I'm trying to implement a list filter in a text field in sencha touch. For example, I'd have a bunch of contacts, and when I typed in the field, it might filter by name. When I click the circular X button to clear the textfield, I'd like to reset the filter to filter none of the contacts.
The problem is, I can't seem to figure out a way to detect the click on the clear button. There doesn't appear to be any type of event, and I can't seem to hack in a workaround.
If anyone has any idea how to detect a textfield clearing in sencha touch, I'd be much obliged.
I've tried in safari and xcode simulator, and am using sencha touch 1.1.0. Am I missing something? Is this not an issue when it's actually a mobile app?
You can listen for tap events on clearIconContainerEl inside the text field or override the onClearIconTap method.
Ext.setup({
icon: 'icon.png',
tabletStartupScreen: 'tablet_startup.png',
phoneStartupScreen: 'phone_startup.png',
glossOnIcon: false,
onReady: function() {
var searchField = new Ext.form.Search({
name : 'search',
placeHolder: 'Search',
useClearIcon: true,
onClearIconTap: function() {
if (!this.disabled) {
this.setValue('');
console.log('onClearTap: Clear button tapped!');
}
}
});
var viewport = new Ext.Panel({
fullscreen: true,
dockedItems: [{
xtype: 'toolbar',
dock: 'top',
items: [searchField]
}]
});
console.log(searchField.useClearIcon);
searchField.mon(searchField.clearIconContainerEl, {
scope: searchField,
tap: function() {
if (!this.disabled) {
console.log('clearIconContainerEl: Clear button tapped!');
}
}
});
}
});
For sencha touch 2.0 users:
If your using new mvc structure, you can use this in the controller init
this.control({
'#yourTextFieldId clearicon': {
tap: function(){console.log('ClearICON tapped');}
}
....
)};
The problem is the little X is not added in by sencha touch. It is a feature of the "search" input with html5. To capture this event you need to look for the search event. How I solved this was I edited sencha-touch.js
I modified -
if (this.fieldEl) {
this.mon(this.fieldEl, {
focus: this.onFocus,
blur: this.onBlur,
keyup: this.onKeyUp,
paste: this.updateClearIconVisibility,
mousedown: this.onBeforeFocus,
scope: this
});
to be -
if (this.fieldEl) {
this.mon(this.fieldEl, {
focus: this.onFocus,
blur: this.onBlur,
keyup: this.onKeyUp,
paste: this.updateClearIconVisibility,
mousedown: this.onBeforeFocus,
search: this.onSearch,
scope: this
});
inside of Ext.form.Text = Ext.extend(Ext.form.Field, { ...
Now in my implementation of the searchfield I can make a function called onSearch which will be called when the "search" event is called. Note that the "search" event is not only called for the X but for some things like the enter key. The bottom line is sencha touch 1.1 does not check for this event at all and it is the only time the X fires an event so the only solution is to modify sencha-touch.js.