The following is my code:
$.win.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
$.txtAbout.blur();
});
Event handler is called if someone clicks on the parent div/window, invoking the method. I would like to amend the code, so this happens:
$.win.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
$.txtAbout.blur();
//do something else if the above function is successfully called
//code....
});
I am not sure what is the best way to do this? Is wrapping the above method call in another function then calling in the event handler with a boolean value the way to do it?
function test(){
$.txtAbout.blur();
return true;
}
$.win.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
var check = test();
if(check==true)
{
//do something else if the above function is successfully called
//code....
}
});
Related
Please check out my diagram, and the pseudo-code below. I'm trying to figure out how to pass a function between two event listeners.
Basically, I want to execute some code if "Availability" is less than 0, OR when a user clicks "confirm" in a bootstrap dialog. If the Availability is greater than 0, you'll get the special bootstrap dialog.
I'm trying to avoid writing the same code twice. I'm also trying to avoid using trigger $("#btnConfirm").trigger("click", fn1); --- my assumption is that there is a sexier way, like a callback, or something...
So.... how do I get the code I want to execute into the other 'button click' event listener --OR-- how do I return "btnConfirm" back to the event listener that called the dialog?
$("#Select").on("change", function(e) {
fn1 = function() {
//stuff I want to do
};
//a check that must be passed
currAvail = $("#Availability").val();
if (currAvail > 0) {
//show a message, "Are you sure you want to make the thing?"
//if YES, execute fn1()
//fn1() needs to be available to btnConfirm click listener
// use trigger("click", fn1) ????
} else {
//execute the code
fn1();
};
});
$("#btnConfirm").on("click", function(e, param1) {
//Ok, well, they said YES...
//so I need to execute fn1();
});
Since the requirement is to call fn1() in both cases, you can separate the logic out into a method and call when it is needed
function fn1() {
//code to execute on no goes here
}
$("#Select").on("change", function(e) {
let currAvail = $("#Availability").val();
if (currAvail > 0) {
//show modal window
} else {
//execute the code
fn1();
};
});
$("#btnConfirm").on("click", function(e, param1) {
fn1()
});
Why not just move the function definition to outside the change callback?
$("#Select").on("change", function(e) {
//a check that must be passed
currAvail = $("#Availability").val();
if (currAvail > 0) {
//show a message, "Are you sure you want to make the thing?"
//if YES, execute fn1()
//fn1() needs to be available to btnConfirm click listener
// use trigger("click", fn1) ????
} else {
//execute the code
fn1();
};
});
$("#btnConfirm").on("click", function(e, param1) {
//Ok, well, they said YES...
//so I need to execute fn1();
});
// Function move to here.
function fn1() {
//stuff I want to do
};
<div id='example' data-fn='functiona'>OK</div>
$('#button').click function(){
$('#example').attr('data-fn', functionb');
});
function functiona(){
console.log('functiona');
}
function functionb(){
console.log('functionb');
}
$('#example').click(function(){
// execute function currently stored inside data-fn attribute
});
Probably everything is clear.
I need dinamically change the function which will be executed by clicking on example.
The current function should be stored inside data-fn.
Any help?
What you want to do is described in Can you set a javascript function name as an html attribute?
But I suggest that you solve it that way:
$('#button').click(function() {
$('#example').off('click.myNamespace') // remove the previously assigned callback
.on('click.myNamespace', creatClickCallback(functionb)); // register the new callback
});
function functiona() {
console.log('functiona');
}
function functionb() {
console.log('functionb');
}
function creatClickCallback(functionToCall) {
return function(evt) {
functionToCall()
}
}
$('#example').on('click.myNamespace', creatClickCallback(functiona));
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id='example'>OK</div>
<div id='button'>button</div>
This way you ensure that you do not accitantily name a function the wrong way, because you pass it as an actual reference to that function instead of a string.
Couldn't you just store the function name, then when you click you check which function is then call it and update the function to which one you want?
Something like this:
function functiona(){
console.log('called functiona');
document.body.style.background = '#aaa';
}
function functionb(){
console.log('called functionb');
document.body.style.background = '#fff';
}
$('#example').on("click", function(ev){
var func = $(ev.target).attr('data-fn');
console.log(func);
window[func]();
});
$('#changer').on("click", function(ev){
//HERE you can change the function will be called based on what you want
//Here I just changed it with a simple if...
var fn = $("#example").attr("data-fn");
if (fn == 'functiona'){
$("#example").attr("data-fn", "functionb");
}else {
$("#example").attr("data-fn", "functiona");
}
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id='example' data-fn='functiona'>Click Me to call function</div>
<button id='changer'>Change Function</button>
Here, the global variable window have your functions stored, so going through it by it's name and calling it, should work, if this name exist as a function window[stringOfFuncionName]();
This is not the best way of doing what you need (actually you didn't let completely clear your final objective), but this maybe can help.
I want the events click and touchstart to trigger a function.
Of course this is simple with JQuery. $('#id').on('click touchstart', function{...});
But then once that event is triggered, I want that same handler to do something else when the events are triggered,
and then later, I want to go back to the original handling function.
It seems like there must be a cleaner way to do this than using $('#id').off('click touchstart'); and then re-applying the handler.
How should I be doing this?
You can create a counter variable in some construct in your javascript code that allows you to decide how you want to handle your event.
$(function() {
var trackClicks = (function() {
var clicks = true;
var getClicks = function() {
return clicks;
};
var eventClick = function() {
clicks = !clicks;
};
return {
getClicks: getClicks,
eventClicks: eventClicks
}
})();
$('#id').on('click touchstart', function {
if (trackClicks.getClicks()) {
handler1();
} else {
handler2();
}
trackClicks.eventClick();
});
function handler1() { //firsthandler};
function handler2() { //secondhandler};
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
The way I would do this is by creating a couple of functions for the handler function to call based on certain flags. Sudo code would be something like this:
function beginning_action() {
...
}
function middle() {
...
}
var beginning_state = true;
$('#id').on('click touchstart', function{
if(beginning_state) {
beginning_action();
} else {
middle();
}
});
Then all you need to do is change the variable beginning_state to change which function is called. Of course you would give them better names that describe what they do and not when they do it.
Additionally, if you want the handler to call more than two functions you can change the beginning_state variable from a boolean to an int and check it's value to determine which function to call.
Good luck!
I thought this is something easy to do but I dont find anything helping me out of this.
I have a function
(function($){
myFunction = function(e){
e.preventDefault();
// do stuff
// load ajax content
// animate and show
}
$('.button').on( 'click', myFunction);
})(jQuery);
now this works but I need to know, wait untill everything is done if someone presses many .buttons in a short time cause there are a few elements with class button
I've tried with promise()
$('.button').on( 'click', function(){
$.when( myFunction() ).done(function() {
alert('finished')
});
});
but that gives me an error e is undefined and
$('.button').on( 'click', myFunction).promise().done(function() {
alert('finisehd');
});
anyone knowing what I'm doing wrong and how I could do it to get it to work?
The most common solution would be to set a variable inside the click handler when myFunction is called and check its state with every call of the click handler.
This could be done somewhere along the lines of this:
(function($){
var wait = false;
myFunction = function(e){
e.preventDefault();
if (wait) {
return;
}
wait = true;
// ...
wait = false;
}
$('.button').on( 'click', myFunction);
})(jQuery);
Your function myFunction expects one argument, when you call myFunction() the argument is missing.
Not tested but it should works:
$('.button').on( 'click', function(e){
$.when( myFunction(e) ).done(function() {
alert('finished')
});
});
In addition to not passing in the e variable. You're using $.when incorrectly.
If you want to have the done function called after myFunction finishes its ajax call. You'll need to return a promise from myFunction.
function myFunction(e) {
return $.Deferred(function(deferred) {
doAjax(function(content) { // callback
deferred.resolve(content);
});
});
}
Now when you do
// inside event handler
$.when(myFunction(e)).done(function(content) {
// whoo!
});
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.
}
});
});