Step 4.2: Add event handler for form submit

meteor · Jul 15, 2015 · 7a1ace1 · 7a1ace1 · groszmann · Feb 18, 2016
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diff --git a/simple-todos.js b/simple-todos.js
@@ -7,4 +7,23 @@ if (Meteor.isClient) {
       return Tasks.find({});
     }
   });
+
+  Template.body.events({
+    "submit .new-task": function (event) {
+      // Prevent default browser form submit
+      event.preventDefault();
+
+      // Get value from form element
+      var text = event.target.text.value;
+
+      // Insert a task into the collection
+      Tasks.insert({
+        text: text,
+        createdAt: new Date() // current time
+      });
+
+      // Clear form
+      event.target.text.value = "";
+    }
+  });
 }