Repeater area: Keep first entry

Prevent users from deleting the first entry in a ChronoForms repeater area.

Overview

The standard repeater allows removal of all entries, including the initial one.
Add the first entry as a static part of the main form and use the repeater only for additional entries. Alternatively, use custom JavaScript or hide the repeater initially with a checkbox event.

pa pat01 06 Sep, 2019

Hi

I did have a look at your demo repeater form.

There it's possible to add more "Guests" and remove them as well.

Is there a way to prevent removing the first entry "Guest 1"?

Users should only be able to remove additional "Guest", but not the first one.

Thanks.

Patrick

Gr GreyHead 06 Sep, 2019

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Hi Patrick,

The simplest way to do this might be to add guest 1 to the main form and use the repeater from guests 2 . . . and on. It's probably possible to add custom JavaScript to stop the first one being deleted but that might be ore complicated to do.

Bob

pa pat01 07 Sep, 2019

Hi Bob

Thank you.

Disadvantage would be, that there are two Guests on form load, instead of just one.

But at least it would not be possible to remove first guest.

Patrick

Gr GreyHead 07 Sep, 2019

Hi Patrick,

Can you hide the whole multiplier until the user checks an Add more Guests checkbox?

Bob

pa pat01 07 Sep, 2019

Hi Bob

Unfortunately the Repeater area has no "Events" tab, so I can't do that.

Patrick

Max_admin 21 Sep, 2019

Answer

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You can hide the repeater with an event in the checkbox with target id as the repeater area id

Best regards

Max, ChronoForms developer
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