Creating Dependencies for Group Elements

A Group element can be the target of a dependency. However, if you want a Group element to be the target of a dependency and you also want a child of that group to be the target with a different set of conditions, you must include all of the conditional logic for the group and the child in one dependency.

This example demonstrates this behavior.

<UI>
   <Container option="data">
      <Group option="datagroup">
         <Option name="CheckBoxEnableTargetGroup" />
   </Container>

   <Container option="options">
      <Group option="targetGroup">
         <Option name="COMBOBOX"/>
            <Option name="ITEM1"/>
            <Option name="ITEM2"/>
            <Option name="ITEM3"/>
               <OptionItem option="CHECKBOX"/>
               <OptionItem option="INPUTTEXT"/>
      </Group>
   </Container>
</UI>

<Dependencies>
1<!-- Correct -->
   <Dependency condition="$CheckBoxEnableTargetGroup=='1'">
      <Target conditionResult="true" option="targetGroup" action="show"/>
      <Target conditionResult="false" option="targetGroup" action="hide"/>
   </Dependency>
   <Dependency condition="$CheckBoxEnableTargetGroup=='1' &amp;&amp; $CHECKBOX=='1'">
      <Target conditionResult="true" option="INPUTTEXT" action="enable"/>
      <Target conditionResult="false" option="INPUTTEXT" action="disable"/>
   </Dependency>

2<!-- Incorrect -->
   <Dependency condition="$CheckBoxEnableTargetGroup=='1'">
      <Target conditionResult="true" option="targetGroup" action="show"/>
      <Target conditionResult="false" option="targetGroup" action="hide"/>
   </Dependency>
   <Dependency condition="$CHECKBOX=='1'">
      <Target conditionResult="true" option="INPUTTEXT" action="enable"/>
      <Target conditionResult="false" option="INPUTTEXT" action="disable"/>
   </Dependency>
</Dependencies>

1	In the first dependency, the $CheckBoxEnableTargetGroup Velocity variable is used to show or hide the option named `targetGroup`. The author of this task also wants the option named `INPUTTEXT` to be displayed based on the state of the $CHECKBOX Velocity variable.
2	In the second dependency, the logic for targeting the option named `targetGroup` is omitted. When writing a dependency that targets a group, you must decide whether you want to target the children of that group as well.