event handlers to ensure data entered in the text boxes is captured and persisted

[joshmorris]

I raised a case with now support about text not being retained when saving when being entered into input boxes in the UI builder on a custom built page. They said I was missing event handlers so does anyone know what these are and which ones I need?

[Diogo Ramos · Accepted solution]

Hello, from my understanding UI builder does not save the data on a input component, you will have to save that data somewhere in the system (for example the server side, or in a preference or something else). 

For that you need to add an event handler on that component , click add event mapping then select input value set

Now, you need to store the value somewhere, so for this example, I am just updating the short description of my record, when I add something to the input component, for this I need a new data resource that will update my record :

This data resource can only be used from a trigger, so we go back to the input event, and now add the execution of this resource , I just decided to use the script version :

Now, after you save the variant, you should have an input component that after adding text, saves the content on the record for this example.

Cheers
Diogo