Topic: Pre fill MDBSelect with state
Hello, Im using MDBSelect to an Edit form so Im receiving in props the initial values, and I need to populate this select with the value provided in props.
How can I achieve this ?.
Lets say this.props.color = 1
and select option is :
I dont want to load value into MDBSelectInput but pre-select the option value.
Regards
Jakub Mandra staff premium answered 6 years ago
Add property 'selected' to preselect option :)
But, as i assume that, you want to change selected options after everything has mounted.
In this situation you have to use alternative Select component with object as a datata source - it has the ability to react on properties updates.
gllermaly answered 6 years ago
@Jakub Mandra Thanks! , but in that object I only see "value" option that in reality is "text" option.
To determinate if option is selected or not I need to compare values, not texts (labels) because my field value is "days" (int) and my text is "X days"
I dont want to create a dirty solution where Im parsing strings.
I hope you follow me
EDIT:
I will try when I come back home to just pass a "dbValue" attribute to option object, should work right?
This did the job, if you know a cleaner way let me know please
optionsExample = [ { dbValue:3 , value: "3 days"} ]
componentWillMount() {
//dummy database object
const dbObject = { days: 3 };
let optionsSelect = this.state.options;
optionsSelect.map(opt => {
if (opt.dbValue === dbObject.days) opt.checked = true;
});
this.setState({ options: optionsSelect });
}
Jakub Mandra staff premium answered 6 years ago
Here is the options object example from our documentation:
options: [
{
checked: false,
disabled: false,
icon: null,
value: "Option one"
},
{
checked: false,
disabled: false,
icon: null,
value: "Option two"
},
{
checked: true,
disabled: false,
icon: null,
value: "Option three"
},
{
checked: false,
disabled: false,
icon: null,
value: "Option four"
}
]
My suggestion how to build an object with preselected options:
componentDidMount() {
const preselected = this.state.options.map(opt => {
return {
...opt,
checked: opt.dbValue === this.state.dbObject.days
}
});
this.setState({ options: preselected });
}
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