[TYPO3-core] RFC: #9562: Feature: onChange has no effect

[Dan Osipov]

What's wrong with having both available? I think it adds the 
flexibility. Ideally it would be the same across all forms - flexforms, 
IRRE and general TCEforms.

Dan Osipov
Calkins Media
http://danosipov.com/blog/

Dmitry Dulepov wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Dan Osipov wrote:
>> Problem:
>> FlexForms have an onChange => reload directive, which reloads the form
>> if a field is changed. This is very useful. Regular forms also have
>> 'requestUpdate' => field which does the same thing. However, there are
>> two problems: 1) regular TCEForms ignore the onChange directive, and 2)
>> IRRE ignores these completely.
> 
> Background on this feature: initially onChange was meant for
> flexforms only because requestUpdate is not available there at all.
> 
> I do not think we should have onChange in regular TCEforms. There
> should be only one way of doing things and this way already exists:
> 'requestUpdate'.
> 
> As to IRRE, it is better if Olly comments. I guess requestUpdate
> should work there as well.
>