I can't figure out how to handle calculations using knockout js and a non us locale. My comma is , and is validated correctly using the jquery.globalization plugin but the knockout calculation is giving me a NaN. Does knockout js support this in any way or does it exist any workarounds?
Example:
Make the cartEditor example on the knockout js site work allowing decimal values in the quantity field and allowing globalized input (, as comma sign) and output formatting
http://knockoutjs.com/examples/cartEditor.html
I need this to work on a asp.net mvc 3 site because I am running the site using the nb-NO culture and the model binder is expecting , as the comma sign
I did something like this by writing a custom binding that wrapped autoNumeric.js for the formatting. (gist)
ko.bindingHandlers.autoNumeric = function ($) {
function getElementValue(el) {
return parseFloat(el.autoNumericGet(), 10);
}
function getModelValue(accessor) {
return parseFloat(ko.utils.unwrapObservable(accessor()), 10);
}
return {
init: function (el, valueAccessor, bindingsAccessor, viewModel) {
var $el = $(el),
bindings = bindingsAccessor(),
settings = bindings.settings,
value = valueAccessor();
function updateModelValue() {
value(getElementValue($el));
};
$el.autoNumeric(settings);
$el.autoNumericSet(getModelValue(value), settings);
$el.change(updateModelValue);
},
update: function (el, valueAccessor, bindingsAccessor, viewModel) {
var $el = $(el),
newValue = getModelValue(valueAccessor()),
elementValue = getElementValue($el),
valueHasChanged = (newValue != elementValue);
if ((newValue === 0) && (elementValue !== 0) && (elementValue !== "0")) {
valueHasChanged = true;
}
if (valueHasChanged) {
$el.autoNumericSet(newValue);
setTimeout(function () { $el.change() }, 0);
}
}
};
}
the data binding using this custom autoNumeric binding looks like this:
<input data-bind="autoNumeric:amount, settings:{aSign:'$'}" />
Check out autoNumeric.js extensive options for formatting to see what you can do ewith the settings.
Modified it to make it compatible with the latest autoNumeric version (1.9.x)
(function($) {
function getElementValue(el) {
return parseFloat(el.autoNumeric('get'), 10);
}
function getModelValue(accessor) {
return parseFloat(ko.utils.unwrapObservable(accessor()), 10);
}
ko.bindingHandlers.autoNumeric = {
init: function (el, valueAccessor, bindingsAccessor, viewModel) {
var $el = $(el),
bindings = bindingsAccessor(),
settings = bindings.settings,
value = valueAccessor();
function updateModelValue() {
value(getElementValue($el));
};
if (settings.pSign === 's') {
settings.aSign = ' ' + settings.aSign;
} else {
settings.aSign = settings.aSign + ' ';
}
$el.autoNumeric(settings);
$el.autoNumeric('set', getModelValue(value));
$el.change(updateModelValue);
},
update: function (el, valueAccessor, bindingsAccessor, viewModel) {
var $el = $(el),
newValue = getModelValue(valueAccessor()),
elementValue = getElementValue($el),
valueHasChanged = (newValue != elementValue);
if ((newValue === 0) && (elementValue !== 0) && (elementValue !== "0")) {
valueHasChanged = true;
}
if (valueHasChanged) {
$el.autoNumeric('set', newValue);
setTimeout(function () { $el.change() }, 0);
}
}
};
})(jQuery);