Google Apps Script, Javascript, Jquery, HTML
I was working on a Google Apps Script project lately in Google Sheets that set up parameters in a sidebar and then ran the process once the user clicked the “Submit” button. The problem was that the process was taking a while and that “Submit” Button was ripe to be clicked multiple times by the impatient user before the server-side code could even finish its operation.
To fix this I needed to disable the submit button once it had been clicked and then enable it again once the server-side process was complete. Here, I need to:
- Disable the button and get the data from the client-side Javascript inside my sidebar’s HTML file.
- Do something awesome with it server-side.
- Upon the completion of the server-side awesome, call back to the HTML file and enable the button again.
The Example
I have a very simple Google Sheets Side Bar with a “Submit” and “Cancel” button. When the “Submit” button is clicked it calls the function submittington (can he get any more creative? No. No he can’t).
This function then disables the “Submit” button sends a variable to the client-side code.gs and displays it stylishly in the sheet multiple times for the users viewing pleasure. After the code.gs function is executed, it calls back to the client-side submittington function and enables the button.
Behold!!! The example:
Continue reading “Google Apps Script – Disable Enable Submit Button in Sidebar”