Background

JavaScript can affect the structure

(this means changing the HTML)

With

JavaScript can affect the look

(this means changing the CSS and Styles)

With

Definitions

Client Side

Client Side

Browser Events

Click

Change

Key Press

Page Load

Scroll

Resize

Any Browser Event

Custom Events!

Browser Events

4.2

5.0

APEX

4.2

APEX

5.0

Actions

Component Actions

• Hide/Show
• Disable/Enable
• Clear
• Set Value
• etc...

Style Actions

• Set Class
• Remove Class
• Set Style

Navigation Actions

• Submit Page
• Cancel Dialog
• Close Dialog

Notification Actions

• Alert
• Confirm

"Other" Actions

• Execute JavaScript Code 
• Execute PL/SQL Code
• Plugins
• etc...

Anatomy of a Dynamic Action

Anatomy of a Dynamic Action

APEX view

Event/When?

When will the Dynamic Action execute?

• On click

• On item (data) change

• On Focus

• On Page Load

• On (any) browser event

• etc

Where?

Where will the event happen?

Where?

Where will the event happen?

• Item(s)

• Button

• Region

• jQuery Selector

• JavaScript Expression

APEX 4.2 vs APEX 5.0

Hide

&Show

Demo:

Two Buttons to Hide/Show

P11

Builder Tabs

P20

With No Dynamic Actions

P20

• Show Text Item "Enter User"
• Hide List Item "Select User"
• Show "Switch to Select User" Button
• Hide "Switch to Enter User" Button

• Show List Item "Select User"
• Hide Text Item "Enter User"
• Show "Switch to Enter User" Button
• Hide "Switch to Select User" Button

Disable & Enable

Sometimes a good alternative to Hide & Show

Hide

&Show

Demo:

•Conditional•

P25

Structure

Condition Detail

Several Condition Options

Set Value

Demo:

P30

• Often used as part of several True Actions.
• Often used to set a hidden item
  • Hidden Item needs: "Value Protected" = No

$s("{ITEM}", "{VALUE}");


// Set to today
$s("P30_LOG_DATE", "&P30_TODAY.");


// Clear date
$s("P30_LOG_DATE", "");

Equivalent to $s API

Uppercase Code

Demo:

Key Release

P40

Event

Name to Uppercase Code

this.triggeringElement.value
       .toUpperCase()
            .replace(/\s+/g, '_')
                  .substring(0, 20);

Change

& Refresh

Demo:

P110

Don't forget:

Page Items to Submit

Inspect Submission

P110_DEPTNO is sent

AJAX

Client Side

Server Side

JavaScript

SQL

PL/SQL

Demo: AJAX

Demo:

Multiple Actions

It's easy!

P215

Two Different DA

1. Assign Role

2. Remove Role

Assign Role

1. Event: On Button Click
2. Insert new role
3. Refresh Role Dropdown
4. Refresh Report

insert into app_user_roles
 ( username
 , role_key)
values
 ( :P215_USERNAME
 , :P215_ROLE_KEY);

Remove Role

1. Event: On .deleteRow Click
2. Delete role
3. Refresh Role Dropdown
4. Refresh Report

delete
  from app_user_roles
 where id = :P215_UR_ID;

Remove Role

1. Event: On .deleteRow Click
2. Ask for Confirmation
3. Use "Set Value" to save ID of clicked row
4. Delete role
5. Give Confirmation
6. Refresh Role Dropdown
7. Refresh Report

Get the ID value

this.triggeringElement.getAttribute("data-id");

this.triggeringElement.dataset.id

Get the ID value

this.triggeringElement.dataset.id

Dataset / Data Attributes

// data-id="{value}"
this.triggeringElement.dataset.id


// data-active="YES"
this.triggeringElement.dataset.active


// data-selected="YES"
this.triggeringElement.dataset.selected


// data-lineID="123"
this.triggeringElement.dataset.lineID


// data-rownum="2"
this.triggeringElement.dataset.rownum

Event Scope

• Static

• Dynamic

• Once

• Static

• Dynamic

• Once

Advanced Dynamic Actions

this.triggeringElement

this.browserEvent

this.data

Built-in JavaScript Objects

triggeringElement

Available inside the DA JavaScript

var el = this.triggeringElement;

var $el = $(this.triggeringElement);

Name to Uppercase Code

this.triggeringElement.value
       .toUpperCase()
            .replace(/\s+/g, '_')
                  .substring(0, 20);

1. Value of the triggeringElement
2. Make it uppercase
3. Globally Replace spaces (\s) with "_"
4. Only return the first 20 characters

Complex Page

APEX 4.2

Complex Page

APEX 5.0

Resources

• Download Demo App (coming soon!)

• JavaScript.com

• dynamic-actions.com

• Easy Prototyping with triggeringElement
  (rimblas.com/blog/2014/06/easy-prototyping-when-using-apex-da-triggeringelement/)

• Install & Review Packaged Application:
  "Sample Dynamic Actions"

Sample Dynamic Actions