Replace cat and loc search boxes with select dropdowns (#11)

action.php

@@ -202,8 +202,12 @@ switch ($VARS['action']) {
         }
         returnToSender("invalid_parameters");
     case "autocomplete_category":
-        exit(json_encode($database->select('categories', ['catid (id)', 'catname (name)'], ['catname[~]' => $VARS['q'], 'LIMIT' => 10])));
+        header("Content-Type: application/json");
+        $q = (empty($VARS['q']) ? "" : $VARS['q']);
+        exit(json_encode($database->select('categories', ['catid (id)', 'catname (name)'], ['catname[~]' => $q, 'LIMIT' => 10])));
     case "autocomplete_location":
+        header("Content-Type: application/json");
+        $q = (empty($VARS['q']) ? "" : $VARS['q']);
         exit(json_encode($database->select('locations', ['locid (id)', 'locname (name)'], ["OR" => ['locname[~]' => $VARS['q'], 'loccode' => $VARS['q']], 'LIMIT' => 10])));
     case "autocomplete_user":
         header("Content-Type: application/json");

langs/en/categories.json

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
     "New Category": "New Category",
     "editing category": "Editing {cat}",
-    "Adding new category": "Adding new category"
+    "Adding new category": "Adding new category",
+    "Choose a category": "Choose a category"
 }

langs/en/core.json

@@ -22,5 +22,7 @@
     "login server error": "The login server returned an error: {arg}",
     "login server user data error": "The login server refused to provide account information.  Try again or contact technical support.",
     "captcha error": "There was a problem with the CAPTCHA (robot test).  Try again.",
-    "no access permission": "You do not have permission to access this system."
+    "no access permission": "You do not have permission to access this system.",
+    "no permission": "You do not have permission to access this system.",
+    "no edit permission": "You do not have permission to modify records."
 }

langs/en/items.json

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
     "Adding Item": "Adding new item",
     "editing item": "Editing {item}",
     "cloning item": "Copying {oitem} <i class=\"fa fa-angle-right\"></i> {nitem}",
-    "item saved": "Item Saved",
     "itemid": "Item ID",
     "id": "ID"
 }

langs/en/locations.json

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
     "new location": "New Location",
     "Adding new location": "Adding new location",
-    "editing location": "Editing {loc}"
+    "editing location": "Editing {loc}",
+    "Choose a location": "Choose a location"
 }

pages/edititem.php

@@ -104,15 +104,33 @@ if (!empty($VARS['id'])) {
                 <div class="col-12 col-md-6">
                     <div class="form-group">
                         <label for="cat"><i class="fas fa-archive"></i> <?php $Strings->get("category"); ?></label>
-                        <input type="text" name="catstr" class="form-control" id="cat" placeholder="<?php $Strings->get("placeholder category name"); ?>" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($itemdata['catname']); ?>" />
+                        <select class="form-control" name="cat" id="cat" required="required">
-                        <input type="hidden" id="realcat" name="cat" value="<?php echo $itemdata['catid']; ?>" required="required" />
+                            <option value=""><?php $Strings->get("Choose a category"); ?></option>
+                            <?php
+                            $categories = $database->select('categories', ['catid (id)', 'catname (name)']);
+                            foreach ($categories as $cat) {
+                                ?>
+                            <option value="<?php echo $cat['id']; ?>" <?php echo $itemdata['catid'] == $cat['id'] ? "selected" : ""; ?>><?php echo $cat['name']; ?></option>
+                            <?php
+                            }
+                            ?>
+                        </select>
                     </div>
                 </div>
                 <div class="col-12 col-md-6">
                     <div class="form-group">
                         <label for="loc"><i class="fas fa-map-marker"></i> <?php $Strings->get("location"); ?></label>
-                        <input type="text" name="locstr" class="form-control" id="loc" placeholder="<?php $Strings->get("placeholder location name"); ?>" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($itemdata['locname']); ?>" />
+                        <select class="form-control" name="loc" id="loc" required="required">
-                        <input type="hidden" id="realloc" name="loc" value="<?php echo $itemdata['locid']; ?>" required="required" />
+                            <option value=""><?php $Strings->get("Choose a location"); ?></option>
+                            <?php
+                            $locations = $database->select('locations', ['locid (id)', 'locname (name)']);
+                            foreach ($locations as $loc) {
+                                ?>
+                            <option value="<?php echo $loc['id']; ?>" <?php echo $itemdata['locid'] == $loc['id'] ? "selected" : ""; ?>><?php echo $loc['name']; ?></option>
+                            <?php
+                            }
+                            ?>
+                        </select>
                     </div>
                 </div>
             </div>

static/js/edititem.js

@@ -2,59 +2,6 @@
  * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
 
-$("#cat").easyAutocomplete({
-    url: "action.php",
-    ajaxSettings: {
-        dataType: "json",
-        method: "GET",
-        data: {
-            action: "autocomplete_category"
-        }
-    },
-    preparePostData: function (data) {
-        data.q = $("#cat").val();
-        return data;
-    },
-    getValue: function (element) {
-        return element.name;
-    },
-    list: {
-        onSelectItemEvent: function () {
-            var catid = $("#cat").getSelectedItemData().id;
-            $("#realcat").val(catid).trigger("change");
-        },
-        match: {
-            enabled: true
-        }
-    }
-});
-$("#loc").easyAutocomplete({
-    url: "action.php",
-    ajaxSettings: {
-        dataType: "json",
-        method: "GET",
-        data: {
-            action: "autocomplete_location"
-        }
-    },
-    preparePostData: function (data) {
-        data.q = $("#loc").val();
-        return data;
-    },
-    getValue: function (element) {
-        return element.name;
-    },
-    list: {
-        onSelectItemEvent: function () {
-            var locid = $("#loc").getSelectedItemData().id;
-            $("#realloc").val(locid).trigger("change");
-        },
-        match: {
-            enabled: true
-        }
-    }
-});
-
 $("#assignedto").easyAutocomplete({
     url: "action.php",
     ajaxSettings: {
@@ -81,4 +28,5 @@ $("#assignedto").easyAutocomplete({
 
 $('#name').on('input propertychange paste', function () {
     $('#name_title').text($('#name').val());
-});
+});
+