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Different actions with onbeforeunload

I am working on a simple chat script using Ajax and want to indicate when a user leaves the page. Have read several docs and found this works:
window.onbeforeunload = leaveChat;
function leaveChat(){
... my code
return 'Dont go...';
}
Unfortunately (and logically), if they cancel the exit, my code is still executed and they are flagged as leaving even though they are still on the page? It should only execute if the confirm leaving the page. Any suggestions?
I would use onunload, but it doesn't seem to work in any of my browsers (Chrome, IE).

First, you should add the event handler using:
window.addEventListener('beforeunload', function() {
// Confirmation code here
});
window.addEventListener('unload', function() {
// fire pixel tag to exit chat on server here
// UI interactions are not possible in this event
});
For further research:
unload event reference
beforeunload event reference
Window.onunload reference

Call JavaScript function when button loaded by ajax is clicked

I have an html form that loads its contents through ajax and includes buttons that, when clicked, should execute a JavaScript function that is defined in the html page's script tag. SO: Button is loaded through ajax (works), but when button is clicked, it doesn't trigger the desired action and doesn't trigger a JavaScript error in Firebug. How does one get the onclick signal of a bunch of buttons loaded through ajax to bind to an already existing JavaScript function?
EDIT: I should have noted also that I am not using JQuery. I am willing to do so if it is the only way, but otherwise, I would prefer to use only native JavaScript.
EDIT2: My problem was a bit more involved, but as was stated in the chosen answer, you should be able to set the onclick event handler in the php script before sending the data through ajax. If you have a data-heavy response and want to reduce bandwidth, you might consider doing everything client-side, but I find it easier in most situations just to set the onclick attribute in the php script.

Your dynamically generated button could have an inline event bound to it. When generating the button, simply make sure it has an onclick="alreadyExistingFunc();" and the page will happily execute it.
Alternatively, when your AJAX data is finished writing itself into the document, find the new button(s) and bind the event to them:
function ajaxSuccess()
{
document.getElementById('newButtonIdHere').onClick = function() {
alreadyExistingFunc();
}
}
That should do the trick. Also note that if you ever "need" a small part of jQuery to do something (like selectors or event handling), you can almost always do it without loading the whole library.

Append/insert the HTML (retrieved AJAX response) to DOM and bind click event to it:
function alreadyExistingFunc() {
alert('button is clicked!');
}
var ajax_data ="<button id='my-button'>My Button</button>";
$('body').append(ajax_data).find('#my-button').on('click', function(e){
alreadyExistingFunc();
// some more code...
});
OR:
$('body').append(ajax_data).find('#my-button').on('click', alreadyExistingFunc);

You could also use a callback:
function getAjaxContent(callback) {
$.ajax({url: "url"}).done(function() {
callback(data);
});
}
getAjaxContent(function (data) {
//ajax content has been loaded, add the click event here
}

Is there any way to use javascript (jquery) to make an element behave **exactly** as if it was clicked (a unique situation)

I want to make 'select' element to behave as if it was clicked while i click on a completely different divider. Is it possible to make it act as if it was clicked on when its not??
here is my code
http://jsfiddle.net/fiddlerOnDaRoof/B4JUK/
$(document).ready(function () {
$("#arrow").click(function () {
$("#selectCar").click() // I also tried trigger("click");
});
});
So far it didnt work with either .click();
nor with the .trigger("click");
Update:
From what i currently understand the answer is no, you cannot. Although click duplicates the functionality it will not work for certain examples like this one. If anybody knows why this is please post the answer below and i will accept it as best answer. Preferably please include examples for which it will not work correctly.

You can use the trigger(event) function like ("selector").trigger("click")

You can call the click function without arguments, which triggers an artificial click. E.g.:
$("selector for the element").click();
That will fire jQuery handlers and (I believe) DOM0 handlers as well. I don't think it fires It doesn't fire handlers added via DOM2-style addEventListener/attachEvent calls, as you can see here: Live example | source
jQuery(function($) {
$("#target").click(function() {
display("<code>click</code> received by jQuery handler");
});
document.getElementById("target").onclick = function() {
display("<code>click</code> received by DOM0 handler");
};
document.getElementById("target").addEventListener(
'click',
function() {
display("<code>click</code> received by DOM2 handler");
},
false
);
display("Triggering click");
$("#target").click();
function display(msg) {
$("<p>").html(msg).appendTo(document.body);
}
});
And here's a version (source) using the onclick="..." attribute mechanism for the DOM0 handler; it gets triggered that way too.
Also note that it probably won't perform the default action; for instance this example (source) using a link, the link doesn't get followed.
If you're in control of the handlers attached to the element, this is usually not a great design choice; instead, you'd ideally make the action you want to take a function, and then call that function both when the element is clicked and at any other time you want to take that action. But if you're trying to trigger handlers attached by other code, you can try the simulated click.

Yes.
$('#yourElementID').click();

If you added the event listener with jquery you can use .trigger();
$('#my_element').trigger('click');

Sure, you can trigger a click on something using:
$('#elementID').trigger('click');
Have a look at the documentation here: http://api.jquery.com/trigger/

Seeing you jsfiddle, first learn to use this tool.
You selected MooTools and not jQuery. (updated here)
Now, triggering a "click" event on a select won't do much.
I guess you want the 2nd select to unroll at the same time as the 1st one.
As far as I know, it's not possible.
If not, try the "change" event on select.

usage of jquery .live() to work with both present and future DOM

I've my jQuery code as
$('#tarea').click(function() {
// Do stuffs
});
This works fine for the button #tarea loaded along with this script. If the button #tarea had been loaded using ajax in future, than the above code doesn't work.
Now I changed the code to
$('#tarea').live('click', function() {
// Do stuffs
});
This time, the button #tarea if loaded along with the script doesn't work. But the script works with the button if generated using ajax.
How do I write the script so that in both cases, it works??

.live() works in both cases without doing anything additional to what you have already done. I would check for some other problems in your code that might be preventing this from happening.
Important: One thing to check is to make sure that your .live() event is being bound and that it doesn't rely on some other event happening. It might help to post the important parts of you JavaScript file. Personally I like to declare my .live() events globally.
I do something like this:
// this is what I mean by global because it is outside the document.ready
$("#test").live("click", function() {
// do stuff
});
$(function() {
// do stuff when document is ready
});
If you want to prove what I said above, you only need to put the button and the .live() JavaScript code in a new HTML file.

You put :
$('#tarea').click(function() {
// Do stuffs
});
in a function.
And when you load via ajax, you add a callback function (the one above) in second parameter of .load()
For example :
.load(target_url, function() { $('#tarea').click(function() { blablabla; }})

jquery ajax events called on every element in the page when only targeted at one element

So, you have a page:
<html><head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.1.3.2.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {
var onajax = function(e) { alert($(e.target).text()); };
var onclick = function(e) { $(e.target).load('foobar'); };
$('#a,#b').ajaxStart(onajax).click(onclick);
});
</script></head><body>
<div id="a">foo</div>
<div id="b">bar</div>
</body></html>
Would you expect one alert or two when you clicked on 'foo'? I would expect just one, but i get two. Why does one event have multiple targets? This sure seems to violate the principle of least surprise. Am i missing something? Is there a way to distinguish, via the event object which div the load() call was made upon? That would sure be helpful...
EDIT: to clarify, the click stuff is just for the demo. having a non-generic ajaxStart handler is my goal. i want div#a to do one thing when it is the subject of an ajax event and div#b to do something different. so, fundamentally, i want to be able to tell which div the load() was called upon when i catch an ajax event. i'm beginning to think it's not possible. perhaps i should take this up with jquery-dev...

Ok, i went ahead and looked at the jQuery ajax and event code. jQuery only ever triggers ajax events globally (without a target element):
jQuery.event.trigger("ajaxStart");
No other information goes along. :(
So, when the trigger method gets such call, it looks through jQuery.cache and finds all elements that have a handler bound for that event type and jQuery.event.trigger again, but this time with that element as the target.
So, it's exactly as it appears in the demo. When one actual ajax event occurs, jQuery triggers a non-bubbling event for every element to which a handler for that event is bound.
So, i suppose i have to lobby them to send more info along with that "ajaxStart" trigger when a load() call happens.
Update: Ariel committed support for this recently. It should be in jQuery 1.4 (or whatever they decide to call the next version).

when you set ajaxStart, it's going to go off for both divs. so when you set each div to react to the ajaxStart event, every time ajax starts, they will both go off...
you should do something separate for each click handler and something generic for your ajaxStart event...

Because you have a selector with two elements, you're creating two ajaxStart handlers. ajaxStart is a global event, so as soon as you fire any ajax event, the onajax function is going to be called twice. So yes, you'd get two popups.