webEvent

webEvent* : object

Parameter	Type		Description
Result	object	←	object

Description

webEvent returns an object with information on a triggered event linked to a Page component.

The command must be called in the context of a Page handled by the Qodly web server.

Result

The returned object contains the following properties:

Property		Type	Description
caller		string	Server-side reference of the component triggering the event
eventType		string	Type of event: onblur onfocus onclick onauxclick onmouseenter onmouseleave onkeyup onkeydown onchange unload onload - triggered when the Page loads
data		object	Additional information depending on the involved component
	index	number	Tabs component: index of the tab (indexing starts at 0) Data Table component: column number
	row	number	Data Table component: row number
	name	string	Data Table component: qodlysource name of the column (e.g. "firstname", "address.city")

Example

The objective is to display/hide a help text when the user hovers over the component:

This is done by attaching onmouseenter and onmouseleave events to a Text input component that displays the information stored in a Text component (displaying "This is the help").

In this scenario:

• The Text input component has orderNumber as Server side reference.
• The Text component has orderNumber as Server side reference.
• The exposed function help() is attached to both the onmouseenter and onmouseleave events and contains the following code:

exposed function help()

var event : object
var myForm : 4D.WebForm
var componentRef : string

myForm = webForm
event = webEvent
componentRef = event.caller

switch 
: (event.eventType == "onmouseenter")  // event is onmouseenter 
	myForm["helpOn_"+componentRef].show()  // show the help on "orderNumber" by showing  
	// the text component with reference "helpOn_orderNumber" 
: (event.eventType == "onmouseleave")  // event is onmouseleave 
 	myForm["helpOn_"+componentRef].hide()  // hide the help on orderNumber
end 

To open the Page with the help on orderNumber hidden, you can associate this function to the onload event of the Page:

exposed function hideOnLoad()
	webForm.helpOn_orderNumber.hide()