I came accross this html multiple file upload tutorial: http://robertnyman.com/2010/12/16/utilizing-the-html5-file-api-to-choose-upload-preview-and-see-progress-for-multiple-files/
I'm new to web programming enough to not being able to understand how to make a code from the two sections of the 'complete code' in this tutorial, which basically are:
A. Some html code:
<h3>Choose file(s)</h3>
<p>
<input id="files-upload" type="file" multiple>
</p>
<p id="drop-area">
<span class="drop-instructions">or drag and drop files here</span>
<span class="drop-over">Drop files here!</span>
</p>
<ul id="file-list">
<li class="no-items">(no files uploaded yet)</li>
</ul>
B. And some javascript:
(function () {
var filesUpload = document.getElementById("files-upload"),
dropArea = document.getElementById("drop-area"),
fileList = document.getElementById("file-list");
function uploadFile (file) {
[etc]
I recognize the code, but I don't understand where a part of code beginning with (function () is supposed to go into my code.
So my question is: how should the javascript part be placed in my code.
[Edit]
Thanks for your complementary answers!
Either just before the </body> tag, between a <script type="text/javascript"></script> tag like this:
<body>
<!-- other stuff -->
<script type="text/javascript">
(function () {
// this is your function's core
})();
</script>
</body>
Or within the <head></head> tag, also between a <script type="text/javascript"></script>, but you have (probably) to wait until the DOM correctly loaded. For example, using jQuery:
<head>
<!-- other stuff -->
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {
(function () {
// this is your function's core
})();
});
</script>
</head>
Or even within an external JavaScript file, where you'll also have (probably) to wait until the DOM correctly loaded. For example, once again using jQuery:
file myScripts.js
$(function() {
(function () {
// this is your function's core
})();
});
file myDocument.html
<head>
<!-- other stuff -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="/path/to/myScripts.js"></script>
</head>
Javascript is placed inside onClick, onMouseOver, etc. attributes, as well as inside <script type="text/javascript"> tags.
They can be anywhere inside the <head> or <body> tags (place it after the elements you are accessing, so that they load).
w3 Schools has a Javascript reference to get you started.
Create a file with .js extension so yourFile.js.
Put your java-script code in it...
At the end of HTML file place this inside:
<script src="yourFile.js"></script>
Make sure your js is in the same directory as is your html...
Just put the javascript inside <script></script> tags after your upload form.
The post you linked to has a complete working demo of the code it describes which can be found here:
http://robertnyman.com/html5/fileapi-upload/fileapi-upload.html
A good way to experiment with this kind of code snippet is to paste the required section into a tool like JSFiddle
Since the code includes getElementById but nothing like window.onload or any other deferring tactic, it MUST be placed AFTER the form you want it to affect. To be on the safe side, you can place it in a <script> tag immediately before </body>.
Related
I have this code in the footer of my html page
<script type="text/javascript">
// using jQuery
$('video,audio').mediaelementplayer();
</script>
the above code is adding video player on the html page.
Now I have created a separate js file in which I have already have some line of code which is creating owl sliders, tooltips, number counters etc.
When I add the above code into that separate js file it does not work, instead when I keep it in the footer of the html page it works fine.
Try placing your code within $(function(){ ... }. This will execute when the DOM is loaded (currently your code is being executed before jQuery is loaded, if you check the JavaScript console, you will see an error something like $ is not defined)
$(function(){
$('video,audio').mediaelementplayer();
});
or
$( document ).ready(function() {
$('video,audio').mediaelementplayer();
});
You can read about what that is doing here. $(function() is the same as $( document ).ready()
your html(basically) should look like this:
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<!-- html code here -->
<!-- add jquery lib -->
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
<!-- your script -->
<script src="you/file/path.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
and your jquery file:
jQuery(function($) {
// your functions here
$('video,audio').mediaelementplayer();
});
Do you have a proper link to the separate js file in your page, generally at the bottom of the body? It should look something like this:
<script type="text/javascript" src="/joyride_odoo_models/static/js/scripts.js"/>
If you've done that properly, have you tried clearing your browser cache? You may need to do that to detect new javascript files.
How do you call your external js file ?
You must add your references js before your external js file.
you must add your function on document.ready.
You may wait until jQuery is full loaded or ready.
Ex.
$(document).ready(function($) {
// Your code goes here
$('video,audio').mediaelementplayer();
});
This code goes in external js file, then you need to include the file in the HTML
<script type="text/javascript" src="path/to/your/js/file"></script>
JS:
document.getElementById("terminal_text").innerHTML = "hello";
HTML:
<p id="terminal_text"></p>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js1.js"></script>
1st line inside js file.
2nd line and 3rd line(inside head) in html file.
I'm trying to use a javascript file to print to a paragraph tag using the ID and it's not printing. Any ideas? Thank you ! :)
Put the script tag after your element in the body:
<body>
.. stuff
<p id="terminal_text"></p>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js1.js"></script>
.. more stuff
</body>
You must place the <script> tag after the <p> tag, otherwise you <p> tag does not exist when your javascript code runs.
If you don't want to do this you can execute your code on the load event when your page is fully loaded:
window.addEventListener('load', function () {
document.getElementById("terminal_text").innerHTML = "hello";
});
I have an application that allows the use of inline javascript, but not javascript from source files. I'm trying to modify a webpage to open on this browser, and need to know how to put the javascript files from the webpage inline.
Use <script> tags in your HTML. They can go anywhere - I prefer inside the <head> tag:
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
// put anything here - any type of valid javascript works
// if you import jquery, you can use jquery here too!
</script>
</head>
You should place your imported code into the script tag in your HTML page (application in your case), look at the following example:
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
//Import your JS script here, e.g.:
function doSomething(){
..
}
</script>
</head>
<body>...</body>
</html>
I have to use a plugin which bundles js files inside html files (gadgets). For one use case I need to drop and re-instantiate a gadget to run updated code.
So say I have foo.html:
<html>
<head>
<script src="foo.js"></script>
</head>
<body>...</body>
</html>
and foo.js which is the file being injected into my actual document's head:
alert("hello");
Problem is I can only cachebust the html file dynamically and declare my gadget as foo.html?x=123, but the JS file I'm after will still be foo.js so the browser will not re-run it.
Question:
Once a <script> tag is inserted into the document and run, is there any way to run it again without using a module-loader or eval?
Thanks!
You could wrap your code in your <script> tags in a function then call your function. This will allow you to call your code to be called multiple times. Like this:
<script>
function loaded(){
// JavaScript here
}
loaded();
</script>
</body>
So, lets say you have a page that wants to load from a javascript file and it includes
temp.html file
<script src="example.js"></script>
<p class="one"></p>
Now in the example.js file you have a function that is
function getInfo() {
var place = "foo"
$(".one").html(place);
}
//Edit currently I call the function inside the JS file
getInfo();
My question is how would you connect the two files so that the external javascript file knows that it is pointed to the paragraph with the class one?
Normally when this is in a single page, you would call the function and the info will be set.
I have seen a getScript method and a load method for Jquery. Would that be applicable here?
Any ideas on how to approach this? If you provide some code that will be super helpful.
Thanks in advance.
Looks like you want to execute getInfo() as soon as it's defined (i.e.: example.js is loaded).
You can try this approach:
<script src="example.js" onload="getInfo();"></script>
In your example.js, change getInfo() to something like this:
function getInfo() {
$(document).ready(function() {
var place = "foo"
$(".one").html(place);
});
}
Your language is confusing, but you could use jQuery's $(document).ready function which would suffice. Generally speaking, an externally loaded file should execute where the tag is in the script.
A hack could be to place a tag before the end of your document body, give it an id, and then use $('#id').ready() there. In general though, you could just try coding the transclusion concept (I'm guessing you're used to this) from scratch using intervals and timeouts.
<div id="rdy">
</div>
</body>
Then in your file:
$('#rdy').ready(getInfo);
Just my added opinion, you should consider that Google is up to some not-so-nice things these days, they are long-gone from the "do no evil" mantra.
If we assume you have a JavaScript file that contains this content:
function getInfo() {
var place = "foo"
$(".one").html(place);
}
then your markup will look something like this:
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title></title>
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.0.min.js"></script>
<script src="example.js"></script>
<script>
$(function(){
getInfo();
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p class="one"></p>
</body>
</html>
$(function(){ ... }); is just the simplified version of $(document).ready(function(){ ... });. They both more or less handle the onload event, which fires when page has finished loading.