bj-mcduck/follow-the-leader

Totally obsolete. Use ANY frontend framework instead

Follow The Leader

A jQuery plugin that you can use to synchronize a bunch of fields together. So if you change the value of one, all the others change too.

###Everything is the same.

The simplest use of FTL is to place the same class on all the <input> fields you want synched. Something like:

<input class=todo-list></input>
<input class=todo-list></input>
<input class=todo-list></input>

Then call $(".todo-list").followTheLeader(); in your JavaScript file. When you type in any of those fields, it will update the other fields to match it.

Blocking updates if the input has been typed in.

You can also set an input to only allow itself to be updated if it doesn't already have a unique value. To do that, add the class take-suggestion to the input:

<input class=todo-list></input>
<input class="todo-list take-suggestion"></input>
<input class=todo-list></input>

Now, the field that has the take-suggestion class will only change to follow the others if it hasn't already been set otherwise.

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You can see this in action on AppRecord.SupremecourtBC.ca.