reactive-bind

Two way data binding for HTML input elements. No setup required.

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Installation

meteor add nov1n:reactive-bind

Usage

Add data-binding='foo' to an input element to bind it to a Session variable named 'foo'.

Example

<input type='text' data-binding='exampleVariable'/>

Binds the Session variable 'exampleVariable' to the input element in the DOM. Any changes to the text field will be reflected by the Session variable and vice versa.

Supported elements

Text

<input type='text' data-binding='exampleVariable2'/>

The value stored in the Session variable is the text as String.

Password

<input type='password' data-binding='exampleVariable3'/>

The value stored in the Session variable is the text as String.

Number

<input type='number' data-binding='exampleVariable4'/>

The value stored in the Session variable is number as Number.

Textarea

<textarea name='area' data-binding='exampleVariable5'></textarea>

The value stored in the Session variable is the text as tring.

Radio button(s)

<input type='radio' name='color' value='Red' data-binding='exampleVariable6'/> Red
<input type='radio' name='color' value='Blue' data-binding='exampleVariable6'/> Blue
<input type='radio' name='color' value='Green' data-binding='exampleVariable6'/> Green

The value stored in the Session variable is the input value as String.

Date

<input type='date' data-binding='exampleVariable7'/>

The value stored in the Session variable is a Date object.

Checkbox(es)

<input type='checkbox' name='vehicle' value='Bike' data-binding='exampleVariable8'/> Bike
<input type='checkbox' name='vehicle' value='Car' data-binding='exampleVariable8'/> Car
<input type='checkbox' name='vehicle' value='Plane' data-binding='exampleVariable8'/> Plane

The value stored in the Session variable is the input value as String. When more than one checkbox is checked, it becomes an array of Strings.

Range

<input type='range' data-binding='exampleVariable9'/>

The value stored in the Session variable is the text as Number.

Color picker

<input type='color' data-binding='exampleVariable10'/>

The value stored in the Session variable is the color as hex triplet String (e.g. '#FFFFFF').

License

The code is licensed under the MIT License (see LICENSE file).