In editor form, how to initiate set() of some fields based on data entered in another?

louking

I have a form with name, age, gender. I want the user to be able to select a name from a set of selectize choices, and have the form automatically fill in age and gender based on some lookups within my javascript code.

I could not readily find an event to catch, after a field is entered, to put my code within an on condition.

Is this feature available? How can I make use of it?

louking

or I guess maybe I can use raw jquery for this after on('open'...). Am I getting that right?

allan

You could just listen for the change event (I'm assuming that Selectize will trigger that on the select element). You can get the select using field().input() (edit method corrected).

Allan

louking

Just clarifying for future readers.

field() does not seem to have any select() function, per http://editor.datatables.net/plug-ins/field-type/editor.selectize

I think I need to use field(name).inst().on() to set an event handler for a selectize field.

allan

I'm afraid I don't quite understand - I don't see anything on the page you linked to suggesting that there would be a select() method for the field (unless I've misunderstood).

Edit Sorry - i see my typo in the above now - it should be field().input() - I'll correct it.

Allan

louking

Thanks. I'll check out field().input(), but note field().inst().on() also works for selectize field.