I'm trying to bind a Knockout observableArray to my UI using a foreach and checkboxes and then create an array based on what is checked.
I'm getting this error:
Uncaught ReferenceError: Unable to process binding "template: function () . . . ."
Here is my HTML:
<dl data-bind="template: { name: 'QuarterTemplate', foreach: Quarter, templateOptions: { selections: SelectedQuarters } }"></dl>
<script id="QuarterTemplate" type="text/html">
<dd>
<label>
<input type="checkbox" data-bind="attr: { value: quarter }, checked: $item.selections" />
<a data-bind="text: quarter" ></a>
</label>
</dd>
</script>
Here is my Knockout ViewModel:
function ViewModel() {
this.Quarter = ko.observableArray([
{ quarter: "Q1" },
{ quarter: "Q2" },
{ quarter: "Q3" },
{ quarter: "Q4" }
]);
this.SelectedQuarters = ko.observableArray();
this.SelectedQuarters.subscribe(function () {
console.log(this.SelectedQuarters());
});
}
$(document).ready(function () {
ko.applyBindings(new ViewModel());
});
I also have a fiddle set up:
http://jsfiddle.net/SpRLP/1/
Ultimately what I want to see in the console is something like this:
Q1
Q1,Q3
Q1,Q3,Q2
Q1,Q3,Q2,Q4
Q1,Q2,Q4
templateOptions
is only available when using the jQuery Templates plugin
. When using KO native templating, it is most common to use $root
or $parent
to bind in this way. Here is some documentation on these context variables.
So, it would look like:
<dl data-bind="template: { name: 'QuarterTemplate', foreach: Quarter }"></dl>
<script id="QuarterTemplate" type="text/html">
<dd>
<label>
<input type="checkbox" data-bind="attr: { value: quarter }, checked: $parent.SelectedQuarters" />
<a data-bind="text: quarter" ></a>
</label>
</dd>
</script>
Here is an updated fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/rniemeyer/tY5TF/
Thanks. This helped me get my ObservableArray checkboxes working. I adapted my code to your example, and have more information in the JS 'class' that you can show.
// Define a "Quarter" class
function Quarter(id, name) {
return {
id : ko.observable(id),
name : ko.observable(name)
};
}
var viewModel = {
quarters : ko.observableArray([
new Quarter("Q1", "First Quarter"),
new Quarter("Q2", "Second Quarter"),
new Quarter("Q3", "Third Quarter"),
new Quarter("Q4", "Fourth Quarter"),
]),
selectedQuarters : ko.observableArray(["Q1", "Q3"])
};
ko.applyBindings(viewModel);
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/knockout/3.4.0/knockout-min.js"></script>
<ul data-bind="template: { name: 'QuarterTemplate', foreach: quarters }"></ul>
<script id="QuarterTemplate" type="text/html">
<li>
<input type="checkbox" data-bind="checkedValue: id, checked: $parent.selectedQuarters" />
<span data-bind="text: name"></span>
</li>
</script>
<pre data-bind="text: ko.toJSON(selectedQuarters, null, 2)"></pre>