Help with custom data in New Individual page

[leapywca]

hi
I'm trying to create a custom field in the New Individual page. I wanted to make a radio button yes or no type. I was trying to make it so that when No option is selected another custom field would pop out. This functionality is similiar to the "is deceased" option in the demographics tab of New Individual page. However I'm not able to apply the onClick call back functionality for my custom field like the one for "is deceased" check box. I have to refresh the page after selecting "no" to see the new custom field. So my question is how would I be able have a onClick call back functionality? Any help regarding this would be really appreciated. Thanks!

[Donald Lobo]

1. i'd expose both the radio button and the other custom field

2. on page load or if the option is yes, hide the box

3. on the onclick event for the radio button No, show the custom field box

You should be able to do steps 2 and 3 via jQuery

lobo

[leapywca]

Thanks for your reply Donald. Where do you think in the code(in which file) can I set the onclick event for custom fields? I created the javascript function in CustomData.tpl for showing the field depending on radio button select but I dont get it where in the code I can associate it with onclick event. 

In the CiviCRM default field demographics it is done by calling  $form->addElement('checkbox', 'is_deceased', null, ts('Contact is deceased'), array('onclick' =>"showDeceasedDate()"));  However I am unable to find where this could be accomplished for custom data fields.

[Donald Lobo]

Use jQuery's event handling mechanism.

check an article like: http://www.siphilp.co.uk/archive/2009/04/13/jquery-fun-with-radio-button-lists-checkboxes-and-labels.aspx

u dont need to modify the input element html

lobo