Focus
Sets the focus into an Input and selects its text, so the next keystroke overwrites rather than appends.
Z2UI5_CL_SMP_APP_133
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UI5 1.71
The facts
- Repository
- abap2UI5/samples
- Class
Z2UI5_CL_SMP_APP_133- Source file
z2ui5_cl_smp_app_133.clas.abap↗- Category
- Focus
- Learning path
- Move through the app
- Minimum UI5
- 1.71 — the floor abap2UI5 holds its samples to
- In the playground
- runs in the browser, with no system and nothing installed
- Documentation
- abap2ui5.github.io/docs/cookbook/browser_interaction/focus ↗
Keywords: cursor, set_focus, selection, position, textfield
Controls it builds
- sap.m.Button
- sap.m.Input
- sap.m.Label
- sap.m.MessageStrip
- sap.m.Page
- sap.m.Shell
- sap.m.Title
- sap.ui.core.mvc.View
- sap.ui.layout.form.SimpleForm
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The ABAP
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" @keywords cursor set_focus selection position textfield
" @summary Sets the focus into an Input and selects its text, so the next keystroke overwrites rather than appends.
" @docs https://abap2ui5.github.io/docs/cookbook/browser_interaction/focus
CLASS z2ui5_cl_smp_app_133 DEFINITION PUBLIC.
PUBLIC SECTION.
INTERFACES z2ui5_if_app.
DATA field_01 TYPE string.
DATA field_02 TYPE string.
DATA selstart TYPE string.
DATA selend TYPE string.
PROTECTED SECTION.
DATA client TYPE REF TO z2ui5_if_client.
METHODS view_display.
PRIVATE SECTION.
ENDCLASS.
CLASS z2ui5_cl_smp_app_133 IMPLEMENTATION.
METHOD view_display.
DATA(view) = z2ui5_cl_ui5_view_builder=>factory(
)->ele( n = `View` ns = `mvc`
)->a( n = `displayBlock` v = `true`
)->a( n = `height` v = `100%`
)->a( n = `xmlns` v = `sap.m`
)->a( n = `xmlns:mvc` v = `sap.ui.core.mvc`
)->a( n = `xmlns:core` v = `sap.ui.core`
)->a( n = `xmlns:form` v = `sap.ui.layout.form` ).
DATA(page) = view->ele( `Shell`
)->ele( `Page`
)->a( n = `title` v = `abap2UI5 - Focus - Set Focus and Select Text in an Input`
)->a( n = `showNavButton` b = client->check_app_prev_stack( )
)->a( n = `navButtonPress` v = client->_event_nav_app_leave( ) ).
page->tag( `MessageStrip`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Pressing a button runs the set_focus front-end action, which moves keyboard focus to the ` &&
`target input and selects the text between the given start and end positions.`
)->a( n = `type` v = `Information`
)->a( n = `showIcon` b = abap_true
)->a( n = `class` v = `sapUiSmallMargin` ).
page->ele( n = `SimpleForm` ns = `form`
)->a( n = `title` v = `Focus & Cursor`
)->a( n = `editable` b = abap_true
)->ele( n = `content` ns = `form`
)->tag( `Title`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Input`
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Sel_Start`
)->tag( `Input`
)->a( n = `value` v = client->_bind( selstart )
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Sel_End`
)->tag( `Input`
)->a( n = `value` v = client->_bind( selend )
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `field_01`
)->tag( `Input`
)->a( n = `id` v = `BUTTON01`
)->a( n = `value` v = client->_bind( field_01 )
)->tag( `Button`
)->a( n = `press` v = client->_event( `BUTTON01` )
)->a( n = `text` v = `focus here`
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `field_02`
)->tag( `Input`
)->a( n = `id` v = `BUTTON02`
)->a( n = `value` v = client->_bind( field_02 )
)->tag( `Button`
)->a( n = `press` v = client->_event( `BUTTON02` )
)->a( n = `text` v = `focus here` ).
client->view_display( view->stringify( ) ).
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD z2ui5_if_app~main.
me->client = client.
IF client->check_on_init( ).
field_01 = `this is a text`.
field_02 = `this is another text`.
selstart = `3`.
selend = `7`.
view_display( ).
RETURN.
ELSEIF client->check_on_navigated( ).
view_display( ).
ENDIF.
CASE client->get_event( ).
WHEN `BUTTON01` OR `BUTTON02`.
client->follow_up_action(
val = z2ui5_if_client=>cs_event-set_focus
t_arg = VALUE #( ( client->get_event( ) ) ( selstart ) ( selend ) ) ).
client->message_toast_display( |focus changed| ).
ENDCASE.
ENDMETHOD.
ENDCLASS.
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