[TYPO3-core] RFC: #6046 requestUpdate does not work on selectboxes (group-fields)

[Stephan Petzl]

Ingmar Schlecht schrieb:
> OK, what about executing the
>   p.setTimeout(\'if(confirm(window.T .... ) ...
> only when closing the object browser (plus records have been added while 
> in the object browser)?
> 
yeah, would be nice. but do you have an idea how to get this 
window.onClose handler working?

> And also, I'm just wondering why we need to specifically deal with the 
> "alert" part of $PA['fieldChangeFunc']['alert'], can't we just execute 
> the whole imploded 'fieldChangeFunc' bunch from the opening TCEForms 
> window?
> 
> I mean something along the lines of (warning, pseudo code only):
>    p = parent.window.opener;
>    p.setTimeout(\'window.TBE_EDITOR.'.$theFormField.'.onChange()\', 10);
> 
> That way not only the requestUpdate functionality would be called but 
> everything that TCEForm wants to do on a change of the form field value.
i think you are right. i just wanted to do it as simple and with as 
little code as possible.
will have another look on it...

br stephan