This package is a quick and easy way change values on your documents or Session variables.

If you are tired of writing annoying events and helpers every time you want to allow the user to modify a document or session variable on the client! use this package.

See the examples to see the use cases:

Case 1: You want to allow the user to modify a string session variable:

   {{>InputHelper session="hello" class='form-control'}}

Case 2: You want to allow the user to modify an attribute on a document:

   {{>InputHelper attribute="foo" document=this collection="Foobars" class='form-control'}}

Case 3: You want to allow the user to modify an attribute of type date on a document:

   {{>InputHelper attribute="foo" document=this type='date-time' collection="Foobars" class='form-control'}}

On input change event the attribute of the document will be modified. In the example the attribute "foo" will be modified on the document this of the collection Foobars.

Case 4: The session you want the user to be able to edit is a checkbox (ONLY works for SESSIONS)

  {{>InputHelper session='a-session-example-name' options=options class='form-control'}}

Options needs to be or needs to return (in case it is a helper) an array of the type :

[
  {name : 'choose fo', value : 'fo'},
  {name : 'choose bar', value : 'bar'},
   ....
]

Case 5 : You want the user to choose among predefined values (dropdown-style) :

{{>InputHelper session='a-session-example-name' select=options class='form-control'}}

Options needs to be or needs to return (in case it is a helper) an array of the type :

[
  {name : 'choose fo', value : 'fo'},
  {name : 'choose bar', value : 'bar'},
   ....
]

important! You need to declare an App.collections object and assign the mongo collections your declare client-side. i.e. App.collections.Foobars = new Mongo.collection('foobars').

attribute	The attribute you want to change on the document. Uses mongodb selector.
document	the document object you want to modify
collection	the collection the document belongs to
class	classes to add to the input field