In the process of developing an application that relies on dropdown menus to assign input fields from a CSV file, I encountered a challenge. I wanted to incorporate logic that would automatically select certain options based on specific conditions. However, while attempting to implement this logic, I ran into an issue with the error message: "Interpolation inside attributes has been removed. Use v-bind or the colon shorthand instead."
<option value="first name" selected="{{ (field == 'First Name' || field == 'Given Name') ? true : false }}">First name</option>
The reason for not opting for :value="field" or v-model="field" is twofold. Firstly, I need to account for multiple synonyms for certain fields, such as "Date of Birth, DOB, Birth date." Secondly, there are instances where none of the header rows match any specific field, in which case I want to default to a catch-all option like "Not Mapped".
Various attempts were made:
<option value="first name" :selected="true : field == 'First Name' || field == 'Given Name'">First Name</option>
However, this approach consistently selects the option regardless of the actual condition, even when the field is something like "Date of Birth".
Do you have any suggestions?
EDIT:
A workaround I devised involved creating a function to determine the option value:
<select class="form-select" name="f{index}" :value="mapFieldName(field)">
mapFieldName: function (colName) {
// Default return value
var fieldName = "not mapped";
// Convert to lowercase for case-insensitive matching
colName = colName.toLowerCase();
// Match first name field
if (colName == "first name" || colName == "given name" || colName == "first" || colName == "fn")
fieldName = "first name";
// Return computed option value
return fieldName;
}
Unless a more elegant solution arises, I will proceed with this method.