Quick Search Dates using From and To

[lgrupido]

I have a gird which shows login dates and nothing else. I can create a search portion to the grid and do a ranged search on those dates using a From and To field.

But that takes up a lot of extra space. Ideally, I would use the quick search feature for this.

But quick search seems to be more for text searches than for dates. It doesn't appear to allow a from or to.

Is there a way to get the best of both worlds?

I want a from/to date search, but within the grid, like in a quick search.

[GGandhi]

Re: Quick Search Dates using From and To

hello

i do not know how to do this in quick search.. but
when you design your search part
eliminate the tool bar, eliminate the search button an eliminate the title. so you will end up with a clean looking search box.
and on the free form area on the right side you can add an action button that will submit the search form you can name the label of the search action button to suit your design style.
essentially you will end up with

Date to search: from_date to_date search_button

will this work for you.
the benefit is that the grid can be hidden, as you know
you can also add another action button to start a new search.

[lgrupido]

Re: Quick Search Dates using From and To

Thanks, that sounds like it would work.

The only thing I don't know is how to put the action button into the right side free-form area. Could you give me a push in the right direction on that?

[lgrupido]

Re: Quick Search Dates using From and To

Never Mind, I figured out how to put the action button in the free form area. Just a matter of taking a look ....

[GGandhi]

Re: Quick Search Dates using From and To

here you go

http://screencast.com/t/J62nVo0Rx4p7

sorry i took time. ignore this post.

ps: if i add <h2> or <h3> or <h4> tags before and after the action buttons it appears to change the position on working preview. you can check and see it works for you.

[lgrupido]

Re: Quick Search Dates using From and To

Sorry for wasting your time and thanks again for the help.

BTW: The one thing I don't like about doing it this way. When using the normal search, you can press <Enter> after putting in your search criteria, and it will fire the search button. With the action button that doesn't happen. You actually have to click it, or tab over to it before pressing enter.

[agillbb]

Re: Quick Search Dates using From and To

You might wish to throw this in your onKeyPress event so that the enter key triggers the submit:

//capture the ENTER key from search part textbox
var keyCode = event.charCode || event.keyCode;
if (keyCode==13) {grid.Object}.submitSearchForm();

[iRadiate]

Re: Quick Search Dates using From and To

You might wish to throw this in your onKeyPress event so that the enter key triggers the submit:

//capture the ENTER key from search part textbox
var keyCode = event.charCode || event.keyCode;
if (keyCode==13) {grid.Object}.submitSearchForm();

This is awesome code Andy, I've often wondered how to do that.
I have it on all my advanced search field controls now
Thanks very much for posting!

[agillbb]

Re: Quick Search Dates using From and To

No probs.