topic How to clear other selections with the Field API? in Integration, Extension & APIs

How to clear other selections with the Field API?

Fri, 18 Nov 2016 20:31:16 GMT

I am using the QField object and the "select" or "selectValues" methods, but this does not clear other selections outside of the passed array, and if I call the clear() method first, I will re-trigger the the event loop.

How can I tell the field to select only the values I pass in to the method, or to clear, and then select, in a single event?

Thanks.

Re: How to clear other selections with the Field API?

Francis_Kabinoff — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 21:00:17 GMT

Make sure "toggle" is set to false. It should be by default

app.field(<field>).selectValues( [<values>] )

but if you do

app.field(<field>).selectValues( [<values>], true )

then "toggle" is set to true and it will toggle selections, instead of the behavior you are looking for.

You can also set "toggle" to false explicitly.

app.field(<field>).selectValues( [<values>], false )

Re: How to clear other selections with the Field API?

Fri, 18 Nov 2016 21:14:56 GMT

I did have toggle set to "true". However, I am getting a "Function not allowed on this object in app modal mode" error when I try to call selectValues(['MyValue'])? Any ideas how to resolve this?

Thanks.

Update: I think this is because the field selection box is open, but I don't see any events other than OnData that I can attach to, and I don't see any way to determine if the "object is in app modal mode" or not inside of the method.

Re: How to clear other selections with the Field API?

Francis_Kabinoff — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 18:53:48 GMT

Hmm, not entirely sure, haven't experienced the problem myself. Maybe using the selectValues method of the Extension API instead of from the Field API would solve your problem? https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/3.1/Subsystems/APIs/Content/ExtensionAPI/selectvalues-method.htm