Class: Deadline

var post = new Deadline({

    // default values (can be changed with val()):
    namespace      : 'variables namespace', // namespace to retrieve variables from
     title_variable: 'Title variable', // variable to use for PM title or infraction reason
    bbcode_variable: 'BBCode variable', // variable to use for BBCode
    keys           : {...}, // keys to use when resolving variables
    // these two usually aren't used:
    // title : 'initial text for PM title',
    // bbcode: 'initial text for BBCode',
    visible    : true, // or false to hide
    deadline   : '+7d',

    // other data needed for the widget to function:
    v        : variables, // Variables object
    bb       : bb, // BulletinBoard object
    callback : function(keys) { ... }, // called with the current data
    container: widget_appended_to_this,
    value_var: 'list of valid deadlines variable'

});

Extends

• ActionWidget

Methods

inherited action(){Action}

src/widgets/action_widget.js, line 100

Action built by this selector

Returns:

Type	Description
Action

inherited reset_value(current_value, name){string}

src/widgets/action_widget.js, line 201

Update the "reset" data and get a stored value

this should be called by a "reset" button, to reset the contents of an input to a recent value

Name	Type	Description
current_value	string	current value as entered by the user (which we can reset to)
name	string	variable name

Returns:

Type	Description
string	new value

inherited resolve_value(name, name_suffix, keys, parser, value)

src/widgets/action_widget.js, line 124

Resolve one of the values defined in the constructor

Name	Type	Description
name	string	variable name
name_suffix	string	array appended to variable name during resolution
keys	Object	optional keys to use when resolving
parser	string	optional how to parse the variable
value	string | null	(if defined) or null (otherwise)

inherited set_value(current_value, name, name_suffix, keys, parser, new)

src/widgets/action_widget.js, line 153

Update the "reset" data and get a new value (if changed)

Name	Type	Description
current_value	string	current value as entered by the user (which we can reset to)
name	string	variable name
name_suffix	string	array appended to variable name during resolution
keys	Object	optional keys to use when resolving
parser	string	optional how to parse the variable
new	string	optional value (if defined and in need of an update)

inherited update_previous_values()

src/widgets/action_widget.js, line 106

Specify new values for reset_value()

records values from this.val(), will return them on reset

val(value){Object}

src/widgets/deadline.js, line 117

Get/set widget's values

Name	Type	Description
value	Object	new value

Returns:

Type	Description
Object	(new) value

Example

ns.val({
    visible : true, // or false to hide
    deadline: '+7d'
});