Forms

A collection of form methods

.parameterizeObject(data)

Generate serialized XHR2 FormData

Params

• data - plain object

Example

data = {
  id: 1234567890,
  person: {
    first_name: 'Grant',
    last_name : 'Klinsing',
    meta : {
      foo: 'bar',
      test: [100, 200]
    }
  }
}

window.utilityBox.parameterizeObject(data)

generates

id = 1234567890
person[first_name] = 'Grant'
person[last_name] = 'Klinsing'
person[meta][foo] = 'bar'
person[meta][test] = [100, 200]

.serializeForm(form)

Serialize inputs, selects and textareas within a form

Params

• form - DOM element or jQuery form element

Example

<form action="/foobar" method="post">
  <input type="text" name="foo" value="bar">
  <textarea name="textarea">Hello World</textarea>
  <button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>

$(document).on 'submit', 'form', (e) ->
  form = $(e.target)
  obj = window.utilityBox.serializeForm(form)

Output of obj

{
  foo: 'bar',
  textarea: 'Hello World'
}

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Datepicker

Automatically applies jQuery datepicker functionality to inputs with the attribute data-is="datepicker".

<input type="text" data-is="datepicker" value="01/01/2013">