Can JavaScript be used to add actions?

[Jimmy5E2F]

I have a mass update that I'm trying to avoid having to do manually.

Is it possible to push an action onto an existing field?

Specifically;

loop for all fields {
    if (discriminate for fields I want){
        update fields 'mouse up' action to 'run JS' (I have set it up that 
        they can all use the same code).
    }
}

[Bernd Alheit · Accepted solution]

Use the method setAction.

[Bernd Alheit · Accepted solution]

Use the method setAction.

[JR Boulay · Accepted solution]

for (var i = 0; i < this.numFields; i++) {

var oFld = this.getField(this.getNthFieldName(i));
if (oFld.type == "text") {
oFld.setAction("MouseUp", "run-JS();");
}

}

[Jimmy5E2F]

Thank you both!

I'd found setAction in the documentation but not run-JS(). I was worried that I was in for a good 4+ hours of manual copy-pasting there. :S

[Bernd Alheit]

Use a document level function. When you must change the script you must only change the function.

[Jimmy5E2F]

Yeah, the code body is all in doc level functions. What I specifically needed was to allow all fields of a specific type (that I can discriminate for by naming convention) to call a function when clicked. The code that I was inserting was just:

buildingClicked(event.target.name);

With 'buildingClicked' being an alternate entry to the main code. The 'main' method of input until this was 2 dropdowns, where input values were taken from the values of those boxes. This update allows users to click a box directly and input the other value via a popup.

Problem was, there are ~200 fields I wanted to add this too, so doing it manually was not really gonna happen!

Sometimes I find the ref docs really useful, other times almost misleading, so really appreciate the help clarifying, thank you. 🙂

[JR Boulay]

It was you who put "run-JS" in your request, I thought it was a function that you had create.

Jut remove "run-JS" and replace it with your script.

[Jimmy5E2F]

Oh I see now. Thanks, that's actually making sense with the documentation now. A roundabout way but I got there!

[Jimmy5E2F]

ugh, can't edit but yes, sorry I kinda had that in the original post. I meant it in simplified English terms, rather than literal though.