|
PHPRunner 4.0 comes with AJAX-based functionality added. Now you can
search information more easily than ever with google-like
auto-suggest feature. Web pages with AJAX driven dependent dropdown
boxes are loaded faster. If you want to see details records you just
need to mouse over the link, and you don't need to proceed to the
Details page. Also new feature for lookup fields was added. Now you
can choose the variant from suggest list which is refreshed each time
while you are typing in the text box instead of searching through all
values in the dropdown boxes.
Note: If for some reasons you don't want to use AJAX-based
functionality then all you need to do is to change the $useAJAX and
$suggestAllContent variables value in the dbcommon.php
file to False.
$useAJAX = false;
$suggestAllContent = false;
AJAX-based
Auto-Suggest
This feature comes in two versions and is enabled on the Basic and
Advanced search pages. It is similar in fashion to that of Google
Suggest using AJAX technologies.
Search suggest makes your site much more user friendly. To see how it
will look like just begin to type in the search box.
The picture below demonstrates the search suggest feature on the
basic search page:
On the Advanced search page search suggest looks like this:
By default, search suggest results include only those values that
begin with the search phrase. If you want to be shown all values in
which the search phrase presents to be shown you should change the
$suggestAllContent variable value in the dbcommon.php
file to True. In this case the search phrase in the search suggest
results will be highlighted as shown on the picture below:
AJAX-based
dependent dropdown boxes
In PHPRunner dependent dropdown boxes are AJAX Driven. This feature
works similar as in the previous version but now dropdown boxes
content is loaded in the real time using AJAX technologies instead of
loading all the content on the web page load. This means web pages
are loaded more faster now.
Details
Records Preview
In PHPRunner you can see details records preview directly on the list
page. All you need to do is to mouse over the link. The following
picture demonstrates how the details preview looks like:
The number of records in the details preview is limited. Only first
ten details are displayed. If there is an image in the details then
only first five details are displayed.
Lookup
wizard
as Edit box
with AJAX popup
This feature is added to lighten the search among the large amount of
data. Now you can choose the variant from AJAX popup which is
refreshed each time you type in the text box, instead of searching
through all the values in the dropdown boxes.
To turn on this feature, you should select the appropriate checkbox
on the "Edit as" settings tab.
After you build your project, you can see how it works on the Edit,
Add, and Search pages. When you begin to type in the edit box AJAX
popup appears and you can choose the needed value from the suggest
list. If you type in the text box the value which doesn't exist in
the database and move to another form control then the border of the
text box will change colour into red. When you correct the value, it
will change back to usual.
If you try to submit the form with wrong value entered in the text
box then the form will be submitted with the previous correct value entry.
|
