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When to Call JavaScript Toggle Function?

I have a drop down menu I need to make appear and disappear using pure JavaScript (no libraries/jQuery). Thus I am developing a toggle function. However despite trying several approaches, nothing seems to work. My current idea is to create a variable to hold the state of the menu (open or closed). Once the display of the menu changes from "none" to "block", the variable should change from "closed" to "open". Then an event listener would be added to the body element so when anything is clicked, the menu closes (i.e. the display property is changed back to "none").
Unfortunately the above doesn't seem work. When I put the If/else block outside of an event listener it fires when the page loads, but not when the menuToggle variable changes. If I put it or a function inside the menuPlaceholder event listener the menu won't open, probably due to the open and close code being called basically at the same time.
Clearly I am missing something, probably related to program control or function calling. Does anyone have any insights?
The code I am working with is below. Note the alert functions peppered throughout the code are for testing purposes only.
//Puts IDs for search preference selection box into variables
var menuPlaceholder = document.getElementById('searchSelection');
var menuDisplay = document.getElementById('searchOptions');
var boxLabel = document.getElementById('searchLabel');
//Puts IDs for text input box and submission into variables
var searchBoxPlaceholder = document.getElementById('searchInput');
var searchInput = document.getElementById('searchBox');
var submitButton = document.getElementById('submit');
//Adds class to each search option and puts ID of hidde field into variable
var searchPrefSubmission = document.getElementsByClassName('buttonSearch');
var hiddenInput = document.getElementById('searchChoice');
//Global variable to indicate whether searchOptions menu is opened or closed
var menuToggle = "closed";
//Closes element when one clicks outside of it.
function hideOnClickOutside(element) {
const outsideClickListener = event => {
if (!element.contains(event.target) && isVisible(element)) { // or use: event.target.closest(selector) === null
element.style.display = 'none'
removeClickListener()
}
}
const removeClickListener = () => {
document.removeEventListener('click', outsideClickListener)
}
document.addEventListener('click', outsideClickListener)
}
const isVisible = elem => !!elem && !!( elem.offsetWidth || elem.offsetHeight || elem.getClientRects().length )
//When the placeholder box is clicked, the option menu appears
menuPlaceholder.addEventListener('click', function (event){
menuDisplay.style.display = "block";
menuToggle = "open";
//Add click event to searchPref buttons
for (i = 0; i < searchPrefSubmission.length; i++) {
//Assigns value of the button to both the hidden input field and the placeholder box
searchPrefSubmission[i].addEventListener('click', function(event) {
hiddenInput.value=this.value;
boxLabel.innerHTML = this.value;
menuDisplay.style.display = "none";
menuPlaceholder.style.display = "inline-block";
});
}
});
//This code causes the text input box of the search form to appear when the background box is clicked
searchBoxPlaceholder.addEventListener('click', function(event){
searchInput.style.display = "inline";
submitButton.style.display = "inline";
//hideOnClickOutside(menuDisplay);
});
if (menuToggle == "open"){
document.body.addEventListener('click', function(event){
alert('Foo!');
})
}else{
alert('Boo!');
}
/*function toggleMenu () {
//menuDisplay.style.display = "none";
alert('Boo!');
menuToggle = "closed";
}*/
body {
font-family:Montserrat, sans-serif;
}
#searchOptionPlaceholder {
display: inline-block;
}
#searchSelection {
padding: 10px 20px;
margin-right: 10px;
background-color: #F0F3F5;
display: inline-block;
color: #000000;
width: 140px;
max-width: 200px;
max-height: 35px;
border: 2px solid black;
vertical-align: middle;
}
#searchSelection img {
float: right;
}
#searchLabel {
display: inline-block;
padding-top: 10px;
vertical-align: top;
}
#searchOptions {
display: none;
background-color: #F0F3F5;
position: absolute;
z-index: 2;
}
#searchOptions ul {
background-color: #F0F3F5;
padding: 5px;
}
#searchOptions li {
list-style-type: none;
border-bottom: 2px solid black;
}
#searchOptions li:hover {
background-color: #706868;
color: #ffffff;
}
.buttonSearch {
background-color: transparent;
border: none;
padding: 10px;
font-size: 14px;
}
.searchSubHeading {
font-size: 12px;
}
#searchInput {
display: inline-block;
background-color: #F0F3F5;
padding: 10px 100px;
position: relative;
top: 0px;
max-width: 350px;
border: 2px solid black;
vertical-align: middle;
}
#searchInput img {
position: relative;
left: 80px;
}
#searchBox {
display: none;
width: 80%;
background-color: #F0F3F5;
border: none;
font-size: 1.5em;
position: relative;
right: 50px;
vertical-align: middle;
}
#submit {
border: none;
background-image: url('https://library.domains.skidmore.edu/search/magnifyingGlass.png');
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-size: contain;
width: 50px;
height: 30px;
position: relative;
right: -80px;
vertical-align: middle;
}
#otherLinks {
margin-top: 10px;
}
#otherLinks a{
color: #000000;
}
#otherLinks a:hover{
color: #006a52;
}
<h1>Library Search</h1>
<form method="post" action="https://library.domains.skidmore.edu/search/searchBox.php" id="librarySearch">
<div id="searchSelection"><span id="searchLabel">Catalog</span><img src="down.png" height="30px" width="30px" /></div>
<div id="searchOptions">
<ul>
<li><button type="button" name="searchPref" value="Catalog" class="buttonSearch">Catalog<br /><br /><span class="searchSubHeading">Search books and DVDs</span></button></li>
<li><button type="button" name="searchPref" value="SearchMore" class="buttonSearch">SearchMore<br /><br /><span class="searchSubHeading">Search everything</span></button></li>
<li><button type="button" name="searchPref" value="Journals" class="buttonSearch">Journals<br /><br /><span class="searchSubHeading">Search journals</span></button></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="searchInput">
<input type="hidden" id="searchChoice" name="searchPref" value="catalog" />
<input type="search" id="searchBox" size="60" name="searchText" placeholder="Search our holdings"/><button type="submit" id="submit"></button></div>
<div id="otherLinks">Advanced Catalog Search | WorldCat | eBooks</div>
</form>

Some issues:
Adding event listeners within an event listener is in most cases a code smell: this will add those inner listeners each time the outer event is triggered. Those listeners remain attached, and so they accumulate. So, attach all event handlers in the top-level script, i.e. on page load, and then never again.
The if ... else at the end will execute on page load, and then never again. So the value of menuToggle is guaranteed to be "closed". You need to put that if...else switch inside the handler, so that it executes every time the event triggers, at which time the menuToggle variable will possibly have a modified value.
The body element does not stretch (by default) over the whole window. If you want to detect a click anywhere on the page, you should attach the listener on the document element itself, not on document.body.
When the click on the menu placeholder is handled, you should avoid that this event "bubbles" up the DOM tree up to the document, because there you have the other handler that wants to hide the menu again. You can do this with event.stopPropagation().
The global variable is not absolutely necessary, but if you use it, then I would call it menuVisible and give it a boolean value: false at first, and possibly true later.
For actually toggling the menu, I would create a function, which takes the desired visibility (false or true) as argument, and then performs the toggle.
Do not use undeclared variables, like the for loop variable i. Define it with let.
Here is your code with those changes implemented. Of course, there is still a lot that could be improved, but I believe that goes beyond the scope of this question:
var menuPlaceholder = document.getElementById('searchSelection');
var menuDisplay = document.getElementById('searchOptions');
var boxLabel = document.getElementById('searchLabel');
var searchBoxPlaceholder = document.getElementById('searchInput');
var searchInput = document.getElementById('searchBox');
var submitButton = document.getElementById('submit');
var searchPrefSubmission = document.getElementsByClassName('buttonSearch');
var hiddenInput = document.getElementById('searchChoice');
// Changed name and type of global variable:
var menuVisible = false;
// Removed some functions ...
menuPlaceholder.addEventListener('click', function (event){
// Use new function for actually setting the visibility
toggleMenu(!menuVisible);
// Avoid that click event bubbles up to the document level
event.stopPropagation();
});
// Add these event handlers on page load, not within another handler
// Define loop variable with let
for (let i = 0; i < searchPrefSubmission.length; i++) {
//Assigns value of the button to both the hidden input field and the placeholder box
searchPrefSubmission[i].addEventListener('click', function(event) {
hiddenInput.value = this.value;
boxLabel.innerHTML = this.value;
// Use the new function for setting the visibility
toggleMenu(false);
menuPlaceholder.style.display = "inline-block";
});
}
searchBoxPlaceholder.addEventListener('click', function(event){
searchInput.style.display = "inline";
submitButton.style.display = "inline";
});
// Bind handler on document itself, and call new function
document.addEventListener('click', function(event) {
toggleMenu(false);
});
// new function to perform the toggle
function toggleMenu(show) {
menuDisplay.style.display = show ? "block" : "none";
menuVisible = show;
}
body {
font-family:Montserrat, sans-serif;
}
#searchOptionPlaceholder {
display: inline-block;
}
#searchSelection {
padding: 10px 20px;
margin-right: 10px;
background-color: #F0F3F5;
display: inline-block;
color: #000000;
width: 140px;
max-width: 200px;
max-height: 35px;
border: 2px solid black;
vertical-align: middle;
}
#searchSelection img {
float: right;
}
#searchLabel {
display: inline-block;
padding-top: 10px;
vertical-align: top;
}
#searchOptions {
display: none;
background-color: #F0F3F5;
position: absolute;
z-index: 2;
}
#searchOptions ul {
background-color: #F0F3F5;
padding: 5px;
}
#searchOptions li {
list-style-type: none;
border-bottom: 2px solid black;
}
#searchOptions li:hover {
background-color: #706868;
color: #ffffff;
}
.buttonSearch {
background-color: transparent;
border: none;
padding: 10px;
font-size: 14px;
}
.searchSubHeading {
font-size: 12px;
}
#searchInput {
display: inline-block;
background-color: #F0F3F5;
padding: 10px 100px;
position: relative;
top: 0px;
max-width: 350px;
border: 2px solid black;
vertical-align: middle;
}
#searchInput img {
position: relative;
left: 80px;
}
#searchBox {
display: none;
width: 80%;
background-color: #F0F3F5;
border: none;
font-size: 1.5em;
position: relative;
right: 50px;
vertical-align: middle;
}
#submit {
border: none;
background-image: url('https://library.domains.skidmore.edu/search/magnifyingGlass.png');
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-size: contain;
width: 50px;
height: 30px;
position: relative;
right: -80px;
vertical-align: middle;
}
#otherLinks {
margin-top: 10px;
}
#otherLinks a{
color: #000000;
}
#otherLinks a:hover{
color: #006a52;
}
<h1>Library Search</h1>
<form method="post" action="https://library.domains.skidmore.edu/search/searchBox.php" id="librarySearch">
<div id="searchSelection">
<span id="searchLabel">Catalog</span>
<img src="down.png" height="30px" width="30px" />
</div>
<div id="searchOptions">
<ul>
<li>
<button type="button" name="searchPref" value="Catalog" class="buttonSearch">
Catalog<br /><br /><span class="searchSubHeading">Search books and DVDs</span>
</button>
</li>
<li>
<button type="button" name="searchPref" value="SearchMore" class="buttonSearch">
SearchMore<br /><br /><span class="searchSubHeading">Search everything</span>
</button>
</li>
<li>
<button type="button" name="searchPref" value="Journals" class="buttonSearch">
Journals<br /><br /><span class="searchSubHeading">Search journals</span>
</button>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="searchInput">
<input type="hidden" id="searchChoice" name="searchPref" value="catalog" />
<input type="search" id="searchBox" size="60" name="searchText" placeholder="Search our holdings"/>
<button type="submit" id="submit"></button>
</div>
<div id="otherLinks">
Advanced Catalog Search |
WorldCat |
eBooks
</div>
</form>

Changing a span field to an input field for updating information

I am creating a way to edit dynamic content. I found a question on here that got me started in terms of changing text (spans in my case) into input fields.
Currently, I can't figure out the following issue. When you click "Edit" (on the right side) the input fields replace the span (this is what I want), but when when you click outside of the input the input fields add new span fields instead of replacing the input fields.
I am wanting the styling and the fields to constantly stay in their original place.
Does anyone see what I am doing wrong?
var projID = '';
//Obtaining ID and Editing the projects
$(document.body).on('click', '.recEdit', '[data-editable]', function() {
projID = $(this).parent().data('recid');
console.log('Project ID is..... ' + projID);
var $el = $(this).parent().children().find('span');
var $input = $('<input/>').val( $el.text() );
$el.replaceWith( $input );
var save = function(){
var $p = $('<span data-editable class="recBaseFormat" />').text( $input.val() );
$input.replaceWith( $p );
};
/**
We're defining the callback with `one`, because we know that
the element will be gone just after that, and we don't want
any callbacks leftovers take memory.
Next time `p` turns into `input` this single callback
will be applied again.
*/
$input.one('blur', save).focus();
});
.recentProjectCont {
width: 98%;
height: 85px;
border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
padding: 10px 0;
margin: 0 10px;
display: block;
position: relative;
}
.recentProjectImg {
width: 100px;
height: 85px;
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: top;
}
.recentProjectImg img {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
object-fit: cover;
}
.recProjInfoCont {
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: top;
width: 80%;
height: 100%;
margin-left: 20px;
}
.recInfoCont1, .recInfoCont2 {
height: 100%;
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: top;
}
.recInfoCont1 {
width: 40%;
}
.recInfoCont2 {
width: 52%;
text-align: right;
}
.recBaseFormat, .projectViews {
letter-spacing: .1rem;
line-height: 1.4em;
color: #2f2f2f;
display: block;
margin-bottom: 5px;
}
.recProjName {
font-size: 1.1rem;
font-family: 'Muli', sans-serif;
}
.recInfoStat, .projectViews {
font-size: .7rem;
font-family: 'Nunito', sans-serif;
}
.recEdit {
position: absolute;
top: 20%;
left: 97%;
cursor: pointer;
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="recentProjectCont">
<div class="recProjInfoCont">
<div class="recInfoCont1">
<span class="recProjName recBaseFormat" data-editable>Name</span>
<span class="recInfoStat recBaseFormat recAlt" data-editable>Alt</span>
<span class="recInfoStat recBaseFormat recCat" data-editable>Category</span>
</div>
<div class="recInfoCont2">
<span class="recInfoStat recBaseFormat" data-editable>Status</span>
<span class="recInfoStat recBaseFormat" data-editable>Creator</span>
</div>
</div>
<div class="recEdit">Edit</div>
</div>

This code could definitely be optimized, but it should get you going in the right direction. There were a few issues with your code. The issue I mentioned above, which is that your selector was only targeting the last span element within the parent element. We can solve that by using the each method to loop over every span within the parent. Another issue is that you were losing the classes for your spans when you were replacing them with inputs. I've solved that by saving a list of classes for each span before replacing them with an input so that they can be reapplied when they are converted back to spans. Finally, you were firing the save function for all inputs on blur of any input, meaning that the user would only be able to edit one span and then when they clicked out, all inputs would have been converted back. Instead, now it will only convert back when you unfocus each specific input.
var projID = '';
//Obtaining ID and Editing the projects
$(document.body).on('click', '.recEdit', '[data-editable]', function() {
projID = $(this).parent().data('recid');
console.log('Project ID is..... ' + projID);
$(this).parent().children().find('span').each(function() {
var classList = $(this).attr('class');
$input = $('<input/>').val($(this).text());
$(this).replaceWith($input);
$input.on('blur',function() {
$(this).replaceWith('<span data-editable class="' + classList + '">' + $(this).val() + '</span>');
});
});
});
.recentProjectCont {
width: 98%;
height: 85px;
border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
padding: 10px 0;
margin: 0 10px;
display: block;
position: relative;
}
.recentProjectImg {
width: 100px;
height: 85px;
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: top;
}
.recentProjectImg img {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
object-fit: cover;
}
.recProjInfoCont {
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: top;
width: 80%;
height: 100%;
margin-left: 20px;
}
.recInfoCont1, .recInfoCont2 {
height: 100%;
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: top;
}
.recInfoCont1 {
width: 40%;
}
.recInfoCont2 {
width: 52%;
text-align: right;
}
.recBaseFormat, .projectViews {
letter-spacing: .1rem;
line-height: 1.4em;
color: #2f2f2f;
display: block;
margin-bottom: 5px;
}
.recProjName {
font-size: 1.1rem;
font-family: 'Muli', sans-serif;
}
.recInfoStat, .projectViews {
font-size: .7rem;
font-family: 'Nunito', sans-serif;
}
.recEdit {
position: absolute;
top: 20%;
left: 97%;
cursor: pointer;
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="recentProjectCont">
<div class="recProjInfoCont">
<div class="recInfoCont1">
<span class="recProjName recBaseFormat" data-editable>Name</span>
<span class="recInfoStat recBaseFormat recAlt" data-editable>Alt</span>
<span class="recInfoStat recBaseFormat recCat" data-editable>Category</span>
</div>
<div class="recInfoCont2">
<span class="recInfoStat recBaseFormat" data-editable>Status</span>
<span class="recInfoStat recBaseFormat" data-editable>Creator</span>
</div>
</div>
<div class="recEdit">Edit</div>
</div>
Finally, as others have mentioned, another option would be to use the contenteditable attribute on your spans. This is an HTML solution for editing HTML elements that are not editable by default. It essentially does the same thing you're trying to do with Javascript, but it's much cleaner. It also has very good browser support. One drawback to this solution would be that it will not be immediately clear to the user that the element is editable like it would be with an actual button that says "Edit." But there are some solutions for that as well.
<span contenteditable="true">You can edit me</span>

You could use juste the contenteditable attribute toggle each click !

How to show an element only on click on it and and hide it on click on other elements?

Description: I created two buttons and two more elements (div & section).
When I click on button 1, div element will appear with background-color HotPink and/if at this moment i re-click on button 1, div element will disappear.
I also wrote a function for button 2 so that when i click on button 2, section element will appear with background-colour DarkGreen and at this moment when i click on button 2 again, section element will disappear.
I should mention that if i click on white space of body ( (document).click(event) ), both div and section elements will disapear.
Question: What function should I write to show div element when I click on button 1 and then I hide hide it when I click on button 2 or any other elements on my web page???
Demo
NOTE: I duplicated this question because I'm not interested to use any method like:
$(".button1").click(function(event){
event.stopPropagation();
if($(".div").css("display") == "none"){
$(".div").css("display","block");
$(".section").css("display","none");
}else{
$(".div").css("display","none");
}
});
$(".button2").click(function(event){
event.stopPropagation();
if($(".section").css("display") == "none"){
$(".section").css("display","block");
$(".div").css("display","none");
}else{
$(".section").css("display","none");
}
});
It would be better if you do a favour and suggest a better method instead of duplicating a line of code with different class name under different events (functions).
My codes:
HTML:
<button class="button1">
Show Div Element
</button>
<div class="div">
I am Div Element
</div>
<br><br>
<button class="button2">
Show Section Element
</button>
<section class="section">
I am Section Element
</section>
JQuery:
$(function(){
$(".button1").click(function(event){
event.stopPropagation();
if($(".div").css("display") == "none"){
$(".div").css("display","block");
}else{
$(".div").css("display","none");
}
});
$(".button2").click(function(event){
event.stopPropagation();
if($(".section").css("display") == "none"){
$(".section").css("display","block");
}else{
$(".section").css("display","none");
}
});
$(document).click(function(){
$(".div").css("display","none");
$(".section").css("display","none");
});
});

The easiest way would be to start .click functions for both button 1 & 2 with:
.css("display","none");
function hidding the other element, like this:
$(".button1").click(function(event){
$(".section").css("display","none");
event.stopPropagation();
if($(".div").css("display") == "none"){
$(".div").css("display","block");
}else{
$(".div").css("display","none");
}
});
$(".button2").click(function(event){
$(".div").css("display","none");
event.stopPropagation();
if($(".section").css("display") == "none"){
$(".section").css("display","block");
}else{
$(".section").css("display","none");
}
});

Solution without JQuery... But you can use it if you really want to.
const $ = document.querySelector.bind(document);
const $$ = document.querySelectorAll.bind(document);
$('.button1').addEventListener('click', ()=>{
toggle('div')
});
$('.button2').addEventListener('click', ()=>{
toggle('section')
});
function toggle(element){
if($('.show')){
Array.from($$('.show')).forEach((ele) => {
ele.classList.remove('show');
});
}
$(element).classList.add('show');
}
html, body {
background-color: #fafafa;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
padding: 12px;
margin: 0;
}
.button1 {
background-color: pink;
position: relative;
display: inline-block;
padding: 8px;
border: none;
margin: 0 0 6px 0;
cursor: pointer;
}
.div {
background-color: hotpink;
display: none;
width: 160px;
height: 160px;
}
.button2 {
background-color: green;
position: relative;
display: inline-block;
padding: 8px;
color: white;
border: none;
margin: 0 0 6px 0;
cursor: pointer;
}
.section {
background-color: darkgreen;
display: none;
width: 160px;
height: 160px;
color: white;
}
.show {
display: block;
}
<button class="button1">
Show Div Element
</button>
<div class="div">
I am Div Element
</div>
<br>
<br>
<button class="button2">
Show Section Element
</button>
<section class="section">
I am Section Element
</section>

This solution relies on event bubbling, so it might break if other handlers stop propagation.
Also note that it currently relies on provided html structure, but that can be tweaked easy enough.
$(document).click(function(e) {
$elem = $(e.target)
// If the element is visible we shouldn't open it again
needToggle = $elem.is('button') && !$elem.next().hasClass("open")
$(".open").removeClass("open") // Remove all open elements
if (needToggle) {
$elem.next().toggleClass("open")
}
})
html,
body {
background-color: #fafafa;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
padding: 12px;
margin: 0;
}
.button1 {
background-color: pink;
position: relative;
display: inline-block;
padding: 8px;
border: none;
margin: 0 0 6px 0;
cursor: pointer;
}
.div {
background-color: hotpink;
display: none;
width: 160px;
height: 160px;
}
.button2 {
background-color: green;
position: relative;
display: inline-block;
padding: 8px;
color: white;
border: none;
margin: 0 0 6px 0;
cursor: pointer;
}
.section {
background-color: darkgreen;
display: none;
width: 160px;
height: 160px;
color: white;
}
.open {
display: block;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<button class="button1">
Show Div Element
</button>
<div class="div">
I am Div Element
</div>
<br><br>
<button class="button2">
Show Section Element
</button>
<section class="section">
I am Section Element
</section>

slide right to left div on hover jquery

Good day,
I'm having trouble with jquery. i found a topic here that i want to learn using jquery slide right to left div http://jsfiddle.net/PXLJG/2/.
what i want to achieve is when hover, show hidden content on specific div.
i tried adding .addClass('active'); to the script.
here is the script i made
$(document).ready(function(){
$('.holdingbox').hover(function(){
var rightbox = $('.rightbox');
if (rightbox.hasClass('active')){
rightbox.stop().animate({width: '-0px'}, 1000).removeClass('active');
} else {
rightbox.stop().animate({width: '90px'}, 1000).addClass('active');
}
});
});
The problem now is when i hover on one div, all div shows up.Please see attached image.
Hope you guys can point me to right direction. thank you

You need to target the rightbox element in current element context i.e. this
You can either use context or .find() to target child element.
$('.holdingbox').hover(function() {
var rightbox = $('.rightbox', this); //$(this).find('.rightbox')
});
$(document).ready(function() {
$('.holdingbox').hover(function() {
var rightbox = $('.rightbox', this);
if (rightbox.hasClass('active')) {
rightbox.stop().animate({
width: '-0px'
}, 1000).removeClass('active');
} else {
rightbox.stop().animate({
width: '90px'
}, 1000).addClass('active');
}
});
});
div {
display: inline-block;
}
.holdingbox {
position: relative;
top: 0;
margin-left: 100px;
}
.leftbox {
position: relative;
top: 0;
left: 0;
display: inline-block;
font-size: 24px;
background-color: #ac193d;
color: #FFF;
font-weight: bold;
padding: 1px;
}
.rightbox {
position: relative;
display: inline-block;
overflow: hidden;
width: 0;
height: 30px;
vertical-align: top;
margin-right: 0;
}
.content {
width: 100px;
position: absolute;
background-color: #ac193d;
height: 29px;
left: 0;
top: 0;
right: 0;
color: #FFF;
padding-left: 5px;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="holdingbox">
<span class="rightbox"><span class="content">Kenyér</span></span>
<span class="leftbox">></span>
</div>
<div class="holdingbox">
<span class="rightbox">
<span class="content">Kenyér</span>
</span>
<span class="leftbox">></span>
</div>

Change code to this
You'll get children of the hovered element this way. Without using $(this) you target all '.rightbox' elements in document.
$('.holdingbox').hover(function(){
$(this).find('.rightbox').stop().animate({width: '90px'}, 1000)
}, function(){
$(this).find('.rightbox').stop().animate({width: '-0'}, 1000)
});

How to give triggers to input field

I have a inputfield and I need to give two trigger. One is dropdown arrow and Another is cancel ("X") image. Here I am creating my inputfield.
My JS
var input = document.createElement("input");
input.className = 'styled-select';
input.style = 'width:30%' ;
input.id = "SearchInput";
input.type = "text";
input.title = "Madd";
input.onclick = TableExpand; // This happening when I clicking on Inputfield
My CSS for Inputfield
* {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
.styled-select {
width: 100px;
height: 20px;
border: 1px solid #95B8E7;
background-color: #fff;
vertical-align: middle;
display: inline-block;
overflow: hidden;
white-space: nowrap;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
overflow: hidden;
overflow: -moz-hidden-unscrollable;
background: url(combo_arrow.png) no-repeat right white;
position:relative;
border-radius: 5px 5px 5px 5px;
}
.styled-select select {
background: transparent;
-webkit-appearance: none;
width: 100px;
font-size: 11px;
border: 0;
height: 17px;
position: absolute;
left: 0;
top: 0;
}
I need two trigger as I mentioned Arrow and Cross. I am able to give arrow by using background image but don't know how to give Cross image.
Also How I will use this as a trigger. I mean When I click on Cross and Dropdown one it leads me to the one function where I can write my code.

You can put the triggers as absolutely positioned elements on the input field. This way, you can add separate click events on these triggers to be able to perform whatever you want when they are clicked.
Here is an example of what you are trying to achieve:
HTML:
<div id="container">
<input type="text" id="textfield" />
<div id="triggers">
<img class="trigger" src="https://cdn3.iconfinder.com/data/icons/musthave/128/Stock%20Index%20Up.png" id="arrow" />
<img class="trigger" src="https://cdn3.iconfinder.com/data/icons/musthave/128/Remove.png" id="cross" />
</div>
</div>
CSS:
#container {
position: relative;
width: 600px;
}
#textfield {
height:30px;
width: 100%;
}
.trigger{
width: 20px;
}
#triggers {
position: absolute;
right: 0px;
top: 5px;
}
JS:
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#arrow").click(function() {
$("#textfield").val("Arrow was clicked.");
})
$("#cross").click(function() {
$("#textfield").val("Cross was clicked.");
})
})
Here is a working version:
https://jsfiddle.net/1j760ztn/

Your cross and dropdown should be separate buttons. And the javascript you need to listen for them goes like this.
<input type="text" id="theText"><button id="cross"><button id="dropdown">
<script> var cross = document.getElementById('cross'); cross.addEventListener("click", function(){ document.getElementById('theText').innerHTML = 'clicked X' }); </script>