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DOM elements manipulation with javascript persists after reload or going to next page in pagination

I am trying to toggle a view between grid and list view mode on my frontend HTML page. I am able to do this fine with dom and HTML classes manipulation by toggling "display: none" between two containers. However, when I go to the next product page(through pagination) or when I reload the page, the default view is the one that appears and not the one that was last toggled. Is there a way to persist the view in case a page reload or product pagination changes? thank you.
here is the dom code that achieves this :
viewList.addEventListener('click', function() {
this.classList.add('view__active');
viewGrid.classList.remove('view__active');
gridItem.classList.add('hidden');
listItem.classList.remove('hidden');
});
viewGrid.addEventListener('click', function() {
this.classList.add('view__active');
viewList.classList.remove('view__active');
gridItem.classList.remove('hidden');
listItem.classList.add('hidden');
});
So far I found that I have to use localStorage to achieve this. but is there a better way to do this?

Essentially what is happening is when you request something from the server, the server responds with an HTML document, and whichever scripts associated with that document is run, So whatever JS executed in the first request is not in context when the second request(paginate or reload) is made.
So you need a way to persist information across these page loads, For that, you have 3 options.
Use sessionStorage.
Use localStorage
Use Cookies.
Of the 3 above the easiest would be to use either option 1 or 2.
Replying to your comment,
Also, If I am using localStorage, What am I using to store the view state?
I'm not quite clear as to what you mean by "What you are using to store the state" If your question is about where your data is stored, you need not worry about it as this is handled by the browser. If your question is about "How" to store it you can go through the MDN docs attached in option 1 or 2. This is simply storing a key-value pair as shown in the docs
localStorage.setItem('preferedView', 'grid'); You can add this to your on click handlers as follows,
viewList.addEventListener('click', function() {
this.classList.add('view__active');
viewGrid.classList.remove('view__active');
gridItem.classList.add('hidden');
listItem.classList.remove('hidden');
localStorage.setItem('preferedView', 'grid');
});
viewGrid.addEventListener('click', function() {
this.classList.add('view__active');
viewList.classList.remove('view__active');
gridItem.classList.remove('hidden');
listItem.classList.add('hidden');
localStorage.setItem('preferedView', 'list');
});
Then when loading a new page at the top of your script you can get the users preferedView(if existing) via const preferedView = localStorage.getItem('preferedView');
Here is a complete example from MDN

In order for anyone to find an answer for a similar task, thanks to #Umendra insight, I was able to solve this by using this :
function viewToggeler(viewBtn1, viewBtn2, view1, view2, viewStord) {
viewBtn2.classList.add('view__active');
viewBtn1.classList.remove('view__active');
view1.classList.add('hidden');
view2.classList.remove('hidden');
sessionStorage.setItem('preferedView', viewStord);
}
viewList.addEventListener('click', () => {
viewToggeler(viewGrid, viewList, gridItem, listItem, 'list');
});
viewGrid.addEventListener('click', () => {
viewToggeler(viewList, viewGrid, listItem, gridItem, 'grid');
});
if (sessionStorage.getItem('preferedView') === 'grid') {
viewToggeler(viewList, viewGrid, listItem, gridItem, 'grid');
} else if (sessionStorage.getItem('preferedView') === 'list') {
viewToggeler(viewGrid, viewList, gridItem, listItem, 'list');
}
I ended up using sessionStorage over localStorage because it empties itself on window/tab closing which might be the most desirable result. localStorage persists even after exiting the browser and opening it back.
Also, at any point someone wants to empty the sessionStorage on exit, I used :
window.addEventListener('onbeforeunload', () => {
sessionStorage.removeItem('preferedView');
});

Vue JS computed property and jquery

I want to turn an element invisible when a (bootstrap) tab is active.
So, the way I'm trying to do it is creating a computed property that returns if the tab is active using jquery this way:
computed: {
IsAbainteracoesAtiva: function () {
return ($('div.active')[1].id == "interacoes")
}
}
But this computed property always returns false, even if it's true. My guess is that Vue is not updating it.
Any sugestions? I'm opened to other solutions too.

I assume the bootstrap tap is active with a click, otherwise correct me, and I'll come back with another answer.
// Simulate tab
<tab #click="toggleTabState"></tab>
// Simulate bootstrap element to show
<div v-if="tabIsOpen"></div>
export default {
data() {
return {
tabIsOpen: false
}
},
methods: {
toggleTabState() {
this.tabIsOpen = !this.tabIsOpen
}
}
}
Gonna need some of your HTML to see what else is going on. Are you iterating through a lot of elements with a v-for?

jQuery UI MultiSelect Widget-Cant able to apply in one item

I'm using this jQuery UI Multiselect Widget script: http://runnable.com/UgMdJqspu4chAAAP/how-to-create-jquery-ui-multiselect-widget in asp.net.I have one child page with master page.While i am applying this control by default its applying to all dropdownlist.I want to apply for a single Dropdownlist. Can anybody help me out?
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function () {
/*
define global variable,
and store message container element.
*/
var warning = $(".message");
$('select').multiselect(
{
/*
The name of the effect to use when the menu opens.
To control the speed as well, pass in an array
*/
show: ["slide", 1000],
/*
The name of the effect to use when the menu closes.
To control the speed as well, pass in an array
*/
hide: ["slide", 1000],
/*
Either a boolean value denoting whether or not to display the header,
or a string value.
If you pass a string,
the default "check all", "uncheck all", and "close"
links will be replaced with the specified text.
*/
header: "Choose only TEN items!",
/*
Fires when a checkbox is checked or unchecked,
we are using this option to restrict,
user to select no more than 3 option
*/
click: function (e) {
if ($(this).multiselect("widget").find("input:checked").length > 10) {
warning.addClass("error").removeClass("success").html("You can only check three checkboxes!");
return false;
}
else {
warning.addClass("success").removeClass("error").html("Check a few boxes.");
}
}
/*
.multiselectfilter()
Initialize filtering on any of your multiselects
by calling multiselectfilter() on the widget.
*/
}).multiselectfilter();
});
</script>
In $('select').multiselect() while i am passing my dropdown-list Id then this control is not working.Only its working while giving 'select'and simultaneously its applying to all dropdown-list. but i want to apply in one dropdown-list.Can anyone suggest me?

With ID it should work
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#example").multiselect();
});
Reference link below is using the same plugin, Can you check your browser console for any javascript errors ?
http://www.erichynds.com/blog/jquery-ui-multiselect-widget

DataTables: Confirm user wishes to page

We have a number of jQuery DataTables that all use server side processing. We have paging and sorting set up, and all is working well. In these tables there is at least one column of checkboxes to allow selecting of rows to do some kind of processing on. We want to confirm that the user wishes to page or sort if there are any checkboxes checked.
What I thought I could do (and can't)
"fnPreDrawCallback" : function(table) {
if (CullAddress.AddressIsChecked()) {
var $warningDiv = $('div#pageWarning');
var warningText = "One or more Addresses are selected for Excluding or Tagging. Are you sure you wish to nvaigate away?";
$warningDiv.find("div#pageWarningText").html(warningText);
$warningDiv.dialog({
resizable: false,
height: "auto",
width: "auto",
modal: true,
buttons: {
"Leave Page": function () {
CullAddress.resetWarningText();
$warningDiv.dialog('close');
},
"Stay On Page": function () {
CullAddress.resetWarningText();
$warningDiv.dialog('close');
return false;
}
},
});
}
},
Initially I thought this would be simple, but now, it is getting a bit hefty, and I am not sure of what the right way is. I am trying to use the fnPreDrawCallback, and initially I intended to create and display a jQueryUI Dialog, and have the buttons determine whether or not to return false; out of the callback thus staying on the page, or allowing the page/sort to go through.
I now understand that javaScript does not work that way. I suspect I will have to do the following, but before I go through that trouble I want to ask if there is a more concise (and reusable) way of doing this.
In fnPreDrawCallback, get properties to describe the intended set page/sort (e.g. offset, pageSize, sSortDir, iSortCol, etc).
Determine via dialog whether to continue or stay on page
Use aforementioned properties to construct the GET for the datatable to bypass the fnPreDrawCallback
Am I making this more difficult that it needs to be? Surely I am not the first person to want to do this, but for the life of me, I can find an example, or I cant figure out the keywords I should be searching for...
Any helps?

Link to working example: http://jsfiddle.net/6frQZ/3/
As already discussed in the comments to the question, I tried to circumvent the default behaviour of DataTables to fit your needs and created an example on jsFiddle to show, including numbered-pagination and sorting.
Basically, you'll need to unbind the event-handlers, that the DataTables - plugin binds to it's components, like so:
$('.dataTables_paginate a').unbind();
$('.dataTables_wrapper thead th').unbind();
Using .unbind without a parameter will unbind any event-listener on the element, so be careful when using this.
Gladly, the DataTables - API provides functions that let you call the internal paging and sorting-methods yourself, named fnSort (API-Link) and fnPageChange (API-Link).
To keep it simple, i just used a confirm - Box to ask for the user-interaction:
var userInteraction = confirm("Do you really want to change the page?");
if(userInteraction){
oTable.fnPageChange(dir);
$('.dataTables_paginate span a').unbind();
}
but all you'd need to do is call the DataTables-functions inside of your "Leave Page" - callback you already provided in the code.
Note: When it comes to the numbered buttons of the paging: It seems like DataTables regenerates those everytime the paging is changed, thus I need to unbind the event-Handlers again after every page-change.
The rest is simple yet not very elegant code, in which I just look for certain classes to know, what button was clicked or which state the sorting-header is in.
Excerpt:
var dir = "",
$this = $(this);
if($this.hasClass('previous')){
dir = "previous";
}else if ($this.hasClass('next')){
dir = "next";
}else if($this.hasClass('first')){
dir = "first";
}else if($this.hasClass('last')){
dir = "last";
}else{
dir = parseInt($this.text(),10)-1;
}

TinyMCE UndoManager. Get event to fire

I have made a webform that uses a TinyMCE editor. When the user clicks on a link to leave the page, I want a message to be displayed if he still has unsaved changes. For this, I was thinking of using the TinyMCE undoManager, http://www.tinymce.com/wiki.php/API3:class.tinymce.UndoManager
Essentially, I want the events onAdd, onUndo, OnRedo to fire. I will then keep track of the number of changes (if any) since the last save. But how do I get them to fire? Where do I set them up?
Also, it would be nice to have access to the hasUndo method in the rest of my javascript code. Again, not sure where to initiate this?
Not sure if it matters, but I'm using Django.
Edit: I have tried
tinyMCE.init({
...,
setup : function(ed) {
ed.UndoManager.onAdd(function(ed) {
ed.windowManager.alert('added.');
});
}
});
This gives me an error: Unable to get value of the property 'onAdd': object is null or undefined

I created a tinym fiddle for this: http://fiddle.tinymce.com/H0caab .
The solution is to use the oninit setting and to addresss the onAdd.add:
tinyMCE.init({
...
setup : function(ed) {
ed.onInit.add(function(ed) {
ed.undoManager.onAdd.add(function(ed) {
alert('added.');
});
});
}
});