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Difference between cloned object and hardcoded HTML

Scenario is to copy #first inside #test, below are the 2 scenarios of implementing it and which is the best way of implementation and why?
<div class="first">
<div class="second">1</div>
</div>
<div class="test">
<div>--------------</div>
</div>
JQUERY1:
var cloner = $('.first').clone().prop({
'class': 'changed_first'
});
$('.test').append(cloner)
$('.changed_first > .second').attr('class', 'changed_second');
$('.changed_first > .second').html('2');
Detour question on JQUERY1: Is there a possibility in the clone method to change the properties of inner elements?
JQUERY2:
$('.test').append('<div class="changed_first"><div class="changed_second">2</div></div>');

your 1st method of using clone will be a good one.
And yes you can manipulate the cloned elements before you bind it to dom.
If you want to access any id or class to cloned element before you bind if to anywhere, you can do like
var cloner = $('.first').clone().prop({
'class': 'changed_first'
});
cloner.find('#id').css('something','css-value');
var data_id = cloner.find('.class').attr('data-bind');

How to delete current element if previous element is empty in jquery?

I want to delete element with class "tehnicneinfo" but only if the element I'm checking ( with class "h2size") has no child. I have a bunch of those elements, generated by a plugin and I want to delete only the ones that have the next element without child. I wrote jquery code, but it delets all of my elements, not only the ones that have the next element without child. Here is my jquery code:
$('.news .h2size > div').each(function() {
var ul = $(this).find('ul');
if(!ul.length) $(this).remove();
var h1 = $('.news').find('.tehnicneinfo');
var h2size = $('.news').find('.h2size');
if(h2size.prev().is(':empty'))
{
h1.remove();
}
});
this code is inside $(document).ready(function(). Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong? The code is for something else also, so I'm having truble only from var h1 = $('.news').find('.tehnicneinfo'); this line on. Thanks in advance!
Html:
<div class="news">
<h1 class="tehnicneinfo">xxx</h1>
<div class="h2size">
<div id="xyxyxy">
.......
</div>
</div>
<h1 class="tehnicneinfo">yyy</h1>
<div class="h2size"></div>
....
</div>
That's the html, only that there is like 20 more lines that are the same, but with different values (not yyy and xxx). I would need to delete all 'yyy' (they are not all with same value).

You can use filter to filter the ones you want to remove then remove them
"I want to delete only the ones that have the next element without child"
$('.tehnicneinfo').filter(function(){
return !$(this).next().children().length;
// only ones with next sibling with no children
}).remove();
JSFIDDLE

How to get reference to the new DOM object after changing content with outerHTML?

I have a division that I need to change its outer HTML upon an event. The problem is that upon setting the outerHTML I am not able to reference the new selected DOM object unless I explicitly catch it again.
Is there a way to directly update the variable reference upon calling outerHTML (in my case the reference of the div variable below) ?
$("#changeDiv").click(function(){
var div = $(this).prev();
div[0].outerHTML = `<div id="imSecondtDiv"> <p> World </p> </div>`;
console.log(div); // logs [div#imFirstDiv, prevObject: n.fn.init[1], context: button#changeDiv]
// the following line does not affect the newly added division
// since the var `div` references the old DOM object
// unless I add div = $(this).prev(); before setting the html of
// the paragraph it will not set it
div.find('p').html('Override');
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="imFirstDiv"> <p> Hello </p> </div>
<button id="changeDiv" >Change Div 1</button>

I have solved this by getting a reference element (sibling or parent) of tag that's going to be replaced.
Here is a function which is not dependent on which element are you going to change:
function replaceElement(ele, outerHTML)
{
var parent = false, refEle;
//if element that's going to be changed has previousElementSibling, take it as reference. If not, the parentElement will be the reference.
if (ele.previousElementSibling !== null)
refEle = ele.previousElementSibling;
else
{
refEle = ele.parentElement;
//indicate that parentElement has been taken as reference
parent = true;
}
//change the outerHTML
ele.outerHTML = outerHTML;
//return the correct reference
if (parent)
return refEle.firstElementChild;
else return refEle.nextElementSibling;
}
So in your case, you would invoke it this way:
div[0] = replaceElement(div[0], '<div id="imSecondtDiv"> <p> World </p> </div>');
I hope it will work with jQuery as well, as I am writing all my scripts only in native javascript.

As you are seeing changing the outerHTML makes things behave a bit strangely, as you are completely replacing the original element but still referencing the old one.
It would be better to create a new div, add it after() the old one then remove() the old one. This maintains the position of the div in the correct place.
$("#changeDiv").click(function(){
// get the oldDiv
var oldDiv = $(this).prev();
// Create a newDiv
var newDiv = $('<div id="imSecondtDiv"> <p> World </p> </div>');
// add newDiv after oldDiv one, then remove oldDiv from the DOM.
oldDiv.after(newDiv).remove();
// now you still have the reference to newDiv, so do what you want with it
newDiv.find('p').html('Override');
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="imFirstDiv"> <p> Hello </p> </div>
<button id="changeDiv" >Change Div 1</button>
Using outerHTML
If you really really do need to use outerHTML, you can simply grab $(this).prev() again:
$("#changeDiv").click(function(){
var div = $(this).prev();
div[0].outerHTML = `<div id="imSecondtDiv"> <p> World </p> </div>`;
// the "new" div is now before the button, so grab the reference of THAt one
div = $(this).prev();
// the following line does not affect the newly added division
// since the var `div` references the old DOM object
// unless I add div = $(this).prev(); before setting the html of
// the paragraph it will not set it
div.find('p').html('Override');
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="imFirstDiv"> <p> Hello </p> </div>
<button id="changeDiv" >Change Div 1</button>

jquery, how to use nextAll() with css scope

HTML:
<div class="my_1"></div>
<div class="my_big">
<div class="small" id="id_1"></div>
<div class="small" id="id_2"></div>
<div class="small" id="id_3"></div>
<div class="small" id="id_4"></div>
</div>
javascript:
var css_scope=$(".my_big");
var next_div=$(".my_1").nextAll('.small',css_scope).first();
console.log(" \n next div = "+ next_div.attr('id'));
console shows undefined. But if I exclude the my_big div from html and define var next_div in javascript as follows:
var next_div=$(".my_1").nextAll('.small').first();,
expected output is obtained.
How to make nextAll() work with the mentioned css scoping ?

.nextAll is used to find all the next siblings, you should find the .small from the result of nextAll.
var next_div=$(".my_1").nextAll('.my_big').find('.small').first();

You cannot get to .small from my_1 using nextAll() since they are not siblings. You can get to it using the following selector.
// Get the first element matching ".small" inside an element matching ".my_big"
// that comes immediately after an element matching ".my_1"
var next_div = $('.my_1 + .my_big > .small:first')​;
Check this demo: http://jsfiddle.net/q6XKR/

If you want to access the first element in my_big div, there's no need to bring my_1 into the scene.
var next_div = $('.my_big').find('.small').first();
console.log(" \n next div = "+ next_div.attr('id'));
Hope it clarifies you somewhat about traversing elements in jQuery.

How to Reduce Size of This jQuery Script and Make it More Flexible?

I just created script that shows/hides (toggles) block of HTML. There are four buttons that each can toggle its HTML block. When any HTML block is opened, but user has been clicked on other button than that HTML block's associated button... it hides that HTML block and shows new one.
Here is what I have at the moment:
$('.btn_add_event').click( function() {
$('.block_link, .block_photos, .block_videos').hide();
$('.block_event').toggle();
});
$('.btn_add_link').click( function() {
$('.block_event, .block_photos, .block_videos').hide();
$('.block_link').toggle();
});
$('.btn_add_photos').click( function() {
$('.block_event, .block_link, .block_videos').hide();
$('.block_photos').toggle();
});
$('.btn_add_videos').click( function() {
$('.block_event, .block_link, .block_photos').hide();
$('.block_videos').toggle();
});
Any ideas how to reduce code size? Also, this script isn't very flexible. Imagine to add two new buttons and blocks.

like Sam said, I would use a class that all the blocks share, so you never have to alter that code. Secondly, you can try 'traversing' to the closest block, therefore avoiding it's name. That approach is better than hard coding each specific block, but if the html dom tree changes you will need to refactor. Last, but best, you can pass in the class name desired block as a variable to the function. Below is something you can copy paste that is close to what you started with.
$('.myAddButtonClass').click( function() {
$('.mySharedBlockClass').filter(':visible').hide();
//find a good way to 'traverse' to your desired block, or name it specifically for now.
//$(this).closest(".mySharedBlockClass").show() complete guess
$('.specificBlockClass').show();
});

I kept reading this "When any HTML block is opened, but user has been clicked on other button than that HTML block's associated button" thinking that my eyes were failing me when Its just bad English.
If you want to make it more dynamic, what you can do is add a common class keyword. Then
when the click event is raise. You can have it loop though all the classes that have the
keyword and have it hide them all (except the current one that was clicked) and then show the current one by using the 'this' keyword.

you can refer below link,
http://chandreshmaheshwari.wordpress.com/2011/05/24/show-hide-div-content-using-jquery/
call function showSlidingDiv() onclick event and pass your button class dynamically.
This may be useful.
Thanks.

try this
$('input[type=button]').click( function() {
$('div[class^=block]').hide(); // I resumed html block is div
$(this).toggle();
});

Unfortunatly I couldn't test it, but if I can remember right following should work:
function toogleFunc(clickObject, toogleTarget, hideTarget)
{
$(clickObject).click(function()
{
$(hideTarget).hide();
$(toogleTarget).toggle();
});
}
And the call:
toogleFunc(
".btn_add_videos",
".block_videos",
".block_event, .block_link, .block_photos"
);
and so far

Assuming the buttons will only have one class each, something like this ought to work.
var classNames = [ 'btn_add_event', 'block_link', 'block_photos', 'block_videos' ];
var all = '.' + classNames.join(', .'); // generate a jquery format string for selection
$(all).click( function() {
var j = classNames.length;
while(j--){
if( this.className === classNames[j] ){
var others = classNames.splice(j, 1); // should leave all classes but the one on this button
$('.' + others.join(', .')).hide();
$('.' + classNames[j]).toggle();
}
}
}
All the buttons have the same handler. When the handler fires, it checks the sender for one of the classes in the list. If a class is found, it generates a jquery selection string from the remaining classes and hides them, and toggles the one found. You may have to do some checking to make sure the strings are generating correctly.

It depends by how your HTML is structured.
Supposing you've something like this
<div class="area">
<div class="one"></div>
<div class="two"></div>
<div class="three"></div>
</div>
...
<div class="sender">
<a class="one"></a>
<a class="two"></a>
<a class="three"></a>
</div>
You have a class shared by the sender and the target.
Your js would be like this:
$('.sender > a').click(function() {
var target = $(this).attr('class');
$('.area > .' + target).show().siblings().hide();
});
You show your real target and hide its siblings, which aren't needed.

If you put the class postfixes in an array, you can easily make this code more dynamic. This code assumed that it doesn't matter in which order toggle or hide are called. If it does matter, you can just remember the right classname inside the (inner) loop, and toggle that class after the loop.
The advantage to this approach is that you can extend the array with an exta class without needing to modifying the rest of the code.
var classes = new Array('videos', 'event', 'link', 'photos');
for (var i = 0; i < classes.length; ++i)
{
$('.btn_add_' + classes[i]).click(
function()
{
for (var j = 0; j < classes.length; ++j)
{
if (this.hasClass('btn_add_' + classes[j]))
{
$('.block_' + classes[j]).toggle();
}
else
{
$('.block_' + classes[j]).hide();
}
}
});
}
You could make this code more elegant by not assigning those elements classes like btn_add_event, but give them two classes: btn_add and event, or even resort to giving them id's. My solution is based on your description of your current html.

Here is what I think is a nice flexible and performant function. It assumes you can contain your links and html blocks in a parent, but otherwise it uses closures to precalculate the elements involved, so a click is super-fast.
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.2/jquery.min.js" ></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
// Enables show/hide functionality on click.
// The elements within 'container' matching the selector 'blocks' are hidden
// When elements within 'container' matching the selector 'clicker' are clicked
// their attribute with the name 'clickerAttr' is appended to the selector
// 'subject' to identify a target, usually one of the 'blocks'. All blocks
// except the target are hidden. The target is shown.
//
// Change clickerAttr from 'linkTarget' to 'id' if you want XHTML compliance
//
// container: grouping of related elements for which to enable this functionality
// clicker: selector to element type that when clicked triggers the show/hide functionality
// clickerAttr: name of the DOM attribute that will be used to adapt the 'subject' selector
// blocks: selector to the html blocks that will be shown or hidden when the clicker is clicked
// subject: root of the selector to be used to identify the one html block to be shown
//
function initToggle(container,clicker,clickerAttr,blocks,subject) {
$(container).each(
function(idx,instance) {
var containerElement = $(instance);
var containedBlocks = containerElement.find(blocks);
containerElement.find(clicker).each(function(idxC, instanceClicker) {
var tgtE = containerElement.find(subject+instanceClicker.getAttribute(clickerAttr));
var clickerBlocks = containedBlocks.not(tgtE);
$(instanceClicker).click(function(event) {
clickerBlocks.hide();
tgtE.toggle();
});
});
// initially cleared
containedBlocks.hide();
}
);
}
$(function() {
initToggle('.toggle','a.link','linkTarget','div.block','div.');
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
Example HTML block toggle:
<div class="toggle">
a <br />
b <br />
c <br />
<div class="A block"> A </div>
<div class="B block"> B </div>
<div class="C block"> C </div>
</div> <!-- toggle -->
This next one is not enabled, to show scoping.
<div class="toggle2">
a <br />
<div class="A block">A</div>
</div> <!-- toggle2 -->
This next one is enabled, to show use in multiple positions on a page, such as in a portlet library.
<div class="toggle">
a <br />
<div class="A block">A</div>
</div> <!-- toggle (2) -->
</body>
</html>