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JS - use preventDefault instead of return false

Not great with Js so looking for some help with some existing code.
I have the following anchor
<span>Add</span>
I am getting a warning regarding the 'onclick' event where its telling me that i dont have keyboard equivilant handler for the the onclick="return false; I have done some research and i can prevent this warning by using preventDefault. if i put this in a script tag in the page then it works the same and i think it will get rid of the issue.
$("a.addrom").click(function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
});
However, i would prefer to add it to the existing js but im having a hard time working out whats going on. I am trying to add it to the click event.
setupRooms: function (settings) {
//hide all age fields
$(settings.agesSelector, settings.hotelSearchDiv).hide();
//hide all except first
$(settings.roomsSelector + ":not(:first)", settings.hotelSearchDiv).hide();
$('select', settings.hotelSearchDiv).prop('selectedIndex', 0); //set all to 0
$(settings.addRoomSelector, settings.hotelSearchDiv).on('click', function () {
methods.addRoom(settings);
});
$(settings.removeRoomSelector, settings.hotelSearchDiv).on('click', function () {
var id = $(this).data('id');
methods.removeLastRoom(settings, id);
});
$(settings.childrenNumberSelector, settings.hotelSearchDiv).on('change', function () {
methods.handleChildrenChange(settings, $(this));
});
},
Edit* This code worked for me thanks to #patrick & #roberto
$(settings.addRoomSelector, settings.hotelSearchDiv).on('click', function (e) {
e.preventDefault();
methods.addRoom(settings);
});

If i understood correctly you want to add that on your click handlers:
$(settings.addRoomSelector, settings.hotelSearchDiv).on('click', function (e) {
e.preventDefault();
methods.addRoom(settings);
});
$(settings.removeRoomSelector, settings.hotelSearchDiv).on('click', function (e) {
e.preventDefault();
var id = $(this).data('id');
methods.removeLastRoom(settings, id);
});
Should be enough for having the prevent default in your click handlers.
Cheers

prevent all MouseClick event until page load

I have a situation in which i have to prevent all MouseClick events until the page loads.
i have 1 javascript function defined on page load like
onload="init();"
Now in function init(), we are showing tree and select a particular node of it.
function init() {
ExpandAncestors(node);
ExpandNode(node);
setTimeout("treeScrollToView()", 1000);
}
Now i want to prevent all the mouse click event on tree/page until whole tree is not fully shown.
I have searched through some of the posts related to my question but that uses event.preventDefault() but i dont have Event object here.
Any help is greatly appreciated.

You can use:
CSS
body {
pointer-events:none;
}
and then on page load reactivate them
$(document).ready(() => {
$('body').css('pointer-events', 'all') //activate all pointer-events on body
})
Explanation
pointer-events:none; blocks all mouse interaction with the elements it's applied to - Since the body is usually the parent of all the elements in your page, it would case them not to react to any mouse interaction at all.
Keep in mind that all mouse interaction would be blocked this way, not only mouse clicks but mouse hover, mouse up's etc etc..

I think the basic need is to prevent user from clicking the tree area. I would prefer to display an overlay div rather than playing with the tree mouse click events.
You can show a loading overlay on the tree part until it is loaded. once done, you can hide the loading and show your original tree.
Ref: How to completely DISABLE any MOUSE CLICK

JavaScript Only
You can have an event listener along with a boolean. onclick disables a click. oncontextmenu disables right clicks.
(function(){window.onload = function () {
var allowClicks = false;
document.onclick = function (e) { !allowClicks&&e.preventDefault(); }
document.oncontextmenu = function (e) { !allowClicks&&e.preventDefault(); }
document.getElementById('myElement').onload = function () { allowClicks = true; }
}());
myElement is your element which you can replace with whatever
Use this with one element
If you want to disable mouse clicks for just one element, do:
(function(){window.onload = function () {
var allowClicks = false,
elem = document.getElementById('myElement');
elem.onclick = function (e) { !allowClicks&&e.preventDefault(); }
elem.oncontextmenu = function (e) { !allowClicks&&e.preventDefault(); }
elem.onload = function () { allowClicks = true; }
}());

onload="init();" here you can have event object.
pass event as argument.
onload="init(event);"
now you can use that in init() function.

Try utilizing $.holdReady()
$.holdReady(true);
$(window).off("click");
$("*").each(function(i, el) {
this.onclick = function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
}
});
function init() {
$("div").on("click", function() {
alert($.now())
})
}
setTimeout(function() {
$.holdReady(false);
}, 7000)
$(function() {
init()
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<body>
<div>click</div>
click
</body>

Hiding Bootstrap Popover on Click Outside Popover

I'm trying to hide the Bootstrap Popover when the user clicks anywhere outside the popover. (I'm really not sure why the creators of Bootstrap decided not to provide this functionality.)
I found the following code on the web but I really don't understand it.
// Hide popover on click anywhere on the document except itself
$(document).click(function(e) {
// Check for click on the popup itself
$('.popover').click(function() {
return false; // Do nothing
});
// Clicking on document other than popup then hide the popup
$('.pop').popover('hide');
});
The main thing I find confusing is the line $('.popover').click(function() { return false; });. Doesn't this line add an event handler for the click event? How does that prevent the call to popover('hide') that follows from hiding the popover?
And has anyone seen a better technique?
Note: I know variations of this question has been asked here before, but the answers to those questions involve code more complex than the code above. So my question is really about the code above

I made http://jsfiddle.net/BcczZ/2/, which hopefully answers your question
Example HTML
<div class="well>
<a class="btn" data-toggle="popover" data-content="content.">Popover</a>
<a class="btn btn-danger bad">Bad button</a>
</div>
JS
var $popover = $('[data-toggle=popover]').popover();
//first event handler for bad button
$('.bad').click(function () {
alert("clicked");
});
$(document).on("click", function (e) {
var $target = $(e.target),
var isPopover = $target.is('[data-toggle=popover]'),
inPopover = $target.closest('.popover').length > 0
//Does nothing, only prints on console and wastes memory. BAD CODE, REMOVE IT
$('.bad').click(function () {
console.log('clicked');
return false;
});
//hide only if clicked on button or inside popover
if (!isPopover && !inPopover) $popover.popover('hide');
});
As I mentioned in my comment, event handlers don't get overwritten, they just stack. Since there is already an event handler on the .bad button, it will be fired, along with any other event handler
Open your console in the jsfiddle, press 5 times somewhere on the page (not the popover button) and then click bad button you should see clicked printed the same amount of times you pressed
Hope it helps
P.S:
If you think about it, you already saw this happening, especially in jQuery.
Think of all the $(document).ready(...) that exist in a page using multiple jquery plugins. That line just registers an event handler on the document's ready event

I just did a more event based solution.
var $toggle = $('.your-popover-button');
$toggle.popover();
var hidePopover = function() {
$toggle.popover('hide');
};
$toggle.on('shown', function () {
var $popover = $toggle.next();
$popover.on('mousedown', function(e) {
e.stopPropagation();
});
$toggle.on('mousedown', function(e) {
e.stopPropagation();
});
$(document).on('mousedown',hidePopover);
});
$toggle.on('hidden', function () {
$(document).off('mousedown', hidePopover);
});

short answer
insert this to bootstrap min.js
when popout onblur will hide popover
when popout more than one, older popover will be hide
$count=0;$(document).click(function(evt){if($count==0){$count++;}else{$('[data-toggle="popover"]').popover('hide');$count=0;}});$('[data-toggle="popover"]').popover();$('[data-toggle="popover"]').on('click', function(e){$('[data-toggle="popover"]').not(this).popover('hide');$count=0;});

None of the above solutions worked 100% for me because I had to click twice on another, or the same, popover to open it again. I have written the solution from scratch to be simple and effective.
$('[data-toggle="popover"]').popover({
html:true,
trigger: "manual",
animation: false
});
$(document).on('click','body',function(e){
$('[data-toggle="popover"]').each(function () {
$(this).popover('hide');
});
if (e.target.hasAttribute('data-toggle') && e.target.getAttribute('data-toggle') === 'popover') {
e.preventDefault();
$(e.target).popover('show');
}
else if (e.target.parentElement.hasAttribute('data-toggle') && e.target.parentElement.getAttribute('data-toggle') === 'popover') {
e.preventDefault();
$(e.target.parentElement).popover('show');
}
});

My solution, works 100%, for Bootstrap v3
$('html').on('click', function(e) {
if(typeof $(e.target).data('original-title') !== 'undefined'){
$('[data-original-title]').not(e.target).popover('hide');
}
if($(e.target).parents().is('[data-original-title]')){
$('[data-original-title]').not($(e.target).closest('[data-original-title]')).popover('hide');
}
if (typeof $(e.target).data('original-title') == 'undefined' &&
!$(e.target).parents().is('.popover.in') && !$(e.target).parents().is('[data-original-title]')) {
$('[data-original-title]').popover('hide');
}
});

Hack: Disable click click with jQuery

I'm hacking a gallery plugin where I want to disable the click event for the thumbnail and replace it with a hover event.
This is what I did: http://jsbin.com/enezol/3
$(function() {
var galleries = $('.ad-gallery').adGallery();
$('.ad-thumb-list a').hover(function() {
$(this).click();
});
$('.ad-thumb-list a').click(function() {
return false;
});
});
The plugin doesn't allow me to set event to use. So Instead of changing it from their code, I'll just add a little tweak on top of it.
So I want to disable the click event for the 'thumbnail' and just use 'hover' event instead.
Any got and ideas? I'm also open to other approach as long as it meets my requirement.
Thank You!
Trying to implement Steph Skardal and Nicosunshine suggestion:
var thumbs = $('.ad-thumb-list a'),
oldfunction = thumbs.data("events").click["function () { context.showImage(i); context.slideshow.stop(); return false; }"];
thumbs.unbind("click").hover(oldFunction);
edit: My Solution:
I use return false to restrict it from going to the url but it does not restrict in calling the function. Any alternative ideas?
var galleries = $('.ad-gallery').adGallery();
var thumbs = $('.ad-thumb-list a');
thumbs .hover(
function () {
$(this).click();
},
function () {
}
);
thumbs.click( function () { return false; });

You want to use jQuery's unbind method, to unbind the click event. It will have to be called after the plugin is called. E.g.:
$('.ad-thumb-list a').unbind('click');

You could try to unbind the click method and then bind the original function to the hover.
If you can't get the original function you can get it by seeing what the console returns if you throw:
$('.ad-thumb-list a').data("events").click; //name of the property that has the function
then you grab that function and do:
var thumbs = $('.ad-thumb-list a'),
oldfunction = thumbs.data("events").click["theValueYouGotInTheConsole"];
thumbs.unbind("click")
.hover(oldFunction);
Edit:
Here is an example of what I ment with "theValueYouGotInTheConsole", in the image I'm accessing the click property, and then the "4" is where the function is stored.
If you don't want to hardcode the value you can do:
var dataEvents = thumbs.data("events").click,
oldFunction;
for(var functionEvent in dataEvents) {
oldFunction = dataEvents[functionEvent];
break; //I'm assuming there's only one event
}

Prevent click event in jQuery triggering multiple times

I have created a jQuery content switcher. Generally, it works fine, but there is one problem with it. If you click the links on the side multiple times, multiple pieces of content sometimes become visible.
The problem most likely lies somewhere within the click event. Here is the code:
$('#tab-list li a').click(
function() {
var targetTab = $(this).attr('href');
if ($(targetTab).is(':hidden')) {
$('#tab-list li').removeClass('selected');
var targetTabLink = $(this).parents('li').eq(0);
$(targetTabLink).addClass('selected');
$('.tab:visible').fadeOut('slow',
function() {
$(targetTab).fadeIn('slow');
}
);
}
return false;
}
);
I have tried adding a lock to the transition so that further clicks are ignored as the transition is happening, but to no avail. I have also tried to prevent the transition from being triggered if something is already animating, using the following:
if ($(':animated')) {
// Don't do anything
}
else {
// Do transition
}
But it seems to always think things are being animated. Any ideas how I can prevent the animation being triggered multiple times?

One idea would be to remove the click event at the start of your function, and then add the click event back in when your animation has finished, so clicks during the duration would have no effect.
If you have the ability to execute code when the animation has finished this should work.

Add a variable to use as a lock rather than is(:animating).
On the click, check if the lock is set. If not, set the lock, start the process, then release the lock when the fadeIn finishes.
var blockAnimation = false;
$('#tab-list li a').click(
function() {
if(blockAnimation != true){
blockAnimation = true;
var targetTab = $(this).attr('href');
if ($(targetTab).is(':hidden')) {
$('#tab-list li').removeClass('selected');
var targetTabLink = $(this).parents('li').eq(0);
$(targetTabLink).addClass('selected');
$('.tab:visible').fadeOut('slow',
function() {
$(targetTab).fadeIn('slow', function(){ blockAnimation=false; });
}
);
}
}
return false;
}
);

Well this is how i did it, and it worked fine.
$(document).ready(function() {
$(".clickitey").click(function () {
if($("#mdpane:animated").length == 0) {
$("#mdpane").slideToggle("slow");
$(".jcrtarrow").toggleClass("arrow-open");
}
});
});
this is not doing what your code does ofcourse this is a code from my site, but i just like to point how i ignored the clicks that were happening during the animation. Please let me know if this is inefficient in anyway. Thank you.

I toyed around with the code earlier and came up with the following modification which seems to work:
$('#tab-list li a').click(
function() {
$('.tab:animated').stop(true, true);
var targetTab = $(this).attr('href');
if ($(targetTab).is(':hidden')) {
$('#tab-list li').removeClass('selected');
var targetTabLink = $(this).parents('li').eq(0);
$(targetTabLink).addClass('selected');
$('.tab:visible').fadeOut('slow',
function() {
$(targetTab).fadeIn('slow');
}
);
}
return false;
}
);
All that happens is, when a new tab is clicked, it immediately brings the current animation to the end and then begins the new transition.

one way would be this:
$('#tab-list ul li').one( 'click', loadPage );
var loadPage = function(event) {
var $this = $(this);
$global_just_clicked = $this;
var urlToLoad = $this.attr('href');
$('#content-area').load( urlToLoad, pageLoaded );
}
$global_just_clicked = null;
var pageLoaded() {
$global_just_clicked.one( 'click', loadPage );
}
As you can see, this method is fraught with shortcomings: what happens when another tab is clicked before the current page loads? What if the request is denied? what if its a full moon?
The answer is: this method is just a rudimentary demonstration. A proper implementation would:
not contain the global variable $global_just_clicked
not rely on .load(). Would use .ajax(), and handle request cancellation, clicking of other tabs etc.
NOTE: In most cases you need not take this round-about approach. I'm sure you can remedy you code in such a way that multiple clicks to the same tab would not affect the end result.
jrh.

One way to do this to use timeStamp property of event like this to gap some time between multiple clicks:
var a = $("a"),
stopClick = 0;
a.on("click", function(e) {
if(e.timeStamp - stopClick > 300) { // give 300ms gap between clicks
// logic here
stopClick = e.timeStamp; // new timestamp given
}
});