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Configuring Knockout Support

##Topic Overview

Purpose

This topic explains how to configure Ignite UI® editor controls to bind to View-Model objects using the Knockout library.

Required background

The following table lists the topics and external resources required as a prerequisite to understanding this topic.

Topics

  • igTextEditor Overview: This topic introduces the igTextEditor™ control and provides some basic instantiation examples.

  • igNumericEditor Overview: This topic introduces the igNumericEditor™ control and provides some basic instantiation examples.

  • igDateEditor Overview: This topic introduces the igDateEditor™ control and provides some basic instantiation examples.

External Resources

In this topic

This topic contains the following sections:

##Introduction

Knockout support summary

The support for the Knockout library in Ignite UI editor controls is intended to provide easy means for developers to use the Knockout library and its declarative syntax to instantiate and configure Ignite UI editors.

The Knockout support is implemented as a Knockout extension which is invoked initially when Knockout bindings are applied to a page and during the page life when external updates to the View-Model happen. You can specify any of the editor control options that have relevance for your business case in the data-bind attribute.

##Code Examples

Code examples summary

The following table lists the code examples included in this topic.

##Code Example: Configuring Value Binding for Editor Controls

Description

This example shows how to bind the value option of Ignite UI editor controls to a View-Model managed by Knockout. It is shown in the context of igTextEditor, igNumericEditor, igCurrencyEditor™ and igDateEditor controls. Using the declarative syntax of Knockout, the controls are instantiated from data-bind attribute of input elements and bound to View-Model observable properties.

Code

The code snippet below shows a View-Model object that declares observable properties managed by Knockout.

In JavaScript:

var viewModel = {
    orderDate: ko.observable("2012/10/24"),
    dueInDays: ko.observable(7),
    customerName: ko.observable("Peter Sanders"),
    contactPhone: ko.observable("(318) 555-6879"),
    advancePayment: ko.observable(516.89),
    discountPercent: ko.observable(8)
};

The following code snippet shows how to apply the declared Knockout bindings to the page. Note that the ko.applyBindings() call is made within the ready callback of the Loader. This is necessary because the Ignite UI editor extensions for Knockout need to be loaded into the page before the bindings are applied.

In JavaScript:

$.ig.loader({
    scriptPath: "http://localhost/ig_ui/js/",
    cssPath: "http://localhost/ig_ui/css/",
    resources: "igEditors,extensions/infragistics.ui.editors.knockout-extensions.js",
    ready: function () {
        ko.applyBindings(viewModel);
    }
});

The following code snippet shows how to declare binding options for editor controls in your view. The most important part is the declaration of the instantiation options in the data-bind attribute of the corresponding input elements.

In HTML:

<!-- date editor -->
<input data-bind="igDateEditor: { value: orderDate }"/>
<!-- numeric editor -->
<input data-bind="igNumericEditor: { value: dueInDays }"/>
<!-- text editor -->
<input data-bind="igTextEditor: { value: customerName }"/>
<!-- currency editor -->
<input data-bind="igCurrencyEditor: { value: advancePayment }"/>

##Code Example: Configuring an Input Mask (igMaskEditor)

Description

This example shows how to bind an igMaskEditor control to a View-Model object managed by Knockout. Using the declarative syntax of Knockout an igMaskEditor is instantiated from a data-bind attribute of an input element and bound to an observable property of a View-Model. The inputMask option of the editor is configured also in order to limit user input according to a certain pattern.

Code

The code snippet below instantiates an igMaskEditor control. The control is bound to the contactPhone observable property of the View-Model object. In addition the inputMask option of the mask editor is set to a mask representing phone numbers.

In HTML:

<!-- mask editor -->
<input id="contactPhoneIG" class="row-control" data-bind="igMaskEditor: { 
        value: contactPhone,
        inputMask: '(000) 000-0000'
    }"/>

##Code Example: Configuring a Scaling Factor (igPercentEditor)

Description

This example shows how to bind an igPercentEditor to a View-Model object managed by Knockout. Using the declarative syntax of Knockout the igPercentEditor is instantiated from a data-bind attribute of an input element and bound to a View-Model observable property. The displayFactor option of the editor is configured also in order to scale the underlying View-Model value to a proper percentage input.

Code

The code snippet below instantiates an igPercentEditor control. The control is bound to the discountPercent observable property of the View-Model object. In addition the displayFactor option of the editor is set to 1 in order to scale properly the numeric value in discountPercent.

In HTML:

<!-- percent editor -->
<input id="discountPercentIG" class="row-control" data-bind="igPercentEditor: { 
        value: discountPercent, 
        displayFactor : 1 
    }"/>

##Code Example: Configuring Immediate Update Mode (igTextEditor)

Description

This example shows how to bind the value option of Ignite UI editor control to a View-Model managed by Knockout and configure the control to update the View-Model on every keystroke. By default, any edits in an Ignite UI editor control are sent to the View-Model when the control loses focus, i.e. when onBlur event occurs. The following code configures the update mode of the igTextEditor control to Immediate by setting the updateMode option to ‘immediate’.

Code

Following is the code that implements this example.

In HTML:

<div data-bind="igTextEditor: { 
        value: customerName, 
        updateMode: 'immediate' 
    }"></div>

Note: The update mode option can be configured only on initialization. It cannot be changed at run-time.

##Related Content

### Topics

The following topics provide additional information related to this topic.

### Samples

The following samples provide additional information related to this topic.

  • KnockoutJS Binding: This sample demonstrates binding Ignite UI Editor controls to data managed by Knockout data bindings.

### Resources

The following material (available outside the Infragistics family of content) provides additional information related to this topic.

  • Knockout: This is the home page of the Knockout library. The library contains complete documentation and samples.