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TOPIC: Show the caption instead of value in email

Show the caption instead of value in email 14 years 3 weeks ago #12947

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It is the site that I work on: canadaexpert.ca/index.php?option=com_k2&...item&id=27&Itemid=41

I wanna to calculate the score of the chosen options.

For example:
I have the radio item like this:
20|radio1
20|radio2
25|radio3
and the dropdown item like this:
10|drop1
15|drop2
15|drop3
and some checkbox like this:
10|check1
10|check2
15|check3
and some fileds like this:
filed1
filed2
filed3

Now, I wanna to calculate the value of these. I found the way that calculates it...
But
I need the caption of selected option of any items in email and submission form.
I need to tell me that the submitter has selected radio1, drop2, check1 and ... and use the value for calculation
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Re:Show the caption instead of value in email 14 years 5 days ago #13135

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Hello,

This can be achieved, but it will require some custom scripting. You could try adding 3 hidden fields to your form then use a custom javascript in order to retrieve the label of the selected radio/dropdown/checkbox option and store them in one of the hidden fields.

For radio groups
function grabDesc(param)
{
	for(i=0;i<document.getElementsByName('form['+param+']').length;i++)
		if(document.getElementById(param+i).checked)
			for(j=0;j<document.getElementsByTagName('label').length;j++)
				if(document.getElementsByTagName('label')[j].getAttribute('for') == param+i)
					document.getElementById('hidden_field1').value = document.getElementsByTagName('label')[j].innerHTML;
 
	alert(document.getElementById('hidden_field1').value);
}

In order to trigger this function for radio groups you will need to use
onclick="grabDesc('field-name');"

For dropdowns
function getDescription(param)
{
var index  = document.getElementById(param).selectedIndex;
var option = document.getElementById(param).options[index];
 
var test = option.text;
document.getElementById('hidden_field2').value = option.text;
alert(document.getElementById('hidden_field2').value);
}

In order to trigger this function for radio groups you will need to use
onchange="getDescription('field-name');"

For checkbox groups
function grabDesc(param)
{
        document.getElementById('hidden_field3').value = '';
	for(i=0;i<document.getElementsByName('form['+param+'][]').length;i++)
		if(document.getElementById(param+i).checked)
			for(j=0;j<document.getElementsByTagName('label').length;j++)
				if(document.getElementsByTagName('label')[j].getAttribute('for') == param+i)
					document.getElementById('hidden_field3').value = document.getElementById('hidden_field3').value + ' ' + document.getElementsByTagName('label')[j].innerHTML;
 
	alert(document.getElementById('hidden_field3').value);
}

The checkbox field will use the same trigger as the radio group.
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Last Edit: 13 years 3 months ago by andreic.
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Re:Show the caption instead of value in email 14 years 5 days ago #13140

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Hello, checked the top two scripts, I have not worked, is there any options then?
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Re: Show the caption instead of value in email 13 years 4 months ago #15434

This would be really helpful if it worked. The instructions are incomplete.
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Re: Show the caption instead of value in email 13 years 4 months ago #15441

Inconsistent use of color in the code seems to indicate variables, but i can't make any sense out of it.

Specifically i'm trying to use the "dropdown" version of this custom code. Here's the problems i've found with this code:

function getDescription(param)
{
var index = document.getElementById(param).selectedIndex;
var option = document.getElementById(param).options[index];

var test = option.text;
document.getElementById('hidden_field2').value = option.text;
alert(document.getElementById('hidden_field2').value);
}

1 - What's "param"? Is that where the name of the dropdown component i'm trying to capture goes?
2 - You wrote to put "onchange="grabDesc('field-name');""in additional attributes, but maybe you meant "onchange="grabDescription('hidden_field2');"... but it is not clear.
3 - IE's debugger claims "object required" when i change the selection in the dropdown.
4 - what's with the alert? I don't want to pop up the description, i want to display it with {hidden_field2:value} somewhere, but i can't even tell if this scrip will set that hidden_field2 value.
Last Edit: 13 years 4 months ago by geekchick. Reason: ... I'm rude in the morning.
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Re: Show the caption instead of value in email 12 years 10 months ago #17551

Hi、

checked the top two scripts, I have not worked, is there any options then?

moser
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Re: Show the caption instead of value in email 12 years 9 months ago #17663

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There's an easier method if you update to Rev43 (download it and install it again, we've added this little patch without changing the revision number) and use:
{field_name:text}
So if you have a dropdown named "Gender", with the following values:
m|Male
f|Female
using:
{Gender:text}
will return:
Male
while
{Gender:value}
will return:
m

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