contacts page: batch actions are now links in a dropdown menu -

The new js funcion batch_submit_handler should handle the submission of the batch Values

diff --git a/templates/contacts-template.tpl b/templates/contacts-template.tpl
index 9e4d6407be30fd946cd0646d06ee6e4e7fc72188..67eb92f0bdb2d3cb30a8235dc4f9a3df5c8b91ff 100644 (file)
--- a/templates/contacts-template.tpl
+++ b/templates/contacts-template.tpl
@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@
        <div id="contacts-search-end"></div>
 
        {{* we need the form container to make batch actions work *}}
-       <form action="{{$baseurl}}/contacts/batch/" method="POST">
+       <form name="batch_actions_submit" action="{{$baseurl}}/contacts/batch/" method="POST">
+
+               {{* we put here a hidden input element. This is needed to transmit the batch actions with javascript*}}
+               <input type="hidden" class="batch-action no-input fakelist" name="batch_submit" value="{{$l|escape:'html'}}">
+
                {{* We put the contact batch actions in a dropdown menu *}}
                <ul class="nav nav-pills preferences">
                        <li class="dropdown pull-right">
@@ -34,8 +38,9 @@
                                </a>
                                <ul class="dropdown-menu pull-right" role="menu" aria-labelledby="BatchActionDropdownMenuTools">
                                {{foreach $batch_actions as $n=>$l}}
-                                       <li role="presentation">
-                                               <input class="batch-action no-input fakelist" name="{{$n}}" value="{{$l|escape:'html'}}" type="submit">
+                                       <li role="menuitem">
+                                               {{* call the js batch_submit_handler. Have a look at the buttom of this file *}}
+                                               <a onclick="batch_submit_handler('{{$n}}', '{{$l}}')">{{$l}}</a>
                                        </li>
                                {{/foreach}}
                                </ul>
@@ -81,5 +86,21 @@
    
   });
  });
+
+/**
+ * @brief This function submits the form with the batch action values
+ *
+ * @param string name The name of the batch action
+ * @param string value If it isn't empty the action will be posted
+ */
+function batch_submit_handler(name, value) {
+    // set the value of the hidden input element with the name batch_submit
+    document.batch_actions_submit.batch_submit.value=value;
+    // change the name of the input element from batch_submit according to the
+    // name which is transmitted to this function
+    document.batch_actions_submit.batch_submit.name=name;
+    // transmit the form
+    document.batch_actions_submit.submit() ;
+}
  </script>