Hovering refuses to work when another element is on top - javascript

By the way, this is coming from a beginner coder, so don't expect any great amount of organization. I may have missed something obvious.
I couldn't get it to work here as a snippet (for security reasons, it won't allow images to be loaded, not even showing the failing to load icon), so I made a copy of it here.
The issue is that, while hovering over a folder, it works fine, but when I begin hovering over the menu that pops up while hovering over the folder, it starts flashing rapidly. Yes, the menu is supposed to delete itself when the user stops hovering over the folder and show when the user hovers over the folder.
HTML code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
<title>Something</title>
<link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Poppins' rel='stylesheet'>
</head>
<body>
<!-- See CSS code for more explanation -->
<div class="sidebar">
<h1 style="padding: 1vw;">Todo</h1>
<div class="folder">
Folder 1
</div>
<div class="folder">
Folder 2
</div>
<div class="folder">
Folder 3
</div>
<div class="addBtn">+ Folder</div>
</div>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
CSS code:
/* might have something to do with css; please read my hastily made comments */
/* self explanatory */
html,body {
height: 100%;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
background-color: black;
}
/* sets some defaults */
* {
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px;
border: 0px;
overflow: hidden;
font-family: Poppins;
background-color: inherit;
}
/* sets text selection color to nothing */
*::selection {
background: inherit;
}
/* styling for the sidebar (the part that says "todo", shows folders, etc.) */
.sidebar {
background: #9caeb0;
display: inline-block;
width: calc(20% - 2vw);
height: 100vh;
padding: 1vw;
}
/* the text that says todo */
h1 {
font-size: 30px;
font-weight: 700;
}
/* a folder. */
.folder {
width: calc(15.4vw);
background-color: #8c9ca3;
padding: .6vw;
padding-left: 1.25vw;
padding-right: 1.25vw;
border-radius: 0px 5px 5px 0px;
font-weight: 200;
cursor: pointer;
transition: .45s;
margin: .6vw;
margin-left: -1vw;
margin-right: calc(0vw);
font-size: 15px;
position: relative;
}
/* uses css animations to change the folder upon hovering */
.folder:hover {
background-color: #75828a;
cursor: pointer;
margin-top: .8vw;
margin-bottom: .8vw;
margin-left: -2vw;
padding-left: 2.25vw;
width: 15.8vw;
font-size: 17px;
}
/* the add folder button */
.addBtn {
width: 15.4vw;
background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0);
padding: .6vw;
padding-left: 1.25vw;
padding-right: 1.25vw;
border-radius: 0px 5px 5px 0px;
font-weight: 200;
cursor: pointer;
transition: .45s;
margin-left: -1vw;
font-size: 15px;
border: 3px solid #8c9ca3;
border-left: 0;
/*position: absolute;
bottom: 4vh;*/
}
/* changes bg color upon hovering over add folder button */
.addBtn:hover {
background-color: #8c9ca3;
}
.smallMenu {
position: absolute;
height: 17px;
top: 50%;
width: 17px;
-ms-transform: translateY(-50%);
transform: translateY(-50%);
right: 0.5vw;
border-radius: 99px;
}
.menuBtn {
position: absolute;
height: 14px;
top: 1.5px;
left: 7px;
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px;
}
JS Code:
// probably can ignore these functions; scroll down to line 45; there's a lot of code here for purposes that I haven't quite finished yet
function inLocalStorage(item) {
if(!localStorage.getItem(item)) {
return false;
} else {
return true;
}
}
function lsAdd(label,value) {
localStorage.setItem(label, value);
}
function lsGet(item) {
return localStorage.getItem(item);
}
function lsClear() {
localStorage.clear();
}
function lsRemove(item) {
localStorage.removeItem(item);
}
var el;
var mouseOver = false;
// checks if the user has visited
if (!inLocalStorage('visited')) {
alert("Don't mind this alert");
lsAdd('visited','yes');
lsAdd('folders','1');
lsAdd('js','');
} else {
// load from local storage; execute stored JS
new Function(lsGet('js'))();
// upon mouseover of folder, show mini menu icon
for (let i = 0; i < document.getElementsByClassName("folder").length; i++) {
document.getElementsByClassName("folder")[i].addEventListener("click", function() {
console.log("You have clicked.");
});
// add menu upon mouseover
document.getElementsByClassName("folder")[i].addEventListener("mouseover", function() {
mouseOver = false;
el = document.createElement("div");
// this image obviously doesn't load but that's not important; the image is an svg with three vertical dots, and the image is transparent
el.innerHTML = '<div class="smallMenu"><img src="abc.svg" class="menuBtn" style="height:14px;"></div>';
el.setAttribute("id","menu");
document.getElementsByClassName('folder')[i].appendChild(el);
el = document.getElementsByClassName('smallMenu')[0];
el.addEventListener('mouseover', function() {
mouseOver = true;
console.log(mouseOver);
});
el.addEventListener('mouseout', function() {
mouseOver = false;
console.log(mouseOver);
});
});
// remove menu upon mouse out
document.getElementsByClassName("folder")[i].addEventListener("mouseout", function() {
if (mouseOver === false) {
el = document.getElementById("menu");
el.remove();
}
});
}
}

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So, i am having an issue with a div, when another div is generated (via javascript) below it, it is changing the size of the div.
// for the side nav message list
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let br = document.createElement("br")
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try {
let chat = list[index]
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chatBodyParent.onclick = function() {
$("#message-list").empty()
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}
chatBodyParent.id = `chat-body-${chat.chat.id}`
let chatBody = document.createElement("div")
chatBody.className = "chat-body"
let chatImg = document.createElement("img")
chatImg.src = chat.chat.cover
if (!chat.chat.cover && chat.chat.type == 1) {
chatImg.src = "/dump/pfp.svg"
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if (!chat.chat.cover && chat.chat.type == 3) {
chatImg.src = "/dump/public.png"
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chatImg.className = "chat-img"
chatImg.setAttribute("align", "left")
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chatInfoContainer.appendChild(chatName)
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let chatMessageContent = document.createElement("span")
chatMessageContent.className = "chat-message-content"
chatMessageContent.id = `chat-message-content-${chat.chat.id}`
let messageContent
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let long = false;
if (chat.message.text.length >= 30) {
long = true
}
messageContent = chat.message.text.substring(0, 30)
if (long) {
messageContent += "..."
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messageContent = chat.user.nick + " sent a file"
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.sidenav {
height: 100%;
width: 15%;
position: fixed;
z-index: 1;
top: 0;
left: 0;
background-color: var(--lightish-grey);
overflow-x: hidden;
padding-top: 20px;
}
.sidenav a {
padding: 6px 8px 6px 16px;
text-decoration: none;
font-size: 25px;
color: #818181;
display: block;
}
.sidenav a:hover {
color: #f1f1f1;
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.main {
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padding: 0px 10px;
overflow-x: hidden;
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#media screen and (max-height: 450px) {
.sidenav {padding-top: 15px;}
.sidenav a {font-size: 18px;}
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::-webkit-scrollbar {
color: var(--grey);
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::-webkit-scrollbar-corner {
color: var(--grey);
}
::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
color: var(--grey);
}
.menu {
width: 90%;
min-width: 90%;
height: 200px;
margin-left: 5%;
margin-right: 5%;
background-color: var(--menu-grey);
padding-top: 10px;
padding-bottom: 5px;
font-family: "FontRegular";
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bottom: 1%;
width: 50%;
height: 3.5%;
padding: 0px 5px;
margin: 8px 0;
display: inline-block;
border-top: hidden;
border-left: hidden;
border-right: hidden;
border-bottom: solid var(--light-grey);
box-sizing: border-box;
background-color: var(--grey);
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outline-width: 0;
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height: 50px;
margin-left: 5%;
border: 3px;
border-top: hidden;
border-left: hidden;
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<html>
<head>
<title>iFChat - Dashboard</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/index.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/dashboard.css"/>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/js/utils.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/js/api.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/js/dashboard.js"></script>
</head>
<div class="sidenav">
<div id="menu" class="menu">
</div>
<div>
</div> <br><br>
<div id="chat-list">
</div>
</div>
<div class="main" id="main">
<div id="message-list" class="message-list">
</div>
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Here is an image before the chat list is loaded
Then menu is loaded with the correct size and margin
pre-load
after the chat list loads, it changes the width or margin of the div above some how, and im not sure how or why its doing that, but i cant figure it out, heres an image of after the chat list is loaded post-load
i have tried different margins and positioning settings but cant seem to get it to work, any help is greatly appreciated :)
edit: One possible solution may be to change the css with javascript every time the chat list is loaded, but i would like to avoid that if at all possible.
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::-webkit-scrollbar {
display: none;
}
Because i want a user to beable to scroll, but i dont want there to be a scrollbar, My next plan is to make this static, so that it doesnt move on scroll at all. Still the issue was arising when my (invisible scroll bar, that still had a width) was appearing. Gotta watch out for hidden elements.

for/if loop to run a function multiple times depending on input :: jquery

I am writing a slider from scratch, no plugins.
I have my slider working, based on adding the slides together and plus or minus the length of the slider window.
It has become complicated when pagination needs to be added. I can't seem to wrap my head around the logic of the function needed to be written that states.
if button 1 is clicked run the function 1 time and go to slide one.
if button 2 is clicked run the function 2 times and go to slide two. .... and so on..
The issue I see coming from this is if on slide 3 and the button 4 is clicked the function only needs to move once not 4 times!! This is where my head breaks and all logic spills out of my ears.
How do I go about writing something like this?
here is the jsfiddle I have so far. http://jsfiddle.net/r5DY8/2/
Any help would be appreciated.
:: all the code on one page if you don't want to use jsfiddle ::
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src='http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.0.min.js'type="text/javascript"></script>
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Marmelad' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<style type="text/css">
body {
font-family: 'Marmelad', sans-serif;
-moz-user-select: none;
-webkit-user-select: none;
-ms-user-select:none;
user-select:none;
}
#slideContainer {
position: relative;
width: 990px;
height: 275px;
float: left;
overflow: hidden;
margin-top:5%;
margin-left:15%;
}
#slideWrap {
width: 3960px;
height: 275px;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
}
.slide {
width: 990px;
height: 275px;
float: left;
}
.slide:first-child { background-color: #009999; }
.slide:nth-child(2) { background-color: #CC0033; }
.slide:nth-child(3) { background-color: #FFFF66; }
.slide:nth-child(4) { background-color: #006699; }
#clickLeft{
color: black;
float: left;
margin: 12% 0% 0 15%;
/*background: url("prev.png") no-repeat;*/
width: 60px;
height: 60px;
cursor: pointer;
list-style: none;
position: absolute;
z-index: 9;
border:1px solid black;/**/
}
#clickRight{
color: black;
float: right;
margin: 12% 0 0 79.5%;
/*background: url("next.png") no-repeat;*/
width: 60px;
height: 60px;
cursor: pointer;
list-style: none;
position: absolute;
border:1px solid black;/**/
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.dots{
width: 9%;
position: absolute;
top: 310px;
text-align: center;
height: 45px;
padding-top: 5px;
background: white;
left: 43.5%;
border-radius: 8px;
list-style:none;
}
.dots li {
display: inline-block;
list-style:none;
}
.dots li:first-child {
margin-left:-40px;
}
.dots li a{
width: 16px;
height: 16px;
display: block;
background: #ededed;
cursor: pointer;
-webkit-border-radius: 20px;
-moz-border-radius: 20px;
-o-border-radius: 20px;
border-radius: 20px;
margin: 5px;
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.dots li a:hover { background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7); }
.styleDots { background: #a4acb2; }
.active { background: #a4acb2;
-webkit-border-radius: 20px;
-moz-border-radius: 20px;
-o-border-radius: 20px;
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<script type="text/javascript">
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var slideW = 990;
var allSlides = $('.slide');
var numberOfSlides = allSlides.length;
var marker;
$('.slide').each(function(i) {
listNumber=i+1;
marker = $("<li>");
marker.addClass('pagerItem '+listNumber);
$("<a href='#' ></a>").appendTo(marker);
if (i===0){
marker.addClass('active');
}
marker.appendTo($(".dots"));
});
allSlides.wrapAll('<div id="moveSlide"></div>').css({'float' : 'left','width' : slideW});
$('#moveSlide').css('width', slideW * numberOfSlides);
$('body').prepend('<li class="controls" id="clickLeft"></li>')
.append('<li class="controls" id="clickRight"></li>');
$('.controls').click(function(){
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moveSlide(this); // running twice because the function is being called twice
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var moveSlide = function(thisobject){
console.log('function run');
if(($(thisobject).attr('id')=='clickRight')) {
if(currentSlidePosition == numberOfSlides-1)currentSlidePosition=0;
else currentSlidePosition++;
var active = $(".active").removeClass('active');
if(active.next() && active.next().length){
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} else {
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</head>
<body>
<div id="slideContainer">
<div id="slideWrap">
<div class="slide">1</div>
<div class="slide">2</div>
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It's more complicated than just calling the function a number of times. As the animation is asynchronous, you need to call the function again when the animation has finished, not right away.
Add a callback parameter to the function so that it can use that do do something when the animation finishes:
var moveSlide = function (thisobject, callback) {
Add the callback to the animation:
$('#moveSlide').animate({
'margin-left': slideW * (-currentSlidePosition)
}, callback);
Make a function moveTo that will call moveSlide in the right direction, and use itself as callback:
function moveTo(target){
if (target < currentSlidePosition) {
moveSlide($('#clickLeft'), function(){ moveTo(target); });
} else if (target > currentSlidePosition) {
moveSlide($('#clickRight'), function(){ moveTo(target); });
}
}
Bind the click event to the links in the dots. Use the index method to find out which slide you want to go to, and call moveTo to do it:
$('.dots a').click(function(e){
e.preventDefault();
var target = $(this).parent().index();
moveTo(target);
});
Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/Guffa/r5DY8/3/
From a purely logical point of view (assumes the existence of two variables - curr_slide_num and butt_num):
for (var i=0; i < Math.abs(curr_slide_num - butt_num); i++) my_func();
Be careful of zero indexing; either treat the first button and first slide as number 0, or neither, else the maths will break down.
This takes no account of the direction the slider should move. I haven't looked at your Fiddle but I guess you would pass direction as an argument to the function. Let's say the function expects direction as its first argument - the string 'left' or 'right'
for (var i=0; i < Math.abs(curr_slide_num - butt_num); i++)
my_func(curr_slide_num < butt_num ? 'left' : 'right');

JavaScript induced style changes are not permanent

Okay, I change the appearance of links using JavaScript. When I change the content of a hard-coded link, it sticks in that the changed color and underlining remains when the cursor is not hovering above it. However, when the content of a DIV has been changed using JavaScript, the style changes do not stick.
Here is the HTML code:
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Bla bla</title>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<link href="style/kim.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/Kim.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="main">
<div class="nav">
<div class="topNav">
<ul>
<li onClick="changeNav('design')">Design</li>
<li onClick="changeNav('code')">Programming</li>
<li onClick="changeNav('science')">Science</li>
<li onClick="changeNav('Kim')">Kim</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="subNav">
<script>changeNav("design");</script>
</div>
</div>
<div class="content">
<p id="mainText">Test</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Here is the JS code:
var topNavNames = ["design", "code", "science", "Kim"];
var subNavCode = ["<ul><li onClick=\"loadPHP('design/websites.php', 'sub0')\">Websites</li><li onClick=\"loadPHP('design/graphics.php', 'sub1')\">Graphics</li><li onClick=\"loadPHP('design/flash.php', 'sub2')\">Flash</li></ul>",
"<ul><li onClick=\"loadPHP('code/interactive.php', 'sub0')\">Interactive applets</li><li onClick=\"loadPHP('code/statistics.php', 'sub1')\">Statistics</li><li onClick=\"loadPHP('code/wings.php', 'sub2')\">Wings</li><li onClick=\"loadPHP('code/3D.php', 'sub3')\">3D</li></ul>",
"<ul><li onClick=\"loadPHP('science/3D.php', 'sub0')\">3D</li><li onClick=\"loadPHP('science/ssd.php', 'sub1')\">Sexual Size Dimorphism</li><li onClick=\"loadPHP('science/shape.php', 'sub2')\">Wing shape</li><li onClick=\"loadPHP('science/phylogenetics.php', 'sub3')\"><i>Drosophila</i> phylogenetics</li><li onClick=\"loadPHP('science/communitygenetics.php', 'sub4')\">Community Genetics</li><li onClick=\"loadPHP('science/biodiversity.php', 'sub5')\">Biodiversity</li></ul>",
"<ul><li onClick=\"loadPHP('Kim.php', 'sub0')\">Who is Kim?</li><li onClick=\"loadPHP('animals/horses.php', 'sub1')\">Horses</li><li onClick=\"loadPHP('animals/birds.php', 'sub2')\">Birds</li><li onClick=\"loadPHP('private/outdoors.php', 'sub3')\">Outdoors</li><li onClick=\"loadPHP('contact.php', 'sub4')\">Contact</li></ul>"];
function changeNav(target) {
for (var i = 0; i<topNavNames.length; i++) {
if (target == topNavNames[i]) {
document.getElementById("subNav").innerHTML=subNavCode[i];
document.getElementById(topNavNames[i]).style.color="#F7EDAA";
document.getElementById(topNavNames[i]).style.borderBottom="thin solid #F7EDAA";
}
else {
document.getElementById(topNavNames[i]).style.color="#EEE";
document.getElementById(topNavNames[i]).style.borderBottom="thin solid #111";
}
}
}
function loadPHP(url, target) {
for (var i = 0; i<10; i++) {
if(document.getElementById(target)!=null) {
if (("sub"+i) == target) {
document.getElementById(target).style.color="#F7EDAA";
document.getElementById(target).style.borderBottom="thin solid #F7EDAA";
}
else {
document.getElementById(target).style.color="#EEE";
document.getElementById(target).style.borderBottom="thin solid #111";
}
}
}
}
if I subsequently remove the:
else {
document.getElementById(target).style.color="#EEE";
document.getElementById(target).style.borderBottom="thin solid #111";
}
from the loadPHP function, it changes the style, but does not reset it when the next link is clicked.
I observed this behavior in FireFox, Internet Exploder and Chrome.
Added: CSS code:
body {
background-color: #111111;
color: #DDD;
font-family: "Gill Sans", "Gill Sans MT", "Myriad Pro", "DejaVu Sans Condensed", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
}
.wrapper {
overflow: auto;
}
.banner {
float: left;
position: relative;
width: 100px;
}
.main {
position: relative;
width: 80%;
left: 25px;
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: normal;
}
a {
text-decoration: none;
color: #EEE;
}
a:hover {
border-bottom: thin solid #F7EDAA !important;
color: #F7EDAA !important;
}
.topNav {
height: 45px;
position: relative;
left: 100px;
font-size: large;
border: thin solid #111;
}
#subNav {
height: 45px;
position: relative;
left: 100px;
top: 2px;
border: thin solid #111;
}
.topNav li, #subNav li {
float: left;
margin: 10px 15px;
}
.topNav ul, #subNav ul {
list-style: none;
padding: 0px 0px;
margin: 0px 0px;
position: relative;
left: -100px;
}
.content {
position: relative;
left: 15px;
padding: 0px 0px;
margin: 0px 0px;
}
.content p {
padding: 5px 5px;
margin: 10px 15px;
left: -100px;
}
In my opinion you´re using the wrong technology to achieve your goal. What you need to do is to write your styles in a css stylesheet, and then add or remove classes to your elements using js if you want. (You can also do this through something called specificity, a little far ahead from the scope of your question)
Also think that if there is some bug in your script, or a third party script called in your page, JS may break and it won´t process your styling changes.
So, add the basic styling to your elements through css in the initial markup, so you will be sure that your elements will have always a basic styling, and then if you want use the equivalent to .addClass or removeClass jQuery methods.
In that way you will be always sure that your frontend will have always a safe styling, won´t break if js is not loaded, and separation of concerns will be properly implemented.
Regards.
I figured it out. The following code does not do the right thing:
function loadPHP(url, target) {
for (var i = 0; i<subNavNames.length; i++) {
if (target == subNavNames[i]){
document.getElementById(target).className="selected";
} else {
document.getElementById(target).className="notSelected";
}
}
While this code does produce the right result:
function loadPHP(url, target) {
for (var i = 0; i<subNavNames.length; i++) {
if (target == subNavNames[i]) {
document.getElementById(subNavNames[i]).className="selected";
} else {
document.getElementById(subNavNames[i]).className="notSelected";
}
}
The difference is that in the first example, and in the example of the original question, I use the variable passed on in the method (target), to find the element. In the second, I use the appropriate element from a array that I have added to the list. I am not sure WHY this behaves differently, but it does.

Disallow Interaction With Website During Animations

I am attempting to write some javascript that will create textareas and when you click on a textarea to begin typing it grows and centers in the window until you click off of it where it shrinks back down.
Easy enough, until I wanted to add the .animate() and suddenly I have some serious problems that I am pouring too much time into trying to figure out.
While running some quality assurance I discovered a number of bugs...
-If I drop focus on the textarea that is animating its growth while it is still animating then the .blur() function fails to call.
-If I shift focus to another textarea while the first is still animating
then both may remain large failing to call the .blur() function.
-Finally there is just some really strange activity with the centering feature. .scrollTo() and .animate() perform poorly together especially when there are many textareas or I am picking a box that in the midst of many.
Is there a way to disallow any interaction with the website while an animation plays out?
Any ideas on how to remedy any of these issues?
the javascript... boxy.js
Code:
function growthearea() {
$('textarea.textfield').blur(function(){
$(this).animate({ height: "51" }, 500); //shrink the current box when lose focus
//$(this).height(51);
});
$('textarea.textfield').focus(function(){
$("*").off("focus,blur,click"); //turn off focus,blur,click while animating
var wheretoY = $(this).offset().top-73;
window.scrollTo(17,wheretoY);
// turn back on focus,blur,click after animation completes
$(this).animate({ height: "409" }, 1000, function(){("*").on("focus,blur,click")});
//$(this).height(409);
});
}
function newboxbtn()
{
var btn=document.createElement("textarea");
btn.setAttribute('class','textfield');
var textlocale = document.getElementById('locale');
textlocale.appendChild(btn);
$('textarea.textfield').on('keyup change', function() {
$('p.display').text('You are typing: ' + $(this).val()); //live update from focused textarea
});
growthearea(); //recall function for any new boxes to be acknowledged
};
function jsinit()
{
$('textarea.textfield').on('keyup change', function() {
$('p.display').text('You are typing: ' + $(this).val()); //live update from focused textarea
});
growthearea(); //call function for initial group of boxes
}
the html... boxy.htm
Code:
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="sty.css" />
<script src="./jquery.js"></script>
<script src="./boxy.js"></script>
<script>
$().ready(function() {
var $scrollingDiv = $("#scrollingDiv");
$(window).scroll(function(){
$scrollingDiv
.stop()
.animate({"marginTop": ($(window).scrollTop() + 30) + "px"}, "fast" );
});
jsinit();
});
</script>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<div class="grid">
<div class="col-left" id="left">
<div class="module" id="scrollingDiv">
<input type="button" value="add" onclick="newboxbtn()" />
<p class="display">you are typing </p>
</div>
</div> <!--div class="col-left"-->
<div class="col-midd">
<div class="module" id="locale">
<textarea class="textfield" placeholder="begin typing here..." ></textarea>
<textarea class="textfield" placeholder="begin typing here..."></textarea>
</div>
</div> <!--div class="col-midd"-->
</div> <!--div class="grid"-->
</body>
</html>
the css... sty.css
Code:
.textfield {
width: 97%;
height: 51;
resize: none;
outline: none;
border: none;
font-family: "Lucida Console", Monaco, monospace;
font-weight: 100;
font-size: 70%;
background: white;
/* box-shadow: 1px 2px 7px 1px #0044FF;*/
}
.textfielded {
width: 97%;
resize: none;
outline: none;
border: none;
overflow: auto;
position: relative;
font-family: "Lucida Console", Monaco, monospace;
font-weight: 100;
font-size: 70%;
background: white;
/* box-shadow: 1px 2px 7px #FFDD00;*/
}
/*#postcomp {
width: 500px;
}*/
* {
#include box-sizing(border-box);
}
$pad: 20px;
.grid {
background: white;
margin: 0 0 $pad 0;
&:after {
/* Or #extend clearfix */
content: "";
display: table;
clear: both;
}
}
[class*='col-'] {
float: left;
padding-right: $pad;
.grid &:last-of-type {
padding-right: 0;
}
}
.col-left {
width: 13%;
}
.col-midd {
width: 43%;
}
.col-rght {
width: 43%;
}
.module {
padding: $pad;
}
/* Opt-in outside padding */
.grid-pad {
padding: $pad 0 $pad $pad;
[class*='col-']:last-of-type {
padding-right: $pad;
}
}
body {
padding: 10px 50px 200px;
background: #001235;
}
h1 {
color: black;
font-size: 11px;
font-family: "Lucida Console", Monaco, monospace;
font-weight: 100;
}
p {
color: white;
}
To check if something is animated: { quite weird for sure! }
if($('*').is(':animated').length) return;

Optimize jQuery code

I've written this jQuery code that fades in a overlay with some links over an image. What i found out is that it is painfully slow when I add like 10 of these images. I would really appreciate some tips and tricks on how to make this code faster.
If you have some tips for my HTML and CSS that would be great too ;)
jQuery code
$(document).ready(function() {
var div = $(".thumb").find("div");
div.fadeTo(0, 0);
div.css("display","block");
$(".thumb").hover(
function () {
$(this).children(".download").fadeTo("fast", 1);
$(this).children(".hud").fadeTo("fast", 0.7);
},
function () {
div.fadeTo("fast", 0);
}
);
});
All the code
<style type="text/css">
a:active {
outline:none;
}
:focus {
-moz-outline-style:none;
}
img {
border: none;
}
#backgrounds {
font: 82.5% "Lucida Grande", Lucida, Verdana, sans-serif;
margin: 50px 0 0 0;
padding: 0;
width: 585px;
}
.thumb {
margin: 5px;
position: relative;
float: left;
}
.thumb img {
background: #fff;
border: solid 1px #ccc;
padding: 4px;
}
.thumb div {
display: none;
}
.thumb .download {
color: #fff;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
z-index: 999;
padding: 0 10px;
}
.thumb .download h3 {
font-size: 14px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
margin-top: 13px;
text-align: center;
}
.thumb .download a {
font-size: 11px;
color: #fff;
text-decoration: none;
font-weight: bold;
line-height: 16px;
}
.thumb .download a:hover {
text-decoration: underline;
}
.thumb .download .left, .thumb .download .right {
width: 44%;
margin: 0;
padding: 4px;
}
.thumb .download .left {
float: left;
text-align: right;
}
.thumb .download .right {
float: right;
text-align: left;
}
.thumb img, .thumb .hud {
-webkit-border-radius: 5px;
-moz-border-radius: 5px;
border-radius: 5px;
}
.thumb .hud {
width: 100%;
height: 110px;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
background: #000;
}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
var div = $(".thumb").find("div");
div.fadeTo(0, 0);
div.css("display","block");
$(".thumb").hover(
function () {
$(this).children(".download").fadeTo("fast", 1);
$(this).children(".hud").fadeTo("fast", 0.7);
},
function () {
div.fadeTo("fast", 0);
}
);
});
</script>
<div id="backgrounds">
<div class="thumb">
<div class="download">
<h3>Download wallpaper</h3>
<p class="left">
1024x768
1280x800
1280x1024
</p>
<p class="right">
1440x900
1680x1050
1920x1200
</p>
</div>
<div class="hud"></div>
<img alt="image" src="thumb.jpg"/>
</div>
</div>
I got it to respond a little better by simply changing the following within the hover(..):
function () {
$(".download", this).fadeTo("fast", 1);
$(".hud", this).fadeTo("fast", 0.7);
},
function () {
$(".download, .hud", this).fadeTo("fast", 0);
}
The biggest difference comes from only applying the hoverout effect to the event target, no need to reapply to all your divs on the page.
I've put your code into a test page and to be perfectly honest, even with thirty or so .thumb divs it seemed ok - certainly responsive enough to use from my end. Sliding the mouse over a bunch of them means I have to wait for the rollover effect to go through them all which takes a while until it gets to the one I've actually stopped on, but surely that was what you wanted given that you're using 'hover' rather than 'click' (which would certainly remove any speed issues).
I'm not using actual images in my test page, just getting the alt text, so my best current guess would be to make sure all images you're loading are as small filesize as you can possibly make them.
Pre-Select MORE
Good job preselecting the div. Try this way so that it pre-selects the fade in elements as well instead of doing it on hover:
$().ready(function() {
var div = $(".thumb").find("div");
div.fadeTo(0, 0);
div.css("display","block");
$(".thumb").each(function() {
var download = $(this).children(".download");
var hud = $(this).children(".hud");
$(this).hover(
function () {
download.fadeTo("fast", 1);
hud.fadeTo("fast", 0.7);
},
function () {
div.fadeTo("fast", 0);
}
);
});
});
try removing the
:focus {
-moz-outline-style:none;
}
and see what happens

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