Response that doesn't redirect but instead displays custom "your changes have been saved" message

[Chris D]

I'm looking for a way so that after a user clicks a submit button in my add on and the relevant actions have happened that instead of being redirected to another page, they stay on the same page - without it bring refreshed at all and confirmation that the action has been completed will display in the header.

Big thing Is - is this even possible without refreshing the page?

 

[Chris D]

Ok, I have this and it's working:

return $this->responseRedirect(
XenForo_ControllerResponse_Redirect::SUCCESS,​
XenForo_Link::buildPublicLink('route/action'),​
new XenForo_Phrase('my_success_phrase')​
);

But what happens, of course, is the page is refreshed so any data filled in on the form elements are removed. Ideally, I don't want a redirect to happen. I just want the data from the form to be process, and my_success_phrase displayed at the top.

Or, some other way of keeping the data on screen after a refresh (the data isn't stored in the database). Maybe I could cookie it... But ideally I just don't want a redirect to happen. Hopefully there's a solution. I'm hoping I'm just missing something

 

[Digital Doctor]

I guess you could save all the variables, let it refresh, and then re-populate the page with the latest save ?

 

[ragtek]

try to add
data-redirect="off"

to your form

e.g.
<form action="{xen:link 'foo'}" method="post" class="xenForm"
data-redirect="on"
>

 

[Robbo]

In your form element add class="AutoValidator", will probably need what ragtek said as well.

 

[Chris D]

try to add
data-redirect="off"

to your form

e.g.
<form action="{xen:link 'foo'}" method="post" class="xenForm"
data-redirect="on"
>

Yep, I had data-redirect="on"

Doh.

Thank you both.

 

[Marcus]

Is it possible to trigger a "your changes have been saved" message without using a form? I use a link for deleting items. After clicking on the link, the item is deleted. Then the message should appear.

 

[digitalpoint]

Is it possible to trigger a "your changes have been saved" message without using a form? I use a link for deleting items. After clicking on the link, the item is deleted. Then the message should appear.

If the link is an AJAX request I think you can add a "message" parameter to the returned JSON and it will display that message.

If you want to do it with your own JavaScript, you can do this:

XenForo.alert('Something you want to say...', '', 4000);

(4000 is the milliseconds for it to display)

 

[Marcus]

Thanks, that looks great.

It's so much fun to learn more about xenforos internals, I made my forum_list 35% faster today, yay!

 

[melbo]

Thanks, that looks great.

It's so much fun to learn more about xenforos internals, I made my forum_list 35% faster today, yay!

Care to share your tips

 

[Marcus]

Yep, I had data-redirect="on"

With data-redirect="on" I can use the redirect in php. It didn't work otherwise. That works now:

 return $this->responseRedirect(
XenForo_ControllerResponse_Redirect::SUCCESS,
  XenForo_Link::buildPublicLink('a', $a),
new XenForo_Phrase('your_message_has_been_posted')
  );

 

[account8226]

Yep, I had data-redirect="on"

Doh.

Thank you both.

And have you found a way to store the vars and parse them into a new page, after redirection ?

 

[Chris D]

There's many ways.

You would usually store them in the database.

Alternatively you could store them temporarily in a cookie, or PHP session, or simple cache... lots of ways really.

 

[account8226]

There's many ways.

You would usually store them in the database.

Alternatively you could store them temporarily in a cookie, or PHP session, or simple cache... lots of ways really.

I was asking the same question as the other thread Thanks.