I have this dropdown which have options if vehicle is new or used.
<select name="VehicleType" id="vehicleTypeDropdown" data-bind="value: VehicleType">
<option value="New" selected="selected">Nuevo</option>
<option value="Used">Usado</option>
</select> `
And this input:
<input type="text" name="Mileage" data-bind="disable: VehicleType() === 'New',value: Mileage" class="input-large"> `
If the value in the dropdown selected is New the input must be disabled, and if used the input should be enabled, but if I enter a value the observable will grab this value and if I change the dropdown value to new the observable must become zero.
A manual subscription in your view model is a good way to handle something like this. The subscription might look like:
this.VehicleType.subscribe(function(newValue) {
if (newValue === "New") {
this.Mileage(0);
}
}, this);
Here is a sample using it: http://jsfiddle.net/rniemeyer/h4cKC/
The HTML:
<select name="VehicleType" id="vehicleTypeDropdown" data-bind="value: VehicleType">
<option value="New" selected="selected">Nuevo</option>
<option value="Used">Usado</option>
</select>
<input type="text" name="Mileage" data-bind="disable: VehicleType() === 'New', value: Mileage" class="input-large">
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The JS:
var ViewModel = function() {
this.VehicleType = ko.observable();
this.Mileage = ko.observable();
this.VehicleType.subscribe(function(newValue) {
if (newValue === "New") {
this.Mileage(0);
}
}, this);
};
ko.applyBindings(new ViewModel());
If you're using the ko mapping plugin you can intercept the creation of a new object and set up the subscription there. If you have a whole list of items and you want to perform an action when something changes.
This is a view model for a shopping cart line item (properties such as qty
, sku
, description
, price
).
// View Model for an item in my shopping cart
var CartItemViewModel = function(data)
{
// map all the properties
// we could map manually if we want, but that's the whole point of
// the mapping plugin that we don't need to
ko.mapping.fromJS(data, {}, this);
// subscribe to qty change
this.qty.subscribe(function (newValue)
{
alert('qty now ' + this.qty());
// UpdateCart()
}, this);
// add computed observables if needed
// ....
}
When you update (or create) your model using the mapping plugin you specify that for a property called 'items' each element in the array should be created with the 'create' function you specify.
var mapping =
{
'items':
{
// map cart item
create: function (options)
{
return new CartItemViewModel(options.data);
}
}
};
var data = ...... // get your data from somewhere
// update the CartViewModel using the mapping rules
ko.mapping.fromJS(data, mapping, rrvm.CartViewModel);