Comment explains delayed initialisation.

[mkws-moved-to-github.git] / src / mkws-widget.js

diff --git a/src/mkws-widget.js b/src/mkws-widget.js
index b676039..d0a40ca 100644 (file)
--- a/src/mkws-widget.js
+++ b/src/mkws-widget.js
@@ -132,16 +132,19 @@ widget.autosearch = function(widget) {
         alert("This page has a MasterKey widget that needs a query specified by the '" + name + "' variable");
       }
     }
-  }
 
-  if (query) {
+    var sortOrder = widget.config.sort;
+    var maxrecs = widget.config.maxrecs;
+    var perpage = widget.config.perpage;
+    var limit = widget.config.limit;
+    var targets = widget.config.targets;
+    var targetfilter = widget.config.targetfilter;
+
     widget.team.queue("ready").subscribe(function() {
-      var sortOrder = widget.config.sort;
-      var maxrecs = widget.config.maxrecs;
-      var perpage = widget.config.perpage;
-      var limit = widget.config.limit;
-      var targets = widget.config.targets;
-      var targetfilter = widget.config.targetfilter;
+      // Postpone testing for the target configuration item: this is
+      // not set at compile-time for Record subclass widgets that set
+      // it in the subclass, as widget.autosearch is called in the
+      // superclass, before the subclass fiddles with the configuration.
       var target = widget.config.target;
       if (target) targetfilter = 'udb=="' + target + '"';