How can I duplicate a “cancel” button using a toolbar

Question

I am using the toolbar control and that has several actions on it to allow the user to switch document modes, save, return to the view, etc.

I want to add a cancel button to allow the user to cancel their edits and switch them back to read mode.

Since the same event is shared by all these actions (I am using simple actions in computed action groups) I can't check off the "Do not validate or update data". If I do a context.redirectToPage("newpage.xsp") that will cause validation to happen.

I want to be able "cancel" the validation and then perform some action like switch to read mode or to another XPage. Any suggestions?

I guess I need a context.DontSave() method...Is there a method I can use to disable the validation/updating when submitting?

Thanks,

Howard

Per Henrik Lausten Per Henrik Lausten · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-07T07:27:42

You can create a standalone cancel button that discards changes and reloads the current page. In the example below I have not taken into account that the current page can contain parameters such as editDocument, documentId etc.

<xp:button id="cancel" value="Cancel" rendered="#{javascript:document.isEditable()}">
    <xp:eventHandler event="onclick" submit="true" refreshMode="complete" immediate="true" save="false" id="eventHandler1">
        <xp:this.action>
            <xp:actionGroup>
                <xp:openPage name="#{javascript:view.getPageName()}"></xp:openPage>
            </xp:actionGroup>
        </xp:this.action></xp:eventHandler>
</xp:button>

How can I duplicate a “cancel” button using a toolbar

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