One of the challenges I'm facing is how to populate dropdown selections on a webpage without resorting to hard-coded procedures. The code snippet below illustrates the current setup:
<td>
<ui-select ng-model="user_profile.gender" required="true">
<ui-select-match > {{$select.selected.name}} </ui-select-match>
<ui-select-choices repeat="option in selectOptions.gender | propsFilter: {name: $select.search} ">
<div ng-bind-html="option.name | highlight: $select.search"></div>
</ui-select-choices>
</ui-select>
</td>
On the Javascript side.
var selectOptions = {
gender: [{
id: 0,
name: "女"
}, {
id: 1,
name: "男"
}],
..
}
The issue lies in the fact that the database stores the gender value as an INTEGER type, specifically 0 for women and 1 for men. This complicates the process of loading the gender value onto the page without resorting to a cumbersome hard-coding method.
In looking for a more elegant solution, I contemplate methods like:
- Loading the gender value from an API
- Setting the selected value of the gender dropdown list accordingly
For saving changes, a similar approach can be taken:
- Extracting the selected value of the gender dropdown list
- Sending a PUT request to the API to save the changes
This traditional approach, however, involves a significant amount of logic implementation which may not be ideal. Is there a simpler way to accomplish this task using Angular.js or any other JavaScript library that specializes in handling these types of conversions?
Your insights are appreciated. Thank you.