How to prevent editor open form?

vincmeister

Hi Allan,

I want to prevent open editor in some conditions.
I'm using editor.close() , but i think this is not smooth. Is there any way to prevent editor open ? Please advise, thank you

rduncecb

You can use the preOpen event. Returning false will stop the open operation.

editor.on('preOpen', function(e, mode, action) {
    // Some logic
    return false;
});

vincmeister

@rduncecb thanks for the reply bu I don't want the editor open. If using return false, the form still open, but prevent update.

Thanks

allan

@rduncecb is correct - preOpen can be used to stop the editor window from opening at all. Returning call from that event handler should stop the window from showing.

Alternatively, you could use the optional second parameter of edit() to not show the form.

Allan

vincmeister

Hi Allan,

Here's my code. But return false not working to prevent form open. Please advise, thank you.

editor.on('preOpen', function(e, mode, action) {
            editor.disable();
            var selected = table.row( { selected: true } );
            if ( selected.any() ) {
                head_id = selected.data().activity_head.id;
            }
            $.get( "function/check_process_status.php",{ head_id: head_id}, function( d ) {
                process_status = d;
                console.log(process_status);
                if (process_status == 1){
                    //editor.close();
                    return false;
                }else if (process_status == 2){
                    now = moment().format('DD MMM YYYY / HH:mm:ss');
                    editor.field('start_time').val(now);
                    editor.field('activity_head.last_status').val(3);
                }else if (process_status == 3){
                    now = moment().format('DD MMM YYYY / HH:mm:ss');
                    editor.field('finish_time').val(now);
                }else if (process_status == 4){
                    //editor.close();
                    return false;
                }
            });
        });

rduncecb

It's not working because you're returning the value from the ajax callback, this does not return a value from your preOpen event handler, the end of the function is reached BEFORE your ajax call (and does not return a value) as the process is asynchronous.

vincmeister

@rduncecb thanks for the explanation. so how to make it happen? Please help thank you

allan

You would have to move the return false; to the preOpen event handler (i.e. line 23-24 above).

You could then use open() to display the form if it should be shown in the Ajax handler.

Allan

vincmeister

thanks @rduncecb & @allan for the explanation