });

    editor.on('initEdit', function(e, node, data, items, type) {
        editor.disable(myField);
        editor.hide(myField);
        editor.set(myField + '_READONLY', data[myField]);
        editor.show(myField + '_READONLY');
    });

allan

Sounds like a nice solution

Allan