Get a field's _current_ value in Component Editor? (Tridion 2011 SP1)

Question

I\'m writing an extension to the \"Save\" Command, where basically I want to validate certain fields and present a popup allowing the editor to select a given keyword or oth

Answer 1

I don't know if this is the proper way to do it, but you could fire the "collectdata" event on the item - which will update it's data with what has been entered on the editing screen so far.

var item = $display.getView().getItem();
item.fireEvent("collectdata");
$log.message(item.getXml());