Class FormAction

The FormAction class represents the action in form instance hierarchy.

Property Summary 

PropertyDescription
description: String (read-only)Returns the optional description for the action.
label: String (read-only)Returns the optional label for the action.
object: Object (read-only)Returns the object that was bound to the form in which the action is contained.
submitted: Boolean (read-only)Identifies if the form action was submitted from the client to the server.
triggered: Boolean (read-only)Identifies that this action is triggerd.
x: Number (read-only)In case of an image button, returns the x coordinate of the last click.
y: Number (read-only)In case of an image button, returns the y coordinate of the last click.

Constructor Summary 

This class does not have a constructor, so you cannot create it directly.

Method Summary 

MethodDescription
getDescription()Returns the optional description for the action.
getLabel()Returns the optional label for the action.
getObject()Returns the object that was bound to the form in which the action is contained.
getX()In case of an image button, returns the x coordinate of the last click.
getY()In case of an image button, returns the y coordinate of the last click.
isSubmitted()Identifies if the form action was submitted from the client to the server.
isTriggered()Identifies that this action is triggerd.

Methods inherited from class FormElement 

clearFormElement, getDynamicHtmlName, getFormId, getHtmlName, getParent, getValidationResult, invalidateFormElement, invalidateFormElement, isValid

Methods inherited from class Object 

assign, create, create, defineProperties, defineProperty, entries, freeze, fromEntries, getOwnPropertyDescriptor, getOwnPropertyNames, getOwnPropertySymbols, getPrototypeOf, hasOwnProperty, is, isExtensible, isFrozen, isPrototypeOf, isSealed, keys, preventExtensions, propertyIsEnumerable, seal, setPrototypeOf, toLocaleString, toString, valueOf, values

Property Details 

description 

description: String (read-only)

Returns the optional description for the action. The description could be used as tooltip for the action.


label 

label: String (read-only)

Returns the optional label for the action. The label would be typically used as button text.


object 

object: Object (read-only)

Returns the object that was bound to the form in which the action is contained. The method is a convenience method for getParent().getObject(). In most cases this is actually the object for which the specific action is triggered.


submitted 

submitted: Boolean (read-only)

Identifies if the form action was submitted from the client to the server.


triggered 

triggered: Boolean (read-only)

Identifies that this action is triggerd. An action is only triggered if it was submitted and the constraints, regarding a valid form, are met.


x: Number (read-only)

In case of an image button, returns the x coordinate of the last click.


y: Number (read-only)

In case of an image button, returns the y coordinate of the last click.


Method Details 

getDescription() 

getDescription(): String

Returns the optional description for the action. The description could be used as tooltip for the action.

Returns:

  • the optional description for the action.

getLabel() 

getLabel(): String

Returns the optional label for the action. The label would be typically used as button text.

Returns:

  • the optional label for the action.

getObject() 

getObject(): Object

Returns the object that was bound to the form in which the action is contained. The method is a convenience method for getParent().getObject(). In most cases this is actually the object for which the specific action is triggered.

Returns:

  • the object that was bound to the form in which the action is contained.

getX() 

getX(): Number

In case of an image button, returns the x coordinate of the last click.

Returns:

  • the x coordinate of the last click.

getY() 

getY(): Number

In case of an image button, returns the y coordinate of the last click.

Returns:

  • the y coordinate of the last click.

isSubmitted() 

isSubmitted(): Boolean

Identifies if the form action was submitted from the client to the server.

Returns:

  • true if the form action was submitted, false otherwise.

isTriggered() 

isTriggered(): Boolean

Identifies that this action is triggerd. An action is only triggered if it was submitted and the constraints, regarding a valid form, are met.

Returns:

  • true if the action is triggered, false otherwise.