Deleting An Attribute Value In A Combobox

[john_m]

Hello,

I am using Oxygen XML Web Author and discovered an issue today.

I have several comboboxes in my document that edit attributes. These comboboxes pull their value from the schema and are initially set to blank. The issue I have is that if someone accidentally selects a value, I cannot delete the value - unless I go into the xml and delete it manually. We do not want our users to use the xml view - so this is not a good solution for my purposes.

I saw in the documentation for oxy_combobox that using canRemoveValue set to true creates an <Empty> value. However, that is not working for me...
I suspect because I am using values from the schema.

Below is the code - and in this example, I would like the ability to delete an accidentally filled-in value for the last combobox.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Thanks!
John

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replacementNameplateRequired{

    content:

    oxy_label(text, "Replacment nameplate/modplates required: ", width, 18%)

    oxy_combobox(edit, "@replaceNameplate", editable, false, width, 10%)

    oxy_label(text, " ", width, 2%)

    oxy_label(text, "If Yes, replacement nameplate/modplate type: ", width, 18%)

    oxy_combobox(edit, "@nameplateType", editable, false, width, 52%);

}

[Gabriel Titerlea]

Hello,

You can use add an oxy_button when the attribute you want to remove is present. This button will remove the attribute.

Here's an example:

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replacementNameplateRequired[nameplateType]{ /* Adding the button only when the nameplateType attribute is present */

    content:

    oxy_label(text, "Replacment nameplate/modplates required: ", width, 18%)

    oxy_combobox(edit, "@replaceNameplate", editable, false, width, 10%)

    oxy_label(text, " ", width, 2%)

    oxy_label(text, "If Yes, replacement nameplate/modplate type: ", width, 18%)

    oxy_combobox(edit, "@nameplateType", editable, false, width, 52%)

    

    oxy_button(action, oxy_action(

      name, 'Remove nameplate',

      operation, 'ro.sync.ecss.extensions.commons.operations.ChangeAttributeOperation',

      arg-name, 'nameplateType' /* The attribute to remove */

    ));

    

}

I'm using the ChangeAttributeOperation in this example. You can find the documentation for this operation here [1].

Alternatively your users could use the Attributes panel to remove an attribute [2].

Best,
Gabriel

[1] https://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/versions/ ... eOperation
[2] https://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/versions/ ... _attribute

[cosminef]

Hello,

I saw in the documentation for oxy_combobox that using canRemoveValue set to true creates an <Empty> value. However, that is not working for me...

Starting with version 27 of Oxygen XML Web Author you can use "canRemoveValue" property for oxy_combobox
Here is a simple example:

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oxy_combobox( 
edit, '@outputclass',
editable, false,
fontInherit, 'true',
canRemoveValue, 'true',
columns, 12,
values, "as-jira-subtask",
labels, "Subtask"
)

We are excited to announce the release of Web Author version 27.0!
This version brings significant improvements, new features, and a smoother user experience.
For a detailed overview, visit the What's New section on our website [1].

[1] https://www.oxygenxml.com/xml_web_author/whats_new.html

Best,
Cosmin