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Between two event listeners: How do I pass my function without using trigger()?

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
};

Toggle window.location in jQuery/javascript

What I am trying to achieve is that whenever you click an image, it changes the window.location url, toggling it between '#' and '#footer'. Right now, all I have is this:
<script>
function clickarrow(){
var rd=Math.floor(Math.random()*11)
if (rd > 5){
window.location="#footer";
}
else{
window.location="#";
}
}
</script>
As you can see, this makes a 50:50 chance of either change being made. It works as a temparary fix, but sometimes you have to click up to 6 times for it to take effect.
Is there a way of doing this that properly toggles the window.location?
I am using jQuery 1.9.

If you're trying to reliably toggle the hash, rather than using a random chance, try something like this:
function clickarrow(){
var showFooter = true;
return function () {
if (showFooter) {
window.location.hash = "footer";
} else {
window.location.hash = "";
}
showFooter = !showFooter;
}
}
jQuery(function () {
jQuery('#myToggleLink').click(clickarrow());
});
Note: Normally when binding events, a function reference must be passed in. Here, I'm invoking clickarrow() since it returns a function by design. The returned function encapsulates the toggle variable via closure.

you can use data attribute to tell what is next step:
$('#arrow').click(function() {
if ($(this).data('footer'))
{
window.location="#footer";
$(this).data('footer', 'false');
alert('b');
}
else
{
window.location="#";
$(this).data('footer', 'true');
alert('a');
}
});

Bind to custom CSS animation end event with jQuery or JavaScript?

We have multiple animations against the same object. We need to take different actions when each of these animations end.
Right now, we bind to the webkitAnimationEnd event, and use a gnarly if/then statement to handle each animation differently.
Is there a way to essentially create custom webkitAnimationEnd events, allowing us to fire a specific event handler when a specific animation ends? For instance, fire handler1 when animation1 ends and fire handler2 when animation2 ends.
We're building for Webkit browsers, specifically Mobile Safari.
Thanks!

For a simple event-trigger, you can pass a function to jQuery's trigger() method and use the returned value of that function to call a trigger a specific event (which can then be listened-for:
function animEndTrigger(e) {
if (!e) {
return false;
}
else {
var animName = e.originalEvent.animationName;
return animName + 'FunctionTrigger';
}
}
$('body').on('bgAnimFunctionTrigger fontSizeFunctionTrigger', function(e){
console.log(e);
});
$('div').on('webkitAnimationEnd', function(e) {
$(this).trigger(animEndTrigger(e));
});
JS Fiddle demo.
You can, of course, also use the called function to either trigger the event itself or assess the passed parameters to determine whether or not to return an event at all:
One method to assess for a particular event to trigger is to use an object:
var animations = {
'bgAnim': 'aParticularEvent'
};
function animEndTrigger(e) {
if (!e) {
return false;
}
else {
var animName = e.originalEvent.animationName;
return animations[animName] ? animations[animName] : false;
}
}
$('body').on('aParticularEvent', function(e) {
console.log(e);
});
$('div').on('webkitAnimationEnd', function(e) {
$(this).trigger(animEndTrigger(e));
});​
JS Fiddle demo.
Though, in this case, the return false should be altered so as not to provide the error Uncaught TypeError: Object false has no method 'indexOf' (which I've not bothered, as yet, to account for).
The following causes the called-function (animEndTrigger()) to directly trigger() the custom event (which requires an element on which to bind the trigger() method) and also avoids the Uncaught TypeError above:
var animations = {
'bgAnim': 'aParticularEvent'
};
function animEndTrigger(e, el) {
if (!e || !el) {
return false;
}
else {
var animName = e.originalEvent.animationName;
if (animations[animName]) {
$(el).trigger(animations[animName]);
}
}
}
$('body').on('aParticularEvent', function(e) {
console.log(e);
});
$('div').on('webkitAnimationEnd', function(e) {
animEndTrigger(e, this);
});​
JS Fiddle demo.
Of course you're still, effectively, using an if to perform an assessment, so I can't be particularly sure that this is any tidier than your own already-implemented solution.

Get text from field on keyup, but with delay for further typing

I have a form which is submitted remotely when the various elements change. On a search field in particular I'm using a keyup to detect when the text in the field changes. The problem with this is that when someone types "chicken" then the form is submitted seven times, with only the last one counting.
What would be better is something like this
keyup detected - start waiting (for one second)
another keyup detected - restart waiting time
waiting finishes - get value and submit form
before I go off and code my own version of this (I'm really a backend guy with only a little js, I use jQuery for everything), is there already an existing solution to this? It seems like it would be a common requirement. A jQuery plugin maybe? If not, what's the simplest and best way to code this?
UPDATE - current code added for Dan (below)
Dan - this may be relevant. One of the jQuery plugins I'm using on the page (tablesorter) requires this file - "tablesorter/jquery-latest.js", which, if included, leads to the same error with your code as before:
jQuery("input#search").data("timeout", null) is undefined
http‍://192.168.0.234/javascripts/main.js?1264084467
Line 11
Maybe there's some sort of conflict between different jQuery definitions? (or something)
$(document).ready(function() {
//initiate the shadowbox player
// Shadowbox.init({
// players: ['html', 'iframe']
// });
});
jQuery(function(){
jQuery('input#search')
.data('timeout', null)
.keyup(function(){
jQuery(this).data('timeout', setTimeout(function(){
var mytext = jQuery('input#search').val();
submitQuizForm();
jQuery('input#search').next().html(mytext);
}, 2000)
)
.keydown(function(){
clearTimeout(jQuery(this).data('timeout'));
});
});
});
function submitQuizForm(){
form = jQuery("#searchQuizzes");
jQuery.ajax({
async:true,
data:jQuery.param(form.serializeArray()),
dataType:'script',
type:'get',
url:'/millionaire/millionaire_quizzes',
success: function(msg){
// $("#chooseQuizMainTable").trigger("update");
}
});
return true;
}

Sorry i haven't tested this and it's a bit off the top of my head, but something along these lines should hopefully do the trick. Change the 2000 to however many milliseconds you need between server posts
<input type="text" id="mytextbox" style="border: 1px solid" />
<span></span>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
jQuery(function(){
jQuery('#mytextbox')
.data('timeout', null)
.keyup(function(){
clearTimeout(jQuery(this).data('timeout'));
jQuery(this).data('timeout', setTimeout(submitQuizForm, 2000));
});
});
</script>

Here's your fancy jquery extension:
(function($){
$.widget("ui.onDelayedKeyup", {
_init : function() {
var self = this;
$(this.element).keyup(function() {
if(typeof(window['inputTimeout']) != "undefined"){
window.clearTimeout(inputTimeout);
}
var handler = self.options.handler;
window['inputTimeout'] = window.setTimeout(function() {
handler.call(self.element) }, self.options.delay);
});
},
options: {
handler: $.noop(),
delay: 500
}
});
})(jQuery);
Use it like so:
$("input.filterField").onDelayedKeyup({
handler: function() {
if ($.trim($(this).val()).length > 0) {
//reload my data store using the filter string.
}
}
});
Does a half-second delay by default.

As an update, i ended up with this which seems to work well:
function afterDelayedKeyup(selector, action, delay){
jQuery(selector).keyup(function(){
if(typeof(window['inputTimeout']) != "undefined"){
clearTimeout(inputTimeout);
}
inputTimeout = setTimeout(action, delay);
});
}
I then call this from the page in question's document.ready block with
afterDelayedKeyup('input#search',"submitQuizForm()",500)
What would be nice would be to make a new jquery event which uses this logic, eg .delayedKeyup to go alongside .keyup, so i could just say something like this for an individual page's document.ready block.
jQuery('input#search').delayedKeyup(function(){
submitQuizForm();
});
But, i don't know how to customise jquery in this way. That's a nice homework task though.

Nice job, Max, that was very helpful to me! I've made a slight improvement to your function by making it more general:
function afterDelayedEvent(eventtype, selector, action, delay) {
$(selector).bind(eventtype, function() {
if (typeof(window['inputTimeout']) != "undefined") {
clearTimeout(inputTimeout);
}
inputTimeout = setTimeout(action, delay);
});
}
This way you can use it for any type of event, although keyup is probably the most useful here.

I know this is old, but it was one of the first results when I was searching for how to do something like this so I though I would share my solution. I used a combination of the provided answers to get what I needed out of it.
I wanted a custom event that worked just like the existing jQuery events, and it needed to work with keypress + delete, backspace and enter.
Here's my jQuery plugin:
$.fn.typePause = function (dataObject, eventFunc)
{
if(typeof dataObject === 'function')
{
eventFunc = dataObject;
dataObject = {};
}
if(typeof dataObject.milliseconds === 'undefined')
dataObject.milliseconds = 500;
$(this).data('timeout', null)
.keypress(dataObject, function(e)
{
clearTimeout($(this).data('timeout'));
$(this).data('timeout', setTimeout($.proxy(eventFunc, this, e), dataObject.milliseconds));
})
.keyup(dataObject, function(e)
{
var code = (e.keyCode ? e.keyCode : e.which);
if(code == 8 || code == 46 || code == 13)
$(this).triggerHandler('keypress',dataObject);
});
}
I used $.proxy() to preserve the context in the event, though there could be a better way to do this, performance-wise.
To use this plugin, just do:
$('#myElement').typePause(function(e){ /* do stuff */ });
or
$('#myElement').typePause({milliseconds: 500, [other data to pass to event]},function(e){ /* do stuff */ });

How to — callback functions

I have a big problem writing a small piece of code using JS/jQuery (don't know which of these is causing the problem). Anyhow, here we go:
$('#themePicker').unbind().click(function() {
var t = $(this);
modalwindow2(t, function() {
console.log(1);
}, function(w) {
console.log(w);
});
return false;
});
and the function itself:
function modalwindow2(w, callbackOnSHow, callbackOnHide) {
if (typeof(callbackOnSHow) == 'function') {
callbackOnSHow.call();
}
// do some stuff //
$('form').submit(function() {
ajaxSubmit(function(data) {
if (typeof(callbackOnHide) == 'function') {
console.log('---------------');
console.log(data);
console.log('---------------');
callbackOnHide.call(data);
}
});
return false
});
}
The function is called modalwindow2 and I want to call a function when the modal is shown and another function when the modal will be hidden.
The first is not a problem.
The second… Well… Let's just say it's a problem. Why?
I want a parameter sent to the second function. The paramenter is an ajax response, similar to other jQuery stuff (ajax action, sortable, etc).
I hope I made myself clear enough.
Thanks!
Edit:
I'm using jQuery 1.1.2 (or 1.1.3) and upgrading or using jQuery UI is NOT a solution. I have some dependencies (interface is one of them) and i don't have enough time (nor motivation) to upgrade to 1.3 & UI 1.7.

I noticed that you have a typo on .submit:
$('form').submti(function(){
Was that just an entry error to SO?
EDIT:
Ok, so after looking at your code and doing a short test, I've come up with this (pardon the pun):
function modalwindow2(w, callbackOnShow, callbackOnHide) {
if(typeof callbackOnShow == 'function') {
callbackOnShow.call();
}
$('form').submit(function() {
if(typeof callbackOnHide == 'function') {
callbackOnHide.call(this, "second");
}
});
}
$(document).ready(function (){
$('#themePicker').click(function(){
var t=$(this);
modalwindow2(t, function() { alert("first"); }, function(x) { alert(x); });
return false;
});
});
It looks like you may have just been missing the "this" in your call() statement. Try using callbackOnHide.call(this, data);
Let me know if that works any better!

I understand what you are trying to do, but you will need to store the newly created window so that you can access it on the close callback function.
You might want to look at jQuery UI Dialog. It provides some really basic functionality for dialog windows (modal and otherwise) and handles some of the callback implementation.