From dd0d44eb939399c7953261de52c1f2183627dad3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ward Bell Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2015 14:45:11 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] (docs) devguide - update user-input jade to use template-syntax example code --- public/docs/ts/latest/guide/user-input.jade | 131 ++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 93 deletions(-) diff --git a/public/docs/ts/latest/guide/user-input.jade b/public/docs/ts/latest/guide/user-input.jade index c8e5cfb7c7..4225fc7d2f 100644 --- a/public/docs/ts/latest/guide/user-input.jade +++ b/public/docs/ts/latest/guide/user-input.jade @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +include ../../../../_includes/_util-fns + :markdown When the user clicks a link, pushes a button, or types on the keyboard we want to know about it. These user actions all raise DOM events. @@ -11,9 +13,8 @@ The syntax is simple. We assign a template expression to the DOM event name, surrounded in parentheses. A click Event Binding makes for a quick illustration. - -code-example(language="html" ). - <button (click)="onClickMe()">Click me</button> ++makeExample('template-syntax/ts/src/app/app.html', 'click-me-button')(format=".") + :markdown The `(click)` to the left of the equal sign identifies the button's click event as the **target of the binding**. The text within quotes on the right is the "**template expression**" in which we @@ -27,17 +28,8 @@ code-example(language="html" ). - ``` - @Component({ - selector: 'click-me', - template: '' - }) - class ClickMeComponent { - onClickMe(){ - alert('You are my hero!') - } - } - ``` ++makeExample('template-syntax/ts/src/app/app.ts', 'click-me-component') +:markdown The `onClickMe` in the template refers to the `onClickMe` method of the component. When the user clicks the button, Angular calls the component's `onClickMe` method. @@ -48,21 +40,7 @@ code-example(language="html" ). what the user types back onto the screen. This time we'll both listen to an event and grab the user's input. -code-example(format="linenums" language="html" ). - @Component({ - selector: 'key-up', - template: ` - <h4>Give me some keys!</h4> - <div><input (keyup)="onKey($event)"><div> - <div>{{values}}</div> - ` - }) - class KeyUpComponent { - values=''; - onKey(event) { - this.values += event.target.value + ' | '; - } - } ++makeExample('template-syntax/ts/src/app/app.ts', 'key-up-component') :markdown Angular makes an event object available in the **`$event`** variable. The user data we want is in that variable somewhere. @@ -94,15 +72,7 @@ code-example(). Let's demonstrate with a clever keystroke loopback in a single line of template HTML. We don't actually need a dedicated component to do this but we'll make one anyway. - -code-example(format="linenums" language="html" ). - @Component({ - selector: 'loop-back', - template: `<input #box (keyup)="0"> <p>{{box.value}}</p>` - }) - class LoopbackComponent { - } - ++makeExample('template-syntax/ts/src/app/app.ts', 'loop-back-component') :markdown We've declared a template local variable named `box` on the `` element. The `box` variable is a reference to the `` element itself which means we can @@ -120,29 +90,34 @@ code-example(format="linenums" language="html" ). That local template variable is intriguing. It's clearly easer to get to the textbox with that variable than to go through the `$event` object. Maybe we can re-write our previous - example using the variable to acquire the user's' input. Let's give it a try. -code-example(format="linenums" language="html" ). - @Component({ - selector: 'key-up2', - template: ` - <h4>Give me some more keys!</h4> - <div><input #box (keyup)="onKey(box.value)"><div> - <div>{{values}}</div> - ` - }) - class KeyUpComponentV2 { - values=''; - onKey(value) { - this.values += value + ' | '; - } - } + "key-up" example using the variable to acquire the user's' input. Let's give it a try. ++makeExample('template-syntax/ts/src/app/app.ts', 'key-up2-component') :markdown That sure seems easier. An especially nice aspect of this approach is that our component code gets clean data values from the view. It no longer requires knowledge of the `$event` and its structure. - + +.l-main-section +:markdown + ## Key event filtering (with `key.enter`) + Perhaps we don't care about every keystroke. + We're only interested in the input box value when the user hits the "Enter" key. We'd like to ignore all other keys. + When we bind to the `(keyup)` event, our event handling expression hears *every key stroke*. + We could filter the keys first, examining every `$event.keyCode`, and update the `values` property only if the key is "Enter". + Angular can filter the key events for us. Angular has a special syntax for keyboard events. + We can listen for just the "Enter" key by binding to Angular's `keyup.enter` pseudo-event. + + Only then do we update the component's `values` property ... + inside the event expression rather than in the component ... + because we can ... even if it is a dubious practice. ++makeExample('template-syntax/ts/src/app/app.ts', 'key-up3-component') +.alert.is-helpful + :markdown + We won't transfer the current state of the input box if the user mouses away or clicks + elsewhere on the page. We only update the component's `values` property when the user presses "Enter" + inside the input box. .l-main-section :markdown ## Put it all together @@ -160,33 +135,7 @@ figure.image-display -code-example(format="linenums" language="html" ). - import {bootstrap, Component CORE_DIRECTIVES} from 'angular2/core' - - @Component({ - selector: 'little-tour', - template: ` - <h4>Little Tour of Heroes</h4> - <input #new-hero (keyup.enter)="addHero(newHero)"> - <button (click)=addHero(newHero)>Add</button> - <ul><li *ng-for="#hero of heroes">{{hero}}</li></ul> - <div>There are so many heroes!</div> - `, - directives: [CORE_DIRECTIVES] - }) - class LittleTour { - heroes=['Windstorm', 'Bombasto', 'Magneta', 'Tornado']; - - addHero(newHero) { - if (newHero.value) { - this.heroes.push(newHero.value); - newHero.value = null; // clear the newHero textbox - } - } - } - - bootstrap(LittleTour); - ++makeExample('template-syntax/ts/src/app/app.ts', 'little-tour-of-heroes-app') :markdown We've seen almost everything here before. A few things are new or bear repeating. @@ -195,19 +144,15 @@ code-example(format="linenums" language="html" ). Unfortunately, we can't use that name when we declare the variable with (#). The browser forces all attribute and element names to lowercase, turning what would be `#newHero` - into `#newhero`. We don't want a `newhero` variable name in our template expressions. - The Angular workaround is to spell the declaration in "snake case". When Angular encounters "#new-hero",it translates - that to `newHero` for template expressions ... which is exactly what we want. + into `#newhero` (all lowercase). We don't want a `newhero` variable name in our template expressions. - ### **keyup.enter - a KeyEvent filter** - We'll add a hero name when the user clicks the "Add" button or hits the enter key. We ignore all other keys. - If we bind to `(keyup)` our event handling expression hears every key event. We'd have to - examine every `$event.keyCode` and respond only if the value is "Enter". + The Angular workaround is to spell the declaration in "snake case". Angular translates "#new-hero" + to `newHero` for template expressions ... which is exactly what we want. - Angular can filter the key events for us. Angular has a special syntax for keyboard events. - We can listen for just the "enter" key by binding to Angular's `keyup.enter` pseudo-event. - Then either the `keyup.enter` or the button click event - can invoke the component's `addHero` method. + ### **keyup.enter filter** + We'll add a hero when the user clicks the "Add" button or hits the "Enter" key. We ignore all other keys. + We accept that we might lose the new hero if the user clicks elsewhere or leaves the page + without having hit "Enter" or the "Add" button first. Let's hope the users don't complain. ### **newHero refers to the `` element** We can access the `newHero` variable from any sibling or child of the `` element.