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Update Action - #update{}

The #update{} action serves as a wrapper for a handful of ways to modify the contents of a page without having to do it using wf:update, wf:insert_after, etc.

All actions that work with this

• #update{}
• #replace{}
• #insert_top{}
• #insert_bottom{}
• #insert_before{}
• #insert_after{}
• #remove{}

Usage

  wf:wire(my_button, #event{type=click, actions=[
    #update{target=someDiv, elements="Replace All"}
  ]}).

  wf:wire(my_button, #event{type=click, actions=[
    #remove{target=someOtherDiv}
  ]}).

  wf:wire(my_button, #event{type=click, actions=[
    #insert_after{target=someOtherDiv, elements=[#button{text="A new button"}]
  ]}).

Attributes

• elements (Nitrogen Elements) - Specify a body for the action to insert, update, or replace. This attribute is ignored by #remove{}.

• type (atom) - Which update mechanism to use. Generally, it's recommended to ignore this attribute unless you have a reason to dynamically assign which mechanism to use. By default, this is set to the same value as the action record used (so #update{}'s type attribute is set to update, while #insert_before{}'s type attribute is set to insert_before.

See Also

• base element