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Detect when text field contents change

By: Dick Wynne | Asked: 11/28/2024
Forums › Category: How-to › Detect when text field contents change
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Dick Wynne asked 3 months ago

I'm displaying a data tree and want it to be filtered dynamically as the user types into a search field. The filtering itself works, but how can I detect when the search field contents change? I have trawled up many suggestions involving Formidable, or independent of it, and (for me anyway) none of them works. What am I missing, I wonder?

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Rob LeVineRob LeVine Staff answered 3 months ago

You'll need to use the jQuery change method for that. I also suggest you look into Datatables which will give you that feature automatically.

Dick Wynne replied 3 months ago

<p>Thanks Rob, I just cracked it. I did not know that the field ID format is 'field_\<key\>' !</p>

Rob LeVineRob LeVine Staff replied 3 months ago

Yup, you can see that here - https://formidableforms.com/knowledgebase/javascript-examples/#sts=Fields

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