Hi,
Is it possible to set the textBefore on a textinput from within a JS query?
I have a text field which shows a payment type and payment id. I want the textBefore to show the payment type (e.g card / bank transfer) and then the actual text value to show the relevant id.
I've managed to set this fine with the data direct from a SQL query. However when I try and update the textBefore to a different value from a script it wont allow it.
Cheers,
Hey @Rob_Faulkner!
It doesn't look like there's currently a set method for the prefix text on a text input. If you'd like to dynamically set it you might try passing the value of a temp state to that field, which you can then set dynamically. Does that work?
Hi @Kabirdas, thanks for getting back to me. As a fix, so I could carry on I created a hidden field and then set that to a new value in the script. Then referenced that field in "textBefore".
It sounds a little convoluted I'm sure. However, as I'm pulling a number of records from a Db table I don't think a temp state would work as I would need one for each record when it first loaded?
Long story short, I think the hidden field will probably work better for me here unless I've missed something. Was just hoping there was some way of updating it directly and I was just being stupid! 
Thanks again!
Temp states are super flexible! If you want to set and edit multiple records within the state you can try using the setIn method which lets you specify a path that you want to save a particular value under in the temp state. It works really well with the i variable for event handlers in tables and listviews. Or with something like {{self.id}} to track the id of the component:
Ah interesting @Kabirdas. Ill look at doing it this way! Also useful to know for the future.
Thanks for looking into this for me and the examples.
Cheers,
