how to get value different then description in options ?

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I need to get other values than the description in my select options

<option val="20142">My description</option>

any idea how to do this ?

Tnx
Rob

Original issue reported on code.google.com by rob...@gmail.com on 13 Jul 2011 at 10:40

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I try to explain it a bit different:
I would like to be able to define the values and labels for the options:
{type: "select",values: ["val1","val2"],labels:["label1","Label2"]}
this way i can do a search for a certain value, but give it another name in the 
select dropdown.

in the columnfilter code is a loop to extract all the values from the aData 
array.:
   r += '<option value="' + aData[j] + '">' + aData[j] + '</option>';

I just can't figure out how i can get the labels in another array.

any idea is more then welcome.

Original comment by rob...@gmail.com on 15 Jul 2011 at 2:46

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This functionality is not builtin, but the way I would handle it would be to do 
something along the lines of:
{ type: "select", options: [{'value': 'val1', 'label': 'label1'}, {'value': 
'val2', 'label': 'label2'}, {'value': 'val3', 'label': 'label3'}] }

and perhaps:
r += '<option value="' + aData[j].value + '">' + aData[j].label + '</option>';

This is untested code but should get you on the right path.

Original comment by gerard.d...@cwlake.com on 29 Jul 2011 at 2:53

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On second thought, this would allow the code to be backwards compatible:

        if(typeof(aData[j]) != 'object')
                    r += '<option value="' + aData[j] + '">' + aData[j] + '</option>';
        }
        else {
            r += '<option value="' + aData[j].value + '">' + aData[j].label + '</option>';
        }

Again untested, but that should allow it to work with the old method as well as 
the method you are trying to use.

Original comment by gerard.d...@cwlake.com on 29 Jul 2011 at 3:01

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I had a missing { in that if statement, it should have been:
            for (j = 0; j < iLen; j++) {
        if(typeof(aData[j]) != 'object') {
                    r += '<option value="' + aData[j] + '">' + aData[j] + '</option>';
        }
        else {
            r += '<option value="' + aData[j].value + '">' + aData[j].label + '</option>';
        }
            }

Still haven't tested that this actually works, but I have included it in my 
version and it no longer throws errors for simply being there.

Original comment by g.duerrm...@gmail.com on 29 Jul 2011 at 3:20

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Well actually I ended up needing this functionality myself so I went ahead and 
finished the code. Basically what I provided earlier was almost working, I just 
hadn't followed everything through.

To ensure backwards compatibility, you would need to use this:
{ type: "select", values: [{'value': 'val1', 'label': 'label1'}, {'value': 
'val2', 'label': 'label2'}, {'value': 'val3', 'label': 'label3'}] }
(Note that we are keeping "values" instead of "options" as I had originally 
used. I think "options" is better named, but it breaks backwards compatibility.)

Then this change to the option looping, again ensuring backwards compatibility:
            for (j = 0; j < iLen; j++) {
        if(typeof(aData[j]) != 'object') {
                    r += '<option value="' + aData[j] + '">' + aData[j] + '</option>';
        }
        else {
            r += '<option value="' + aData[j].value + '">' + aData[j].label + '</option>';
        }
            }

I have tested this as working. Good luck!

Original comment by g.duerrm...@gmail.com on 20 Aug 2011 at 10:56

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Original comment by joc...@gmail.com on 24 Sep 2011 at 11:03

• Changed state: Accepted

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Hi,

This code is added in the version 1.2.4.

Thanks,
Jovan

Original comment by joc...@gmail.com on 25 Sep 2011 at 12:33

• Changed state: Fixed
• Added labels: Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Type-Defect

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Great, thank you for including that in!

Original comment by g.duerrm...@gmail.com on 25 Sep 2011 at 10:48

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nice job!
Tnx

Rob

Original comment by rob...@gmail.com on 26 Sep 2011 at 5:04