Icon on select event not firing inside datacard

[adopOQ]

Hi

I have two lists as datasource (list 1 &2).List 2 has a lookup column for list 1.I am creating canvas app

I have created the multi screen edit/new form for list 2.When the lookup column is shown I want to show a view and new icon so that user can see more details of that lookup data or create a new item in list 1.

When I put directly inside the screen and not inside data card these icons are working fine and is triggering onselect  event. As soon as I unlock the datacard and put these icons the event doesnot fire.

I googled and few have faced similar issue but no where it is written that events will not fire inside datacard. The datacard mode is edit still the event doesnot fire.

Is this the intended behavior or am I doing something wrong?

[Ramole]

Hi @adopOQ 

Are you trying to add inside the form data card if yes then it will not work that's limitation, the workaround will be outside the the card 

[adopOQ]

Hi Ramole

Thanks for the clarification. Yes, I have unlocked the card and added the icon inside the card.

There is a dropdown inside the datacard since it is a Sharepoint lookup field. I tried to bind the onchange event of dropdwn that also did not work.

If I place my icon outside the datacard, how do I access the selected value of dropdown present in that datacard in my icon onselect.

[Ramole]

@adopOQ 

Can you show me an example like screen shot also use combox and reference DefaultSelectedItems 

[adopOQ]

Hi I am adding the screenshots as shown below

As you see when I put the icons outside the form and try to access datacardvalue5.SelectedItems.Value gives me empty.

How can I get the datacardvalue5.selecteditems.I don't want to use variable to store and access the value.

[AJ_Z]

What happens if you try Datacardvalue5.Selected.Value or is this multiselect?

[AJ_Z]

If the form is in edit mode ensure there is an item for it as it is known that datacardvalues appear empty for edit forms with no valid datasource/item. you could know if this is your problem by trying the feature with the defaultmode as FormMode.New

[adopOQ]

Thanks for the reply but the edit form has item and datacard returns empty.

I did a solution by using the form.Updates where you have field name property (EditForm.Updates.'Witness 1'.Id). I can see data present here. I have tried earlier but I don't why I got now and not in my earlier try.

Thanks everyone for your comments.

[AJ_Z]

No worries happy this is working for you 🙂