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How to pass variable asyncronously through different scripts

I can't figure out how to do it.
I have two separate scripts. The first one generates an interval (or a timeout) to run a specified function every x seconds, i.e. reload the page.
The other script contains actions for a button to control (pause/play) this interval.
The pitfall here is that both sides must be asyncronous (both run when the document is loaded).
How could I properly use the interval within the second script?
Here's the jsFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/hm2d6d6L/4/
And here's the code for a quick view:
var interval;
// main script
(function($){
$(function(){
var reload = function() {
console.log('reloading...');
};
// Create interval here to run reload() every time
});
})(jQuery);
// Another script, available for specific users
(function($){
$(function(){
var $playerButton = $('body').find('button.player'),
$icon = $playerButton.children('i');
buttonAction = function(e){
e.preventDefault();
if ($(this).hasClass('playing')) {
// Pause/clear interval here
$(this).removeClass('playing').addClass('paused');
$icon.removeClass('glyphicon-pause').addClass('glyphicon-play');
}
else {
// Play/recreate interval here
$(this).removeClass('paused').addClass('playing');
$icon.removeClass('glyphicon-play').addClass('glyphicon-pause');
}
},
buttonInit = function() {
$playerButton.on('click', buttonAction);
};
buttonInit();
});
})(jQuery);

You could just create a simple event bus. This is pretty easy to create with jQuery, since you already have it in there:
// somewhere globally accessible (script 1 works fine)
var bus = $({});
// script 1
setInterval(function() {
reload();
bus.trigger('reload');
}, 1000);
// script 2
bus.on('reload', function() {
// there was a reload in script 1, yay!
});

I've found a solution. I'm sure it's not the best one, but it works.
As you pointed out, I eventually needed at least one global variable to act as a join between both scripts, and the use of a closure to overcome asyncronous issues. Note that I manipulate the button within reload, just to remark that sometimes it's not as easy as moving code outside in the global namespace:
Check it out here in jsFiddle: yay! this works!
And here's the code:
var intervalControl;
// main script
(function($){
$(function(){
var $playerButton = $('body').find('button.player'),
reload = function() {
console.log('reloading...');
$playerButton.css('top', parseInt($playerButton.css('top')) + 1);
};
var interval = function(callback) {
var timer,
playing = false;
this.play = function() {
if (! playing) {
timer = setInterval(callback, 2000);
playing = true;
}
};
this.pause = function() {
if (playing) {
clearInterval(timer);
playing = false;
}
};
this.play();
return this;
};
intervalControl = function() {
var timer = interval(reload);
return {
play: function() {
timer.play();
},
pause: function(){
timer.pause();
}
}
}
});
})(jQuery);
// Another script, available for specific users
(function($){
$(function(){
var $playerButton = $('body').find('button.player'),
$icon = $playerButton.children('i'),
interval;
buttonAction = function(e){
e.preventDefault();
if ($(this).hasClass('playing')) {
interval.pause();
$(this).removeClass('playing').addClass('paused');
$icon.removeClass('glyphicon-pause').addClass('glyphicon-play');
}
else {
interval.play();
$(this).removeClass('paused').addClass('playing');
$icon.removeClass('glyphicon-play').addClass('glyphicon-pause');
}
},
buttonInit = function() {
$playerButton.on('click', buttonAction);
interval = intervalControl();
};
buttonInit();
});
})(jQuery);
Any better suggestion is most welcome.

Calling function outside file

im trying to call this function outside JSfile on main js but the console its throwing
Uncaught ReferenceError: Boxlayout is not defined main.js?fc8b2171b5ceebf37d7deb392265939f71c1a998:6(anonymous function)
this is my boxlayout.js
boxlayout.js
Boxlayout = (function () {
var $el = $('#bl-main'),
$sections = $el.children('section'),
// works section
$sectionWork = $('#bl-work-section'),
// work items
$workItems = $('#bl-work-items > li'),
// work panels
$workPanelsContainer = $('#bl-panel-work-items'),
$workPanels = $workPanelsContainer.children('div'),
totalWorkPanels = $workPanels.length,
// navigating the work panels
$nextWorkItem = $workPanelsContainer.find('nav > span.bl-next-work'),
// if currently navigating the work items
isAnimating = false,
// close work panel trigger
$closeWorkItem = $workPanelsContainer.find('nav > span.bl-icon-close'),
transEndEventNames = {
'WebkitTransition': 'webkitTransitionEnd',
'MozTransition': 'transitionend',
'OTransition': 'oTransitionEnd',
'msTransition': 'MSTransitionEnd',
'transition': 'transitionend'
},
// transition end event name
transEndEventName = transEndEventNames[Modernizr.prefixed('transition')],
// support css transitions
supportTransitions = Modernizr.csstransitions;
function init() {
initEvents();
}
function initEvents() {
$sections.each(function () {
var $section = $(this);
// expand the clicked section and scale down the others
$section.on('click', function () {
if (!$section.data('open')) {
$section.data('open', true).addClass('bl-expand bl-expand-top');
$el.addClass('bl-expand-item');
}
}).find('span.bl-icon-close').on('click', function () {
// close the expanded section and scale up the others
$section.data('open', false).removeClass('bl-expand').on(transEndEventName, function (event) {
if (!$(event.target).is('section')) return false;
$(this).off(transEndEventName).removeClass('bl-expand-top');
});
if (!supportTransitions) {
$section.removeClass('bl-expand-top');
}
$el.removeClass('bl-expand-item');
return false;
});
});
// clicking on a work item: the current section scales down and the respective work panel slides up
$workItems.on('click', function (event) {
// scale down main section
$sectionWork.addClass('bl-scale-down');
// show panel for this work item
$workPanelsContainer.addClass('bl-panel-items-show');
var $panel = $workPanelsContainer.find("[data-panel='" + $(this).data('panel') + "']");
currentWorkPanel = $panel.index();
$panel.addClass('bl-show-work');
return false;
});
// navigating the work items: current work panel scales down and the next work panel slides up
$nextWorkItem.on('click', function (event) {
if (isAnimating) {
return false;
}
isAnimating = true;
var $currentPanel = $workPanels.eq(currentWorkPanel);
currentWorkPanel = currentWorkPanel < totalWorkPanels - 1 ? currentWorkPanel + 1 : 0;
var $nextPanel = $workPanels.eq(currentWorkPanel);
$currentPanel.removeClass('bl-show-work').addClass('bl-hide-current-work').on(transEndEventName, function (event) {
if (!$(event.target).is('div')) return false;
$(this).off(transEndEventName).removeClass('bl-hide-current-work');
isAnimating = false;
});
if (!supportTransitions) {
$currentPanel.removeClass('bl-hide-current-work');
isAnimating = false;
}
$nextPanel.addClass('bl-show-work');
return false;
});
// clicking the work panels close button: the current work panel slides down and the section scales up again
$closeWorkItem.on('click', function (event) {
// scale up main section
$sectionWork.removeClass('bl-scale-down');
$workPanelsContainer.removeClass('bl-panel-items-show');
$workPanels.eq(currentWorkPanel).removeClass('bl-show-work');
return false;
});
}
return {
init: init
};
})();
and im trying to init that function with
main.js
Meteor.startup(function(){
Boxlayout.init();
});
this code works outside meteor on other applications also i use the $.(function(){}); from JQuery, but now im working on Meteor this just don't work, i read some documentation and stack overflow questions so i find this and try
Older stack overflow Question

Because your function is wrapped in parenthesis and called immediately with (), you are actually assigning Boxlayout to be the result of an anonymous IIFE (Immediate Invoked Function Expression), but that function does not currently return anything, so Boxlayout is set to undefined (and not the function itself). You first need to return this from the IIFE.
e.g. literally add this code at the end of the function:
return this;
You can structure it as a class instance and sets its init property to a function, within the "constructor" (removed all the rest of your code for clarity):
Boxlayout = (function () {
// Set an init property of this instance to be a function
this.init = function () {
alert("init")
}
// return the instance of this anonymous class
return this;
})();
// Then to use it later
$(function () {
// Call the init method on the specific single instance we created
Boxlayout.init();
});
JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/hzz9jqjc/1/

pjax/ajax and browser back button issues

I use pjax to ajaxify my menu links. This works fine until I use the browser back button. In my javascript file I use Common Script files (to load all the necessary js files when the user hits the url) and Script files with respect to each menu links (when navigated through pjax)
function myFunction(){
/*All the script files */
}
$(document).ready(function(){
myFunction();
/*pjax menu loading block*/
$(document).on('click', 'a[data-pjax]', function(event) {
$.pjax.click(event, '#pjax-container');
$(document).on('pjax:end', function() {
myFunction();
});
});
});
Now when I navigate to a menu item and try to come back by clicking the browser back button, the script files are getting duplicated (eg: slider images getting duplicated and table sorting not working).How to overcome this issue?

You can implement the url specific loading this way, create a queue of functions which you want to load and unload on pjax complete
The solution is based on js prototyping
// create queue for load and unload
var onLoad = new PjaxExecQueue();
var onUnload = new PjaxExecQueue();
// way to add functions to queue to run on pjax load
onLoad.queue(function() {
someFunction();
});
// way to add functions to queue to unload on pjax load
onUnload.queue(function() {
someOtherFunction();
});
// load function if url contain particular path name
onLoad.queue_for_url(function_name, 'url_section');
// check for url specific function
var URLPjaxQueueElement = function(exec_function, url) {
this.method = exec_function;
if(url) {
this.url = new RegExp(url);
} else {
this.url = /.*/;
}
};
// create a queue object
var PjaxExecQueue = function () {
this.url_exec_queue = [];
this.id_exec_queue = [];
this.fired = false;
this.indicating_loading = false;
this.content = $('#content');
};
PjaxExecQueue.prototype = {
queue: function (exec_function) {
this.url_exec_queue.unshift(new URLPjaxQueueElement(exec_function));
},
queue_for_url: function (exec_function, url_pattern) {
this.url_exec_queue.unshift(new URLPjaxQueueElement(exec_function, url_pattern));
},
queue_if_id_present: function(exec_function, id) {
this.id_exec_queue.unshift(new IDPjaxQueueElement(exec_function, id));
},
fire: function () {
if(this.indicating_loading) {
this.content.removeClass("indicate-loading");
this.indicating_loading = false;
}
if(!this.fired) {
var match_loc = window.location.pathname;
var i = this.url_exec_queue.length;
while(i--) {
this.url_exec_queue[i].fire(match_loc);
}
i = this.id_exec_queue.length;
while(i--) {
this.id_exec_queue[i].fire(match_loc);
}
}
this.fired = true;
},
reset: function() {
this.fired = false;
},
loading: function () {
this.content.addClass("indicate-loading");
this.indicating_loading = true;
this.reset();
},
count: function () {
return exec_queue.length;
},
show: function (for_url) {
for (var i=0; i < exec_queue.length; i++) {
if(for_url) {
if(exec_queue[i].url.test(for_url)) {
console.log("" + exec_queue[i].method);
}
} else{
console.log(exec_queue[i].url + " : " + exec_queue[i].method);
}
}
}
};
// before send
$(document).on('pjax:beforeSend', function() {
onLoad.loading();
onUnload.fire();
});
// after pjax complete
$(document).on('pjax:complete', function() {
onLoad.fire();
onUnload.reset();
});

need to modify this jquery pop menu script to work with ajax

I am using this script from: http://pop.seaofclouds.com/
The problem is if you call the script multiple times it causes a cascading effect of a pop-out within a pop-out for as many times as you call the script.
I'm trying to figure out how to prevent it from executing when the popout has already been set. Here's the script:
//
// pop! for jQuery
// v0.2 requires jQuery v1.2 or later
//
// Licensed under the MIT:
// http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
//
// Copyright 2007,2008 SEAOFCLOUDS [http://seaofclouds.com]
//
(function($) {
$.pop = function(options){
// inject html wrapper
function initpops (){
$(".pop").each(function() {
var pop_classes = $(this).attr("class");
if ( $(this).find('.pop_menu').length) {
// do nothing
} else {
$(this).addClass("pop_menu");
$(this).wrap("<div class='"+pop_classes+"'></div>");
$(".pop_menu").attr("class", "pop_menu");
$(this).before(" \
<div class='pop_toggle'></div> \
");
}
});
}
initpops();
// assign reverse z-indexes to each pop
var totalpops = $(".pop").length + 100;
$(".pop").each(function(i) {
var popzindex = totalpops - i;
$(this).css({ zIndex: popzindex });
});
// close pops if user clicks outside of pop
activePop = null;
function closeInactivePop() {
$(".pop").each(function (i) {
if ($(this).hasClass('active') && i!=activePop) {
$(this).removeClass('active');
}
});
return false;
}
$(".pop").mouseover(function() { activePop = $(".pop").index(this); });
$(".pop").mouseout(function() { activePop = null; });
$("body").on("click", ".pop", function(){
closeInactivePop();
});
// toggle that pop
$("body").on("click", ".pop_toggle", function(){
$(this).parent(".pop").toggleClass("active");
});
}
})(jQuery);
now when i load this script on an ajax call the new pop-out menus work but the old ones do not react to the onclick event.

You shouldn't mess with the plugin. It works exactly like it should.
Better show us how you call this on elements that you already have.
Also I don't like this plugin. Better use something from JqueryUI
You can do such thing in much easier way.
[edit]
I tried your first code (the plugin) and it works correctly for me.
[edit]
OK. I get it. You call $.pop(); multiple times. You shouldn't! Calling $.pop(); will pin up the drop down menu to all elements that has class="pop". This is the reason why you have such funny stack.
Just use $.pop(); once.
Plugin doesn't give ability to connect NEW elements that was dynamically created on the page.

Removed pop from ajax call and just called this on success:
$(".pop").each(function() {
var pop_classes = $(this).attr("class");
if ( $(this).find('.pop_menu').length) {
// do nothing
} else {
$(this).addClass("pop_menu");
$(this).wrap("<div class='"+pop_classes+"'></div>");
$(".pop_menu").attr("class", "pop_menu");
$(this).before(" \
<div class='pop_toggle'></div> \
");
}
});
// assign reverse z-indexes to each pop
var totalpops = $(".pop").length + 100;
$(".pop").each(function(i) {
var popzindex = totalpops - i;
$(this).css({ zIndex: popzindex });
});
// close pops if user clicks outside of pop
activePop = null;
function closeInactivePop() {
$(".pop").each(function (i) {
if ($(this).hasClass('active') && i!=activePop) {
$(this).removeClass('active');
}
});
return false;
}
$(".pop").mouseover(function() { activePop = $(".pop").index(this); });
$(".pop").mouseout(function() { activePop = null; });

Show GIF-Animation after page request in Firefox

I have a simple throbber, that is automatically shown when an ajax request lasts longer than 3 seconds. This throbber consists mainly of an animated GIF-Image.
Now, I want to use the same throbber also for regular links, meaning that when I click a link and it takes the server more than 3 seconds to respond, the throbber is shown.
Unfortunately, it seems that firefox is unable to play the animation, while it is "reloading" the webpage. The javascript is called and fades the throbber correctly in, but is it not spinning.
How can I make firefox play the GIF-Animation while it is loading?

This is the function:
// Throbber manager
function Throbber() { }
Throbber.prototype = {
image : null,
requests : 0,
requestOpened : function(event) {
if (this.requests == 0) {
this.image.src = 'throbber.gif';
}
this.requests++;
},
requestLoaded : function(event) {
this.requests--;
if (this.requests == 0) {
this.image.src = 'throbber_stopped.gif';
}
},
clicked : function() {
request_manager.abortAll();
},
// Called on window load
attach : function() {
this.image = document.getElementById('throbber');
if (this.image && request_manager) {
request_manager.addEventListener('open', [this, this.requestOpened]);
request_manager.addEventListener('load', [this, this.requestLoaded]);
request_manager.addEventListener('abort', [this, this.requestLoaded]);
this.image.onclick = function() { Throbber.prototype.clicked.apply(throbber, arguments); };
}
}
}
var throbber = new Throbber();
window.addEventListener('load', function() { Throbber.prototype.attach.apply(throbber, arguments); }, false);
function SimpleDemo() { }
SimpleDemo.prototype = {
// The AjaxRequest object
request : null,
// Setup and send the request
run : function() {
this.request = request_manager.createAjaxRequest();
this.request.get = {
one : 1,
two : 2
};
this.request.addEventListener('load', [this, this.ran]);
this.request.open('GET', 'xml.php');
var req = requests[this.request.id];
return setTimeout(function() { req.send(); }, 5000);
},
// Triggered when the response returns
ran : function(event) {
alert(event.request.xhr.responseText);
}
}
If you use jQuery:
$("#throbber").show();
/* Your AJAX calls */
$("#throbber").hide();
Check to see when the DOM is ready before calling all your Ajax stuff.
using Prototype:
document.observe("dom:loaded", function() {
//your code
});
using jQuery:
$(document).ready(function() {
//your code
});
Or Refer this: http://plugins.jquery.com/project/throbber

I just tried my old code and found out that this issue does not exist anymore in Firefox 10.0.2