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Javascript behavior between 2 different functions that I don't understand

I'm a Java developer not well-versed in front-end technologies, so I hope this question isn't too dumb. I have 2 scripts inline on an html page.
<script type="text/javascript">
function printReceipt(orderId,email) {
var printWindowSettings;
var browserUserAgent = navigator.userAgent;
if (browserUserAgent.indexOf("Chrome") > -1) {
printWindowSettings = "status=0,toolbar=0,menubar=0,height=500,width=1000,scrollbars=1";
} else {
printWindowSettings = "status=0,toolbar=0,location=0,menubar=0,height=500,width=1000,scrollbars=1,noopener=1";
}
var path = "/shop/printReceipt?orderid="+orderId;
if (email!=null)
path+="&email=" + email;
var docPrint = window.open(path, '_blank', printWindowSettings);
if (docPrint == null) console.log("window open returned null");
}
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
bajb_backdetect.OnBack = function()
{
window.history.back=function(){
console.log("Back Button Pressed.")
document.location='/shop/shoppingCart.seam';
}
}
</script>
printReceipt() is invoked in the onClick() handler of an anchor tag.
<div class="pull-left" style="padding-bottom:20px;"><i class="fa fa-print" aria-hidden="true" style="padding-right:6px;"></i>Print Receipt</div>
What I'm finding is that when printReceipt() is invoked, the following script (to manage the back button) gets invoked also. So when printReceipt() is called, my browser navigates to /shop/shoppingCart.seam.
Why would this be? How do I get around this?

I made a bit of research about your issue, and since you mention that you are using a third party script (which is not always the best for a developer), I found something that may help you get rid of it.
This method will need you to delete the third party script you already have (or comment it). Since we are going to handle the back button in a different way.
In the script tag where you had the following code:
bajb_backdetect.OnBack = function() {
window.history.back = function() {
console.log("Back Button Pressed.")
document.location = '/shop/shoppingCart.seam';
}
}
Replace it with this code:
(function(window, location) {
history.replaceState(null, document.title, location.pathname+"#!/history");
history.pushState(null, document.title, location.pathname);
window.addEventListener("popstate", function() {
if(location.hash === "#!/history") {
history.replaceState(null, document.title, location.pathname);
setTimeout(function(){
location.replace("/shop/shoppingCart.seam"); //Here goes your URL
},0);
}
}, false);
}(window, location));
And now, if you did remove the third party script (or commented it), you should be able to see the expected behavior.
If you want to see more about this, there is a question similar to this that has been already answered saying the best approach for handling the window back event is doing it by yourself.
I took this information from this answer, just complemented it with the explanation and code for your specific issue. Hope it helps.
Note: If it still not working, you will need to provide a more open context of your code, since there might be something else causing it to not work.

Probably the anchor being clicked causes the browser to follow the link.
Given this:
click me
Clicking that link will run the function and then the page will reload. Your back detection script will notice that the page is being unloaded and do stuff (apparently).
Change it to:
click me
To prevent the link from being followed.

MVC How to add a delay on page load

My question is pretty simple(i think, but i cant find any reference, who wants to slow down their site,right?) and may sound ridiculous, but what I am trying to do is to have a splash screen on page load of the Home/Index of my site.
What I did is at the top of my page, I just added a simple div for my splash and use javascript to hide it when the page is loaded.
$(window).bind("load", function () {
// Remove splash screen after load
$('.splash').css('display', 'none')
})
but my problem is, my home index loads too fast (because its just plain text/html) hence the splash screen shows like .5 sec only. I want to add atleast 2-3 secs before it is removed, Im assuming I just need to add a line or two of code in my $(window).bind to pause for a couple of secs before doing $('.splash').css('display', 'none') but I dont know what or how to do it, please help! Thank you!

You can use setTimeout() to delay things in Javascript, like this:
$(window).bind("load", function () {
var delay = 5000;
setTimeout(function () {
$('.splash').css('display', 'none');
}, delay);
});

Timeout works.
$(window).bind("load", function () {
// Remove splash screen after load and 3 seconds
setTimeout(function() {
$('.splash').css('display', 'none')
}, 3000);
});

Add a delay a jquery reveal popup

Live site- http://www.uposonghar.com/test/test_popup.html
Reveal popup js page- http://www.uposonghar.com/test/jquery.reveal.js
Due to a lot of code on js page maybe that is not a good option to post all js code here.
I want to add 10 second delay on that popup so if anyone click on link then popup will appears after 10 second. I tried JavaScript settimeout but doesn't work, due to low knowledge of jQuery i don't know how to do that with jquery.
Also popup doesn't appears if i click on on second time, only appears on when i click on first time.

setTimout solves that beautifully.
Try that...
var tmrReveal = null;
$('a[data-reveal-id]').live('click', function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
var modalLocation = $(this).attr('data-reveal-id');
if (tmrReveal != null)
clearTimeout(tmrReveal);
tmrReveal = setTimeout(
function() {
$('#'+modalLocation).reveal($(this).data());
},10000);
});

Use setTimeout()
setTimeout(function() {
//code goes here
}, 10000);

$('#your-anchor-here').click(
function(){
setTimeout(
function(){
//popup logic here
},10000)
});

Disable a pop up link for 5 seconds using javascript

For a project I need to print a document using PHP code.
Currently I have a self closing pop up to start the print.
The only problem I have is that a user could spam the button creating a lot of print requests and a huge queue.
The code I have right now:
function newPopup(url) {
popupWindow = window.open(
url,'popUpWindow','height=10,width=100,left=10,top=10,resizable=no,scrollbars=yes,toolbar=yes,menubar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no'); // Verstop op achtergrond
popupWindow.blur();
}
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I have found some code to stop links but I have problems implementing these since I already call it as a pop up.

You can use a flag:
var flag=true;
function newPopup(url) {
if(flag) {
window.open(...).blur();
flag=false;
window.setTimeout(function(){flag=true;},5*1000);
}
}
Not a "good" solution (uses a global variable), but it should work.

You may disable the link before you open the popup and then re-enable it after five seconds. The problem is that to enable/disable a link can't be done in a very portable way. To workaround this you have to save the actual link, replace it with a fake one and then re-enable it later (when interval elapsed). Like this:
function newPopup(url) {
// Save current link and replace it with a fake one
var oldLink = $("#linkid").attr("href");
$("#linkid").attr("href", "#");
setinterval(function() {
// Restore true link
$("#linkid").attr("href", oldLink);
}, 5000);
// ...
}
You can extract this code to a separate function temporaryDisableLink(id, timeout) to reuse it for many different links (without polluting all other code).
Now let's explore other solutions.
Your HTML code must be updated to (in case you want to reuse the same function for many links otherwise you do not need to pass the link id parameter) to:
<a id="link-print"
href="JavaScript:newPopup('#link-print', 'print.php');">
Print
</a>
The pointer-events CSS property isn't supported by IE (and Opera) so I can't suggest to use it in real world. Anyway it's:
function newPopup(id, url) {
$(id).css("pointer-events", "none");
setinterval(function() {
$(id).css("pointer-events", "auto");
}, 5000);
// ...
}
Because you're using JavaScript to open the pop-up you may consider to change a little bit the function to use a custom disabled attribute (or to check for pointer-events if you plan to use them together):
function newPopup(id, url) {
if ($(id).attr("disabled") == "disabled") {
return false;
}
$(id).attr("disabled", "disabled");
setinterval(function() {
$(id).removeAttr("disabled");
}, 5000);
// ...
}

<script>
function newPopup(url) {
setTimeout(function () {
popupWindow = window.open(
url, 'popUpWindow', 'height=10,width=100,left=10,top=10,resizable=no,scrollbars=yes,toolbar=yes,menubar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no'); // Verstop op achtergrond
popupWindow.blur();
},5000
);
}
</script>
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Call a function only once

I've 3 divs (#Mask #Intro #Container) so if you click on Mask, Intro gets hidden and Container appears.
The problem is that I just want to load this only one time, not every time I refresh the page or anytime I click on the menu or a link, etc.
How can I do this?
This is the script I'm using for now:
$(document).ready(function(){
$("div#mask").click(function() {
$("div#intro").fadeToggle('slow');
$("div#container").fadeToggle('slow');
$("div#mask").css("z-index", "-99");
});
});
Thank you!

You can try using a simple counter.
// count how many times click event is triggered
var eventsFired = 0;
$(document).ready(function(){
$("div#mask").click(function() {
if (eventsFired == 0) {
$("div#intro").fadeToggle('slow');
$("div#container").fadeToggle('slow');
$("div#mask").css("z-index", "-99");
eventsFired++; // <-- now equals 1, won't fire again until reload
}
});
});
To persist this you will need to set a cookie. (e.g. $.cookie() if you use that plugin).
// example using $.cookie plugin
var eventsFired = ($.cookie('eventsFired') != null)
? $.cookie('eventsFired')
: 0;
$(document).ready(function(){
$("div#mask").click(function() {
if (eventsFired == 0) {
$("div#intro").fadeToggle('slow');
$("div#container").fadeToggle('slow');
$("div#mask").css("z-index", "-99");
eventsFired++; // <-- now equals 1, won't fire again until reload
$.cookie('eventsFired', eventsFired);
}
});
});
To delete the cookie later on:
$.cookie('eventsFired', null);

Just point to an empty function once it has been called.
var myFunc = function(){
myFunc = function(){}; // kill it
console.log('Done once!'); // your stuff here
};

Web pages are stateless in that they don't hold states between page refreshes. When you reload the page it has no clue what has happened in the past.
Cookies to the rescue! You can use Javascript (and jQuery has some nice plugins to make it easier) to store variables on the client's browser. Store a cookie when the mask is clicked, so that when the page is next loaded it never shows.

this code with will work perfect for you and it is the standard way provided by jquery to bind events that you want to execute only once
$(document).ready(function(){
$("div#mask").one('click', function() {
$("div#intro").fadeToggle('slow');
$("div#container").fadeToggle('slow');
$("div#mask").css("z-index", "-99");
});
});