How can I update Yii's CListView when a new re

Question

Yesterday I was introduced to the CListView and could manage to display all the information i want about my records, and in the format i want. I have a 'create' button (add a new contact), which opens a modal pop up window with the corresponding fields. When this window is closed, i return to the CListView, and here is my issue: i've been trying to update the CListView (without any luck, clearly).

I believe it should be easy to update the clistview with this call: $.fn.yiiListView.update('CListViews's ID'), but i can't find the proper event that should trigger this call.

Next, i post what i would think is the relevant code:

Button

echo CHtml::ajaxButton ("Create",
                          CController::createUrl('/contacts/create'),
                          array('onclick'=>'
                                    $("#createContact").dialog("open");
                                    return false;',
                                    'update'=>'#createContact'), 
                          array('id'=>'showCreateContactDialog'));?>

CListView

$this->widget('zii.widgets.CListView', array(
    'dataProvider'=>new CArrayDataProvider($model->contacts, array('pagination'=>array('pageSize'=>5,),)),
    'itemView'=>'_view',
    'emptyText'=>'empty',
    'template'=>"{items}\n{pager}", 
    'pagerCssClass'=>'page-number',
    'id'=>'ajaxListView',
));?>

Any help is more than welcome!! Hope this helps someone eventually as well.

Answer 1

If I understand correctly, your problem is finding what to trigger the CListView update with (the JS update snippet you provide should work fine).

Probably the jQuery dialog event close is what you are looking for; it will get triggered after the dialog has been closed. Alternatively, there is also a beforeClose event that has the additional capability to prevent the dialog from closing.