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A scan field: InputExt keeps the soft keyboard down, the cursor is parked in the field, and the scanner's Enter fires submit straight into the backend.
Z2UI5_CL_SMP_APP_530
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UI5 1.71
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Z2UI5_CL_SMP_APP_530- Source file
z2ui5_cl_smp_app_530.clas.abap↗- Category
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- Documentation
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Keywords: barcode, scanner, scan, field, submit, enter, soft, keyboard, none, inputext, focus, warehouse
Controls it builds
- sap.m.Button
- sap.m.Column
- sap.m.ColumnListItem
- sap.m.HBox
- sap.m.MessageStrip
- sap.m.ObjectStatus
- sap.m.Page
- sap.m.Shell
- sap.m.Table
- sap.m.Text
- sap.m.VBox
- sap.ui.core.mvc.View
- z2ui5.cc.InputExt
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" @keywords barcode scanner scan field submit enter soft keyboard none inputext focus warehouse
" @summary A scan field: InputExt keeps the soft keyboard down, the cursor is parked in the field, and the scanner's Enter fires submit straight into the backend.
" @docs https://abap2ui5.github.io/docs/cookbook/browser_interaction/soft_keyboard
CLASS z2ui5_cl_smp_app_530 DEFINITION PUBLIC.
PUBLIC SECTION.
INTERFACES z2ui5_if_app.
TYPES:
BEGIN OF ty_s_scan,
pos TYPE i,
code TYPE string,
END OF ty_s_scan.
" what the field holds right now, and everything scanned so far
DATA value TYPE string.
DATA t_scans TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF ty_s_scan WITH EMPTY KEY.
" bound straight onto InputExt.inputMode: `none` keeps the on-screen
" keyboard down while the field goes on taking input, `text` brings it
" back. It is model data, so the toggle is a plain model update
DATA mode TYPE string VALUE `none`.
PROTECTED SECTION.
DATA client TYPE REF TO z2ui5_if_client.
CONSTANTS c_field TYPE string VALUE `scanField`.
METHODS view_display.
METHODS on_event.
METHODS focus_field.
PRIVATE SECTION.
ENDCLASS.
CLASS z2ui5_cl_smp_app_530 IMPLEMENTATION.
METHOD z2ui5_if_app~main.
me->client = client.
IF client->check_on_init( ).
view_display( ).
" land in the field, so the first scan needs no tap at all
focus_field( ).
ELSEIF client->check_on_navigated( ).
view_display( ).
ELSEIF client->check_on_event( ).
on_event( ).
ENDIF.
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD on_event.
CASE client->get_event( ).
WHEN `SUBMIT`.
" a scanner types the code and sends Enter - sap.m.Input raises
" submit, and the wire carries the value with it, so the roundtrip
" already has what was scanned
IF value IS NOT INITIAL.
INSERT VALUE #( pos = lines( t_scans ) + 1
code = value ) INTO TABLE t_scans.
value = ``.
ENDIF.
" back into the empty field, ready for the next code
focus_field( ).
WHEN `TOGGLE`.
mode = COND #( WHEN mode = `none` THEN `text` ELSE `none` ).
focus_field( ).
WHEN `CLEAR`.
t_scans = VALUE #( ).
ENDCASE.
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD focus_field.
client->follow_up_action( val = client->cs_event-set_focus
t_arg = VALUE #( ( c_field ) ) ).
ENDMETHOD.
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:z2ui5` v = `z2ui5.cc` ).
DATA(page) = view->ele( `Shell`
)->ele( `Page`
)->a( n = `title` v = `abap2UI5 - Browser - Scan Field with Submit`
)->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 = `A warehouse scan field. The keyboard stays DOWN (InputExt inputMode = none) while the ` &&
`field keeps taking input, SET_FOCUS parks the cursor in it, and the scanner's Enter raises submit - ` &&
`so a whole shift of scanning needs no tap. Z2UI5_CL_SMP_APP_516 shows the inputMode values themselves.`
)->a( n = `type` v = `Information`
)->a( n = `showIcon` b = abap_true
)->a( n = `class` v = `sapUiSmallMargin` ).
page->ele( `VBox`
)->a( n = `class` v = `sapUiSmallMargin`
)->tag( n = `InputExt` ns = `z2ui5`
)->a( n = `id` v = c_field
)->a( n = `value` v = client->_bind( value )
)->a( n = `inputMode` v = client->_bind( mode )
)->a( n = `submit` v = client->_event( `SUBMIT` )
)->a( n = `placeholder` v = `scan a code, or type and press Enter`
)->a( n = `width` v = `24rem`
)->tag( `ObjectStatus`
)->a( n = `title` v = `inputMode`
)->a( n = `text` v = client->_bind( mode )
)->a( n = `class` v = `sapUiSmallMarginTop sapUiSmallMarginBottom` ).
page->ele( `HBox`
)->a( n = `class` v = `sapUiSmallMarginBegin`
)->tag( `Button`
)->a( n = `press` v = client->_event( `TOGGLE` )
)->a( n = `text` v = `keyboard on/off`
)->a( n = `icon` v = `sap-icon://keyboard-and-mouse`
)->a( n = `class` v = `sapUiTinyMarginEnd`
)->tag( `Button`
)->a( n = `press` v = client->_event( `CLEAR` )
)->a( n = `text` v = `clear list`
)->a( n = `icon` v = `sap-icon://delete`
)->a( n = `type` v = `Reject` ).
DATA(table) = page->ele( `Table`
)->a( n = `items` v = client->_bind( t_scans )
)->a( n = `headerText` v = `Scanned`
)->a( n = `class` v = `sapUiSmallMargin` ).
table->ele( `columns`
)->ele( `Column`
)->tag( `Text`
)->a( n = `text` v = `#`
)->end(
)->ele( `Column`
)->tag( `Text`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Code` ).
table->ele( `items`
)->ele( `ColumnListItem`
)->ele( `cells`
)->tag( `Text`
)->a( n = `text` v = `{POS}`
)->tag( `Text`
)->a( n = `text` v = `{CODE}` ).
client->view_display( view->stringify( ) ).
ENDMETHOD.
ENDCLASS.
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