Flashing a field in the list view

SwarnadeepNandy · ‎06-02-2015

Hi,

I am new to serviceNow. I was stuck in a problem. I want to flash a field in the list view of the table. The flashing will be based on, any update via email on a particular record.

I have tried a piece of simple javascript code in "Values" field in styles.

function initBlink() { var state = false; setInterval(function() { state = !state; var color = (state?'red':'green'); document.getElementById('test').style.color = color; }, 1000); }

Looking forward for your help.

epam · ‎06-03-2015

Hi, Swarnadeep.

If I understand your question properly, the incident is updated by inbound email actions.

So You can do following:

- the Inbound Email Actions script should mark the incident any way your prefer (e.g. current.comments = "incident was updated by email")

- As Berny Alvarado and Jim Coyne say: create a special style (using Field Styles) on a list based on a condition like this:

javascript:current.comments.indexOf('updated by email') > 1

To create a flashing dot near some field (I tested it on Fuji): Upload an animated gif to System UI -> Images and write a field style like this:

background:transparent url('flashing.gif') -20px -20px no-repeat;

- Create a List Button for incident table (System UI -> UI Action) with script like this:

function startReloadList(){

location.reload();

}

setTimeout(function() { startReloadList(); }, 10000);

The script refreshes list every 10 seconds. Also You can insert "startReloadList()" into the onclick field to reload the list by the button.

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Andrii · ‎06-02-2015

There are some: http://wiki.servicenow.com/index.php?title=GlideList2_(g_list)

SwarnadeepNandy · ‎06-02-2015

Thanx Andrii.

Can u help me with the coding?

Andrii · ‎06-02-2015

I'm not - don't have much time now, but the epam expert might help you with this.

bernyalvarado · ‎06-02-2015

Hello, you can set Styles on a list based on a condition using Field Styles

http://wiki.servicenow.com/index.php?title=Defining_Field_Styles#gsc.tab=0

I believe there's an obsolete and non cross browser compatible style: text-decoration: blink. Overall, "blinking" an item is not recommended. Would it help your requirement if you set the Incident Number Field Style to something like background-color: red? On your list It will then appear a red dot next to the Incident number. You can also display images with code like the one is used for VIP users:

background-image: url('images/icons/vip.gif');

background-repeat: no-repeat;

background-position: 98% 5px;

padding-right: 30px;

I hope it helps!

Thanks,

Berny

Jim Coyne · ‎06-02-2015

And to follow up on Berny's suggestion, you could use an animated gif to do the "flashing" effect that you want. Not a big fan, but that would be the easiest and codeless way of doing it.