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jQuery and object literal function not working together

i was trying to organize my jquery code so i created an object literal, but now the focusTextArea is not working and my textarea value is not updating.
Thanks for your help.
html
<textarea id="test"></textarea>​
javascript
(function($,window,document,undefined){
var TEX = {
inputField: $("textarea#test"),
/* Init all functions */
init: function()
{
this.focusTextArea();
},
/* Function update textarea */
focusTextArea: function()
{
this.inputField.text('test');
},
}
$(document).ready(function(){
TEX.init();
});
})(jQuery,window,document);​
jsfiddle
http://jsfiddle.net/vBvZ8/1/

First of all, you haven't included jQuery correctly in the fiddle. Also, I think you mean to place the code in the head of the document (because of the document.ready handler).
More importantly perhaps the selector $("textarea#test") is run before the document is ready and therefore won't actually find the element correctly. I would recommend assigning inputField in TEX.init:
(function($,window,document,undefined){
var TEX = {
/* Init all functions */
init: function()
{
this.inputField = $("#test");
this.focusTextArea();
},
/* Function update textarea */
focusTextArea: function()
{
this.inputField.text('test');
},
}
$(document).ready(function(){
TEX.init();
});
})(jQuery,window,document);​
Updated example: http://jsfiddle.net/xntA2/1/
As a side note, textarea#test should be changed to just #test. The textarea bit is superfluous since there should be only one element on the page with id=test.

Alternative syntax to avoid looking for an element before it exists is to return the element from a function:
(function($,window,document,undefined){
var TEX = {
/* function won't look for element until called*/
inputField:function(){
return $("textarea#test")
},
init: function()
{
this.focusTextArea();
},
focusTextArea: function()
{
this.inputField().text('test');
},
}
$(document).ready(function(){
TEX.init();
});
})(jQuery,window,document);
DEMO: http://jsfiddle.net/vBvZ8/5/
I realize this is a simplified example...but you are also very close to creating a jQuery plugin and that may also be of benefit. Following provides same functionality as example:
(function($, window, document, undefined) {
$.fn.focusTextArea = function() {
return this.each(function(){
$(this).text('test');
})
};
})(jQuery, window, document);
$(function() {
$('textarea').focusTextArea()
});
DEMO: http://jsfiddle.net/vBvZ8/8/

Function becomes undefined after first trigger

I have a block of code like so:
function doSomething() {
someVar.on("event_name", function() {
$('#elementId').click(function(e) {
doSomething();
});
});
}
// and on document ready
$(function () {
$('#anotherElemId').click(function () {
doSomething();
});
});
The problem that I'm encountering is that when I call doSomething() from anotherElemId click event(that is binded on document ready) it works as expected, but calling it recursively from elementId click doesn't work.
Any ideas? Thinking is something trivial that I'm missing.

Is someVar an actual jQuery reference to a dom element? (e.g. $('#someitem'))
The second problem is you cant put a .click event inside a function that you would like to instantiate later on. If you are trying to only allow #elementId to have a click event AFTER some previous event, try testing if a tester variable is true:
var activated = false;
$(function () {
$('#anotherElemId').click(function () {
activated = true;
});
$('#secondElemId').on("event_name", function() {
if (activated) {
// code that happens only after #anotherElemId was clicked.
}
});
});

Javascript: How to pass an argument to a method being called without parentheses

Sorry for how stupid this is going to sound. My JS vocabulary is terrible and I had absolutely no idea what to search for.
I'm using jQuery.
So I've got this code:
var example = {
open: function(element){
alert(element.text());
},
init: function(){
$("a").click(example.open);
}
};
$(document).ready(function(){example.init();)
So here's the problem: I want to pass an argument to example.open() when I click the "a" element. It doesn't seem like I can, though. In order for the example.open method to just…exist on page-load and not just run, it can't have parentheses. I think. So there's no way to pass it an argument.
So I guess my question is…how do you pass an argument to a function that can't have parentheses?
Thanks so much.

Insert another anonymous function:
var example = {
open: function(element){
alert(element.text());
},
init: function(){
$("a").click(function()
{
example.open($(this));
});
}
};
You can also try this version because jQuery set the function's context (this) to the DOM element:
var example = {
open: function(){
alert($(this).text());
},
init: function(){
$("button").click(example.open);
}
};

Since jQuery binds the HTML element that raised the event into the this variable, you just have to pass it as a regular parameter:
var example = {
open: function(element){
alert(element.text());
},
init: function(){
$("a").click(function() {
// jQuery binds "this" to the element that initiated the event
example.open(this);
});
}
}
$(document).ready(function(){example.init();)

You can pass the anchor through its own handler:
var example = {
open: function( element ){
alert(element.text());
},
init: function(){
$("a").on("click", function() {
example.open( $(this) );
});
}
};
$(document).ready(function() {
example.init();
});

I don't understand what you actually want to do;
however, I can give a try:
var example = {
open: function(event){
event.preventDefault();
alert($(event.target).text()+' : '+event.data.x);
},
init: function(){
$("a").bind('click',{x:10},example.open);
}
};
$(example.init);
demo:
http://jsfiddle.net/rahen/EM2g9/2/

Sorry, I misunderstood the question.
There are several ways to handle this:
Wrap the call in a function:
$('a').click( function(){ example.open( $(this) ) } );
Where $(this) can be replaced by your argument list
Call a different event creator function, which takes the arguments as a parameter:
$('a').bind( 'click', {yourvariable:yourvalue}, example.open );
Where open takes a parameter called event and you can access your variable through the event.data (in the above it'd be event.data.yourvariable)
Errors and Other Info
However your element.text() won't just work unless element is a jQuery object. So you can jQueryify the object before passing it to the function, or after it's received by the function:
jQuery the passed object:
function(){ example.open(this) } /* to */ function(){ example.open($(this)) }
jQuery the received object:
alert(element.text()); /* to */ alert($(element).text());
That said, when calling an object without parameters this will refer to the object in scope (that generated the event). So, really, if you don't need to pass extra parameters you can get away with something like:
var example = {
open: function(){ // no argument needed
alert($(this).text()); // this points to element being clicked
},
init: function(){
$("a").click(example.open);
}
};
$(document).ready(function(){
example.init();
}); // your ready function was missing closing brace '}'

Interested in tracking the events that get fired while user browses a site

I was wondering if it's possible to do as follows:
In my site I am using a lot of jQuery plugins that fire different events that I don't know about.
Is there a way - a program, a browser add-on, or something else - that I can browse the site and get a list of the exact javascript events that were fired with every click?
For example, I have a jQuery plugin that when I right click on any element a custom contextMenu shows and then when I click on one of the options other things come up. I need to know exactly what Javascript basic events were fired:
$('input:submit, button:submit').rightClick(function (e) {
$(this).contextMenu('contextMenuInput', {
'Capture This': {
click: function (element) { // element is the jquery obj clicked on when context menu launched
doSomething();
},
klass: "kgo" // a custom css class for this menu item (usable for styling)
},
'Create List': {
click: function (element) {
},
klass: "kfilter kdisabled"
},
'Collect Data': {
click: function (element) {
},
klass: "kcapture kdisabled"
}
},
{ disable_native_context_menu: true }
);
});
Does anyone have any idea?

You can use the following code to show events currently bound ....
here is an example of using this code : http://jsfiddle.net/manseuk/CNjs3/
(function($) {
$.eventReport = function(selector, root) {
var s = [];
$(selector || '*', root).andSelf().each(function() {
var e = $.data(this, 'events');
if(!e) return;
s.push(this.tagName);
if(this.id) s.push('#', this.id);
if(this.className) s.push('.', this.className);
for(var p in e) s.push('\n', p);
s.push('\n\n');
});
return s.join('');
}
$.fn.eventReport = function(selector) {
return $.eventReport(selector, this);
}
})(jQuery);
Use it like this ->
// all events
alert($.eventReport());
// just events on inputs
alert($.eventReport('input'));
// just events assigned to this element
alert($.eventReport('#myelement'));
// events assigned to inputs in this element
alert($.eventReport('input', '#myelement'));
alert($('#myelement').eventReport('input')); // same result
// just events assigned to this element's children
alert($('#myelement').eventReport());
alert($.eventReport('*', '#myelement'); // same result
Updated as per comments
If you want to see what is bound to these events this is an excellent tool -> http://www.sprymedia.co.uk/article/Visual+Event

It's not quite what your looking for, but with firebug, you can log events for a given DOM element.
You can do this by right clicking on the element in the html tab and clicking log events:
The event log:
You may also find the firebug extension "EventBug" useful:
http://getfirebug.com/wiki/index.php/Firebug_Extensions#Eventbug
http://www.softwareishard.com/blog/firebug/eventbug-alpha-released/

jQuery event to trigger action when a div is made visible

I'm using jQuery in my site and I would like to trigger certain actions when a certain div is made visible.
Is it possible to attach some sort of "isvisible" event handler to arbitrary divs and have certain code run when they the div is made visible?
I would like something like the following pseudocode:
$(function() {
$('#contentDiv').isvisible(function() {
alert("do something");
});
});
The alert("do something") code should not fire until the contentDiv is actually made visible.
Thanks.

You could always add to the original .show() method so you don't have to trigger events every time you show something or if you need it to work with legacy code:
Jquery extension:
jQuery(function($) {
var _oldShow = $.fn.show;
$.fn.show = function(speed, oldCallback) {
return $(this).each(function() {
var obj = $(this),
newCallback = function() {
if ($.isFunction(oldCallback)) {
oldCallback.apply(obj);
}
obj.trigger('afterShow');
};
// you can trigger a before show if you want
obj.trigger('beforeShow');
// now use the old function to show the element passing the new callback
_oldShow.apply(obj, [speed, newCallback]);
});
}
});
Usage example:
jQuery(function($) {
$('#test')
.bind('beforeShow', function() {
alert('beforeShow');
})
.bind('afterShow', function() {
alert('afterShow');
})
.show(1000, function() {
alert('in show callback');
})
.show();
});
This effectively lets you do something beforeShow and afterShow while still executing the normal behavior of the original .show() method.
You could also create another method so you don't have to override the original .show() method.

The problem is being addressed by DOM mutation observers. They allow you to bind an observer (a function) to events of changing content, text or attributes of dom elements.
With the release of IE11, all major browsers support this feature, check http://caniuse.com/mutationobserver
The example code is a follows:
$(function() {
$('#show').click(function() {
$('#testdiv').show();
});
var observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutations) {
alert('Attributes changed!');
});
var target = document.querySelector('#testdiv');
observer.observe(target, {
attributes: true
});
});
<div id="testdiv" style="display:none;">hidden</div>
<button id="show">Show hidden div</button>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.min.js"></script>

There is no native event you can hook into for this however you can trigger an event from your script after you have made the div visible using the .trigger function
e.g
//declare event to run when div is visible
function isVisible(){
//do something
}
//hookup the event
$('#someDivId').bind('isVisible', isVisible);
//show div and trigger custom event in callback when div is visible
$('#someDivId').show('slow', function(){
$(this).trigger('isVisible');
});

You can use jQuery's Live Query plugin.
And write code as follows:
$('#contentDiv:visible').livequery(function() {
alert("do something");
});
Then everytime the contentDiv is visible, "do something" will be alerted!

redsquare's solution is the right answer.
But as an IN-THEORY solution you can write a function which is selecting the elements classed by .visibilityCheck (not all visible elements) and check their visibility property value; if true then do something.
Afterward, the function should be performed periodically using the setInterval() function. You can stop the timer using the clearInterval() upon successful call-out.
Here's an example:
function foo() {
$('.visibilityCheck').each(function() {
if ($(this).is(':visible')){
// do something
}
});
}
window.setInterval(foo, 100);
You can also perform some performance improvements on it, however, the solution is basically absurd to be used in action. So...

The following code (pulled from http://maximeparmentier.com/2012/11/06/bind-show-hide-events-with-jquery/) will enable you to use $('#someDiv').on('show', someFunc);.
(function ($) {
$.each(['show', 'hide'], function (i, ev) {
var el = $.fn[ev];
$.fn[ev] = function () {
this.trigger(ev);
return el.apply(this, arguments);
};
});
})(jQuery);

If you want to trigger the event on all elements (and child elements) that are actually made visible, by $.show, toggle, toggleClass, addClass, or removeClass:
$.each(["show", "toggle", "toggleClass", "addClass", "removeClass"], function(){
var _oldFn = $.fn[this];
$.fn[this] = function(){
var hidden = this.find(":hidden").add(this.filter(":hidden"));
var result = _oldFn.apply(this, arguments);
hidden.filter(":visible").each(function(){
$(this).triggerHandler("show"); //No bubbling
});
return result;
}
});
And now your element:
$("#myLazyUl").bind("show", function(){
alert(this);
});
You could add overrides to additional jQuery functions by adding them to the array at the top (like "attr")

a hide/show event trigger based on Glenns ideea:
removed toggle because it fires show/hide and we don't want 2fires for one event
$(function(){
$.each(["show","hide", "toggleClass", "addClass", "removeClass"], function(){
var _oldFn = $.fn[this];
$.fn[this] = function(){
var hidden = this.find(":hidden").add(this.filter(":hidden"));
var visible = this.find(":visible").add(this.filter(":visible"));
var result = _oldFn.apply(this, arguments);
hidden.filter(":visible").each(function(){
$(this).triggerHandler("show");
});
visible.filter(":hidden").each(function(){
$(this).triggerHandler("hide");
});
return result;
}
});
});

I had this same problem and created a jQuery plugin to solve it for our site.
https://github.com/shaunbowe/jquery.visibilityChanged
Here is how you would use it based on your example:
$('#contentDiv').visibilityChanged(function(element, visible) {
alert("do something");
});

What helped me here is recent ResizeObserver spec polyfill:
const divEl = $('#section60');
const ro = new ResizeObserver(() => {
if (divEl.is(':visible')) {
console.log("it's visible now!");
}
});
ro.observe(divEl[0]);
Note that it's crossbrowser and performant (no polling).

Just bind a trigger with the selector and put the code into the trigger event:
jQuery(function() {
jQuery("#contentDiv:hidden").show().trigger('show');
jQuery('#contentDiv').on('show', function() {
console.log('#contentDiv is now visible');
// your code here
});
});

Use jQuery Waypoints :
$('#contentDiv').waypoint(function() {
alert('do something');
});
Other examples on the site of jQuery Waypoints.

I did a simple setinterval function to achieve this. If element with class div1 is visible, it sets div2 to be visible. I know not a good method, but a simple fix.
setInterval(function(){
if($('.div1').is(':visible')){
$('.div2').show();
}
else {
$('.div2').hide();
}
}, 100);

You can also try jQuery appear plugin as mentioned in parallel thread https://stackoverflow.com/a/3535028/741782

This support easing and trigger event after animation done! [tested on jQuery 2.2.4]
(function ($) {
$.each(['show', 'hide', 'fadeOut', 'fadeIn'], function (i, ev) {
var el = $.fn[ev];
$.fn[ev] = function () {
var result = el.apply(this, arguments);
var _self=this;
result.promise().done(function () {
_self.triggerHandler(ev, [result]);
//console.log(_self);
});
return result;
};
});
})(jQuery);
Inspired By http://viralpatel.net/blogs/jquery-trigger-custom-event-show-hide-element/

There is a jQuery plugin available for watching change in DOM attributes,
https://github.com/darcyclarke/jQuery-Watch-Plugin
The plugin wraps All you need do is bind MutationObserver
You can then use it to watch the div using:
$("#selector").watch('css', function() {
console.log("Visibility: " + this.style.display == 'none'?'hidden':'shown'));
//or any random events
});

Hope this will do the job in simplest manner:
$("#myID").on('show').trigger('displayShow');
$('#myID').off('displayShow').on('displayShow', function(e) {
console.log('This event will be triggered when myID will be visible');
});

I changed the hide/show event trigger from Catalint based on Glenns idea.
My problem was that I have a modular application. I change between modules showing and hiding divs parents. Then when I hide a module and show another one, with his method I have a visible delay when I change between modules. I only need sometimes to liten this event, and in some special childs. So I decided to notify only the childs with the class "displayObserver"
$.each(["show", "hide", "toggleClass", "addClass", "removeClass"], function () {
var _oldFn = $.fn[this];
$.fn[this] = function () {
var hidden = this.find(".displayObserver:hidden").add(this.filter(":hidden"));
var visible = this.find(".displayObserver:visible").add(this.filter(":visible"));
var result = _oldFn.apply(this, arguments);
hidden.filter(":visible").each(function () {
$(this).triggerHandler("show");
});
visible.filter(":hidden").each(function () {
$(this).triggerHandler("hide");
});
return result;
}
});
Then when a child wants to listen for "show" or "hide" event I have to add him the class "displayObserver", and when It does not want to continue listen it, I remove him the class
bindDisplayEvent: function () {
$("#child1").addClass("displayObserver");
$("#child1").off("show", this.onParentShow);
$("#child1").on("show", this.onParentShow);
},
bindDisplayEvent: function () {
$("#child1").removeClass("displayObserver");
$("#child1").off("show", this.onParentShow);
},
I wish help

One way to do this.
Works only on visibility changes that are made by css class change, but can be extended to watch for attribute changes too.
var observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutations) {
var clone = $(mutations[0].target).clone();
clone.removeClass();
for(var i = 0; i < mutations.length; i++){
clone.addClass(mutations[i].oldValue);
}
$(document.body).append(clone);
var cloneVisibility = $(clone).is(":visible");
$(clone).remove();
if (cloneVisibility != $(mutations[0].target).is(":visible")){
var visibilityChangedEvent = document.createEvent('Event');
visibilityChangedEvent.initEvent('visibilityChanged', true, true);
mutations[0].target.dispatchEvent(visibilityChangedEvent);
}
});
var targets = $('.ui-collapsible-content');
$.each(targets, function(i,target){
target.addEventListener('visibilityChanged',VisbilityChanedEventHandler});
target.addEventListener('DOMNodeRemovedFromDocument',VisbilityChanedEventHandler });
observer.observe(target, { attributes: true, attributeFilter : ['class'], childList: false, attributeOldValue: true });
});
function VisbilityChanedEventHandler(e){console.log('Kaboom babe'); console.log(e.target); }

my solution:
; (function ($) {
$.each([ "toggle", "show", "hide" ], function( i, name ) {
var cssFn = $.fn[ name ];
$.fn[ name ] = function( speed, easing, callback ) {
if(speed == null || typeof speed === "boolean"){
var ret=cssFn.apply( this, arguments )
$.fn.triggerVisibleEvent.apply(this,arguments)
return ret
}else{
var that=this
var new_callback=function(){
callback.call(this)
$.fn.triggerVisibleEvent.apply(that,arguments)
}
var ret=this.animate( genFx( name, true ), speed, easing, new_callback )
return ret
}
};
});
$.fn.triggerVisibleEvent=function(){
this.each(function(){
if($(this).is(':visible')){
$(this).trigger('visible')
$(this).find('[data-trigger-visible-event]').triggerVisibleEvent()
}
})
}
})(jQuery);
example usage:
if(!$info_center.is(':visible')){
$info_center.attr('data-trigger-visible-event','true').one('visible',processMoreLessButton)
}else{
processMoreLessButton()
}
function processMoreLessButton(){
//some logic
}

$( window ).scroll(function(e,i) {
win_top = $( window ).scrollTop();
win_bottom = $( window ).height() + win_top;
//console.log( win_top,win_bottom );
$('.onvisible').each(function()
{
t = $(this).offset().top;
b = t + $(this).height();
if( t > win_top && b < win_bottom )
alert("do something");
});
});

$(function() {
$(document).click(function (){
if ($('#contentDiv').is(':visible')) {
alert("Visible");
} else {
alert("Hidden");
}
});
});
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="contentDiv">Test I'm here</div>
<button onclick="$('#contentDiv').toggle();">Toggle the div</button>

<div id="welcometo">Özhan</div>
<input type="button" name="ooo"
onclick="JavaScript:
if(document.all.welcometo.style.display=='none') {
document.all.welcometo.style.display='';
} else {
document.all.welcometo.style.display='none';
}">
This code auto control not required query visible or unvisible control