Spry:setrow , how does it default to onClick?

Question

Hi,
the Spry Data References says that spry:setrow "spry:setrow is use to update the current row number of the data set." and that is used much like spry:setCurrentRow.
Then it says it defaults to onClick,
And then it gives the following example:
<ul spry:repeatchildren="dsEmployees">
<li spry:setrow="dsEmployees">{firstname} {lastname}</li>
</ul>
So, from the above example, I can deduce the following:
The data set "dsEmployees" is being access and from it the {firstname} and {lastname} elements' content are extracted row by row to be added to each  <li> elements.
So my questions are:
1. The statement "spry:setrow="dsEmployees" above is NOT setting any current row number.
2. What does "spry:setrow defaults to onClick mean?? .  OnClick is a javascript attribute that is usually initialized to handle the event onclick, so I don't understand how "spry:setrow" related to onclick, can someone explain?
thanks

Answer 1

1. The statement "spry:setrow="dsEmployees" above is NOT setting any current row number.
If the above is a statement then I can tell you that the statement is incorrect. If the above is a question, then I can tell you that the dataset gets the current row assigned by clicking on the element.
2. What does "spry:setrow defaults to onClick mean?? .  OnClick is a javascript attribute that is usually initialized to handle the event onclick, so I don't understand how "spry:setrow" related to onclick, can someone explain?
When the element is clicked on, the current row will be set. By default, this does not happen when there is no onclick event.
To illustrate the setrow onclick event and using your original markup
<ul spry:region="dsEmployees">
  <li spry:repeat="dsEmployees" spry:setrow="dsEmployees">{firstname} {lastname}</li>
</ul>
we add a detail region
<div spry:detailregion="dsEmployees">
  <div>{joinDate}</div>
  <div>{salary}</div>
  <div>{@id}</div>
</div>
Now every time we click on an li-element the current row is set and the detail region shows the result.
Gramps