jquery menu slideshow hover function loading too fast - javascript

I am currently making a website that includes a menu navigation almost identical to the one found at fotopunch.com only instead of pointing down it points up. Anyways, I wrote the code using jquery/javascript for the menu and it works but I am wondering if there is a way to make it so that the hover function doesn't take effect for a specified amount of time. That way when you hover quickly over an item it doesn't cause the page to load unnecessarily. If anyone has any suggestions I would greatly appreciate it.
Below is a copy of part of my code to create the menu navigation. Another issue I am having is if you hover over too many navigation items in a row the arrow lags behind. I am hoping that by creating a wait time before the hover function takes effect that it would mostly correct this issue.
$("div#menu .reps").hover(function() {
if(current_slide != "reps"){
$(".arrow").animate({"left":"135px"});//move the arrow
if(current_slide == "clients"){
$(".clients_display").stop(true, true).fadeOut().hide();
$(".reps_display").fadeIn().show();
current_slide = "reps";
}
else if(current_slide == "services"){
$(".services_display").stop(true, true).fadeOut().hide();
$(".reps_display").fadeIn().show();
current_slide = "reps";
}
else{
$(".training_display").stop(true, true).fadeOut().hide();
$(".reps_display").fadeIn().show();
current_slide = "reps";
}
}
});

I think that something that you can do, although there is probably a better way is:
declare a function where you place all the code with a condition:
function hoverFunc(option)
{
if($(option).is(':hover'))
{
all the code to show the menu
}
}
And on the over function you do:
$("div#menu .reps").hover(function() {
setTimeout("hoverFunc('"+getOptionName+"')",milliseconds);
});
The idea is: when over, set a timeout and when the timeout is reached, check if the mouse is over and then do whatever you want, the hardest point is to pass the reference to the function, but you can pass the name of the item just getting it from html or a rel attribute.
But if you dont need the reference it is really ease, just call the function and check the element.
There is another option that maybe is more interesting for you. You can add a delay to the all the effects and add a stop(true) before, this way, if the user change the tag fast, the events will be cancelled, but it will change if the user goes through an option fast and goes out of the menu.

You an use the delay on some of your calls such as:
$(".reps_display").delay(100).fadeIn().show();
Or you can make some of the show and hide have a longer duration: show(2000) for instance.

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Generic code to fade in divs with particular class, remove function after first run

I'm trying to create a generic function that can be placed just once in my site and work across multiple pages, nice and lightweight.
I want to be able to make certain divs on the site fade-in when you reach 10px above them on the scroll.
I want to do this by simply adding the following attributes to my divs:
.fade-in-block
#specific-block-name
The idea is that I could go through the site, add this class and an ID, and the animation would work.
I almost have it working except for one thing, the scroll listening constantly continues to console.log after the function has been called. I don't like this as it feels like it's going to be constantly trying to apply the animation, which won't really be seen from the front-end but I feel the constant maths behind the scenes could slow stuff down.
Here is my jQuery:
$('body .fade-in-block').each(function(){
var block = '#'+$(this).attr('id');
console.log('Block class is = '+block);
var offset = $(block).offset().top;
var $w = $(window).scroll(function () {
if ($w.scrollTop() > offset - 10) {
console.log('reached block turn-on point for '+block);
$(block).removeAttr('id'); // remove the ID from the element so the script doesn't continue to find the element
// fade and rise animation here
}
});
});
And here is a JSFiddle. It works just fine, but once you hit the block you'll see it logs constantly every pixel scrolled.
I tried to remedy this by removing the selecting id from the element once the event has occurred, but it continues to run.
Scroll and resize events both have this problem and the solution is said to be debouncing. However, I've never actually gotten debouncing to work properly. Instead I typically create a sort of switch that is turned off once the scroll condition has activated. In your case, since you have multiple elements, you would need to assign a switch to each element.
$(window).on('scroll', function(){
$('.fade-in-block').each(function(){
var appear = $(this).attr('data-appeared');
if(!appear){
$(this).attr('data-appeared', true);
//do something to $(this)
}
})
})
Here I'm adding a data attribute after it has appeared and checking for it again once it has.

Hiding Section/Slide Arrows on Pages - Fullpage.js

I'm working on a website using fullpage.js:
https://github.com/alvarotrigo/fullPage.js/
The first problem I had is that I need to hide the arrows once it falls into the last section and/or slide. ie. if you're on the far right slide, my hope is it will hide the right arrow. Top section, top arrow is hidden, etc.
I've tried quite a bit to make it work, I'm still learning javascript so forgive me if I'm way off, but I was hoping this was close:
function hideArrowUp() {
if(index == 1){
$('.arrowUp').hide();
}
else {
$('.arrowUp').show();
}
}
function hideArrowDown(anchorlink) {
if(index == 3){
$('.arrowDown').hide();
}
else {
$('.arrowDown').show();
}
}
And I was hope to prevent horizontal slides from repeating/rolling-over, not sure if that's an easy one.
Please and thanks!
Now You can to this with javascript options.
When u call the full page function on a div. Just set the option control arrow to false.
//call full page function with options.
$('#fullpage').fullpage({
anchors:['anchor-1','anchor-2'],
controlArrows: false,
});
Regards
Alex
Just use the plugin callbacks such as afterLoad or onLeave to remove the arrow by using javascript or by adding a class.
You can also use the class of type fp-viewing-xxxx added to your body element to apply one or another style.
Take a look at the demo page of fullpage.js. In that case you can inspect the DOM and see how the body gets the class fp-viewing-4thpage applied when reaching the last section. That's because it is using the anchor 4thpage as you can see in the URL (#4thpage).
Therefore you can do something like the following in your CSS stylesheet:
.fp-viewing-4thpage .myArrow{
display:none;
}
Remember the demo page and many others examples are available in the downloaded files.

fadeIn as callback function after fadeOut doenst work as expected

In my HTML a#navInnerMapR and a#navInnerMapL are contained within div#navTwo.
The following code is within a function. When called, I need the function to fadeOut any visible links in div#navTwo, pause for a moment, and then fadeIn a#navInnerMapR.
$('div#navTwo a').fadeOut(200, function() {
$('a#navInnerMapR').delay(100).fadeIn(200);
});
The code fades out the links but doesn't fade anything in. I thought that they delay would only start once the fadeOut finishes, however changing the delay value to 1000 makes it sometimes work but its very buggy. Thanks
UPDATE Here is a fiddle showing that the hidden link starts to be shown before the visible is hidden: http://jsfiddle.net/jamesbrighton/d9QKr/5/
UPDATE Apologies, my question doesnt include the full details of what I need to achieve. I simplified it as I thought I just had some sort of sytax issus that could be easily fixed.
div#navTwo actually contains 3 links. At any point (other than the delay before animations run) only 1 link is visible. I need to be able to call a function that will hide either of the other 2 links that are being shown, and then show a#navInnerMapR.
Different events will call this function, so either of the 2 links that arn't a#navInnerMapR may be visible. Thanks
UPDATE I think this fiddle illustrates the issue. Ive created 2 div.nav's to illustrate different states. Ive hidden different links with inline CSS in each one. JavaScript will be showing and hiding the links in my div repeatedly, so the same div will look like each example at different times.
Ive created 2 triggers to illustrate that different events will need to call the function. When you click on a trigger you can see the issue with both examples. The visible divs are not hidden before the a.one is shown. Thanks for your patience!
http://jsfiddle.net/jamesbrighton/dYvMS/24/
Interesting point, if I change $('.nav a.one').fadeIn(1000); to an alert, the alert fires multiple times! No idea why this would be the case!
Edit: Updated answer based on your below comment,
Yes this works as I need, but im not sure it will work for my actual
page. Sorry for my question not being detailed enough. The code
example I gave is simplified. In the actual page their are 3 links
within div#navTwo, at any time only one of them will be visible. I
need to be able to call a function that hides any links and shows a
specific one, but either one of the other 2 links in div#navTwo may be
visible. Thanks
DEMO
HTML: Added class to all links inside navTwo
<div id="navTwo">
Right
Left
Middle
Upper
Lower
</div>
JS:
$('.links').click(function() {
showHide($(this));
});
function showHide($this) {
$this.fadeOut(1000, function() {
$('#navTwo a').not($this).delay(1000).fadeIn(1000);
});
}
I think I understood what you need. Try below DEMO and let me know if that is what you want,
DEMO
$('#navInnerMapR').click(function() {
runMeR($(this));
});
$('#navInnerMapL').click(function() {
runMeL($(this));
});
function runMeR($this) {
$this.fadeOut(1000, function() {
$('a#navInnerMapL').delay(1000).fadeIn(1000);
});
}
function runMeL($this) {
$this.fadeOut(1000, function() {
$('a#navInnerMapR').delay(1000).fadeIn(1000);
});
}
As you said, You need the function to fadeOut any visible links in div#navTwo, pause for a moment, and then fadeIn a#navInnerMapR (not other links, only a#navInnerMapR).
$('#navTwo a').click(function(e) {
$(this).parent().children().each(function(i){
$(this).fadeOut('slow', function(){
$('a#navInnerMapR').delay(1000).fadeIn(1000);
});
});
});​
A fiddle is here.

Add automation to a jQuery Content Slider

I'm looking for some help to implent a timer for this script I'm linking to.
As it is now, it toggles different slides when hovering the list to the right, but I want the slider to automatically jump ahead to the next slide after a certain amount of time until it reaches the end and then goes back to the top.
The catch though is that it also needs to work as it is now, so that you can toggle via hovering and when you stop hovering it should remember the position and jump ahead to the next item.
I realize this is alot to ask for, but some pointer would be great, thanks alot!
DEMO: http://jsbin.com/acorah
Your code is taking a bit of a performance hit with that each() loop which I don't think you need. You're binding events inside the loop and you're limiting your possibilities by declaring your actions inside the bind() scope. You want to be able to call events on any object and not only a single element; $('.cn_item') in your case.
The idea is to keep track of your current slide with a class, let's say .cur.
Then you create an object where you declare all your methods. The main methods or actions are getCur() and goTo() and mostly everything else will use these. ie. next() is just a shortcut for goTo()
var actions = {
getCur: function(){ return idx; },
goTo: function(idx){
// The simplest case
$slides.hide().eq(idx).show();
},
next: function(){ this.goTo(this.getCur()+1); },
prev: function(){ this.goTo(this.getCur()-1); }
.
.
.
}
Now you can call actions on events by simply doing this:
$slides.click(function(){ actions.goTo($(this).index()); });
$next.click(function(){ actions.next(); });
And then you can setInterval() to add a timer.
setInterval(actions.next, 1000);
This tutorial might help. I basically cover everything involved in making a slider. I would change some things as of today, we learn new ways to code stuff everyday.

Javascript callback and pattern matching help

I am trying to make a simple searcher/highlighter and I am running into difficulties with inconsistent results/nothing happening when I test it out.
I think the biggest gap is my understanding of how the callback functions should work and what the selectors are able to match.
Ideally when one clicks on the tag, everything should fade out and only the dives with the matching tags in them should reappear. If nothing matches then the nothing found div should appear and the reset should fade veryhtign out and make all the divs (sans nomatch div) reappear unhighlighted.
Anyone provide some clarification on where I can improve?
Edit: See the link in the comments to see my code.
More clarification on problems:
Click on a tag (old, photography, guide) and then click on reset. All three parts should reappear but only two do.
Randomly The no results found will show up.
If you select a tag, then search for a different one, the fade ins and outs will be asynchronous.
The problem is that the .fadeout() was on each .workshopentry so would really be 3 fade outs. Therefore the animation complete callback function was being called 3 times as well! So the logic to determine which new entries to show and hide was being executed 3 times and causing the strange multiple fading.
I have updated the jsfiddle with a more robust solution.
Let me know if you need any more explanation of what the JavaScript is doing.
You need to copy your following code
if (toFadeIn.length < 1) { //No results found
toFadeIn.push(noResults);
}
$(toFadeIn).each(function(index, div){
div.fadeIn(1000);
});
inside the callback function of the workshop.fadeout.. like this :
workshop.fadeOut(1000, function() {
var tags = $('.left ul li', this);
tags.removeClass('searchMatch'); //reset the search results
tags.each(function() {
if ($(this).text().toLowerCase() === searchTerm.toLowerCase()) {
$(this).addClass('searchMatch');
toFadeIn.push($(this).parent().parent().parent());
}
});
if (searchTerm === "") {
toFadeIn.push(workshop);
}
if (toFadeIn.length < 1) { //No results found
toFadeIn.push(noResults);
}
$(toFadeIn).each(function(index, div){
div.fadeIn(1000);
});
});
You see? The fadeout callback was not yet called but you already started going through the toFadeIn array to show the search results. At that time it hadn't even searched through the entries yet.
It's only down to because we are mostly used to sequential code so callbacks take a little bit of head around. But it does work like that. You just keep on putting the code inside the callback ..and then again inside another callback and so on.

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