Issue with pagination of jQuery control Datatable - javascript

I am using a datatable to show some information on page and I am binding a click event dynamically to the row of table. It works fine for the first page, but, when I navigate to the second page, the click event is not fired. I can not use .live() or .delegate() as my application is single page application and as per my knowledge these functions attach an event handler for all elements which match the current selector, now and in the future. So, can anybody please give me some suitable solution?

Declare your click event BEFORE dataTable initiation, then it should works.
Hope this help :)

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How do I hide all my label tags in my jQuery Mobile site in an accessibility friendly way?

I am trying to hide all the label tags on my jQuery Mobile site in an accessibility friendly way. To this end, I am using javascript to apply the class ui-hidden-accessible to every label tag on my site per documentation (http://jquerymobile.com/test/docs/forms/docs-forms.html).
However, my javascript is not working.
Here is a Fiddle demonstrating how the label tag still appears.
http://jsfiddle.net/tW4Xu/
Why is it not working? I have also scrutinized other jQM event handlers such as pageinit and pagecreate:
http://jquerymobile.com/test/docs/api/events.html
My javascript to hide label tags:
// done after page is loaded
$(document).on("pageshow", "label", function(event) {
$(this).addClass("ui-hidden-accessible");
});​
It seems like you have a few things going wrong here, although I'm not sure how much of it is coming from the jsfiddle summary and how much is in your full code.
The first thing to note is that 'pageshow' is a page transition event. It seems like you might want to use 'pageinit' instead. Here's how the jQM docs describe it:
Triggered on the page being initialized, after initialization occurs. We recommend binding to this event instead of DOM ready() because this will work regardless of whether the page is loaded directly or if the content is pulled into another page as part of the Ajax navigation system.
$( '#aboutPage' ).live( 'pageinit',function(event){
alert( 'This page was just enhanced by jQuery Mobile!' );
});
Note also here that 1) the event is being bound with live() instead of on() (no idea if there's a difference), and 2) it is being attached to a specific id for a jQM 'page'. This is part of what is missing in your jsfiddle example. There aren't any named jQM pages. jQM kind of messes up the whole idea of a page being ready, since everything is in one html file and then gets chunked out using ids and inserted via AJAX.
And so finally: Even though jQM says not to, if your goal is to add this class to every single label on every single jQM page, I would use good-old $(document).ready() and then use $.each() to change them all in one go. Again, from the jQM docs:
However, in jQuery Mobile, Ajax is used to load the contents of each page into the DOM as you navigate, and the DOM ready handler only executes for the first page. To execute code whenever a new page is loaded and created, you can bind to the pageinit event.
So there isn't anything evil about $.ready(), it's just that this event is only fired once so subsequent page transitions won't trigger it. But that could be exactly what you want in the first place.
This code works on jsfiddle:
$(document).ready( function(event) {
$("label").each( function(index, element) {
element.addClass("ui-hidden-accessible");
});
});​
If in your real site you notice that page transitions cause the labels to come back, then you'll want to bind to something else, again probably 'pageinit'.
Hope this helps! Apologies for the verbosity...I kind of got going there huh?
http://jsfiddle.net/tW4Xu/2/
That? Not sure what your specific requirement is for using on('pageshow'), in my fiddle I used
$(function() {
$('label').addClass("ui-hidden-accessible");
});​
Don't use live its deprecated as of jquery 1.7. You had the right idea just do it before pageshow and make sure you use the page id. Also in your fiddle the top drop down menu change from onload to no wrap(head). I have had issues with that in the past.
$(document).on("pageinit", "#thepageid", function(event) {
$('label').addClass("ui-hidden-accessible");
});​
This will work for all your JQM pages.
$(document).on("pageinit", "[data-role=page]", function(event) {
$('label').addClass("ui-hidden-accessible");
});​

Event bubbling jQuery .delegate() or .live() after click event

I've tried so many different possibilities to achieve what I feel like should be a simple code execution. I am loading DOM objects from the server via .load(). One of the loaded items is an input text box with a date in it. I want to load the jdpicker (a plugin datepicker) when I click on the input box. Due to the behavior of .live() and .delegate(), even when I use .die() or .undelegate() respectively, I can't get the popup datepicker to behave normally. It either pops up, allows me to click one object in the window and then immediately closes (I cannot navigate through the months, years without the window closing), or the window pops up and every subsequent click re-executes the code producing multiple instances of the datepicker.
I've tried different combinations of .live(), .delegate(), .one() with no luck. I've tested the datepicker in the main window and know that it works fine there. I could post code, but am not sure which of the ten different attempts I've made would be the best example. I can show my latest attempt.
Does anyone have a suitable example for this? Thanks!
Update
I've edited the code to read as follows:
$("#edit-entry").load("/edit/", { id:id }, function(){
$('.jdpicker').one('click', function(){
$(this).jdPicker();
});
});
This is hinging on becoming the complete answer. The datepicker is no longer calling multiple instances, which is good, but I still can't navigate it's controls (month, year selection). If I click the next month, it will load and close. The next time I click it, it re-opens on the next month. So, it does work, but is certainly not desirable. Any suggestions?
You just can't do that with "live" or "delegate". The fact of the matter is that you'll need to apply your plugin initialization explicitly after ".load()" succeeds.
edit — the change you've made is probably not going to work. Here's your code in English:
"Fetch content from the URL '/edit/' and deposit it into the element with id 'edit-entry'. When that content has been received, then bind a one-time event handler to the "click" function of all elements with class 'jdpicker'. In that event handler, set up the 'jdPicker' functionality for the element."
Instead, what you should be doing is just calling the jdPicker setup directly instead of setting it up so that the user has to click on the elements first.
$("#edit-entry").load("/edit/", { id:id }, function(){
$('.jdpicker').each(function(){
$(this).jdPicker();
});
});

Intercepting static and dynamic links using javascript

I'm currently developing an ajax application and I'm looking for a feature that lets me intercept all static and dynamic links using javascript. The links look like these:
link 1
link 2
etc.
I then want the browser to redirect to: current.page/#link1/ rather than current.page/link1/. I'm using jQuery, so the live() function is an option, however using that as a solution just seems rather sluggish to me(am I hysterical?). If there is a way to intercept ALL links on a page, maybe through detecting a change in the address, that would greatly help. I've tried a few plugins for jQuery (jQuery address & SWFaddress) but they only seem to have event handlers that respond to changes in anchor tags in the address. Any ideas?
thanks for your time
Don't worry to much about performance unless you have to. Often the elegant solution is also the right one.
I would use jQuerys live function, bind to the click event and rewrite the link as it is being clicked on.
Hope this helps, Egil.
What the live function does is it binds an event handler to the document, which catches all click events and then detects all clicks that match the selector, in your case the link elements. This is the most efficient way of catching all link clicks.

Jquery AJAX and figuring out how NOT to nest callbacks for multiple reloads.

I have a site with a few containers that need to load content dynamically via AJAX.
Most of the links inside of the containers actually load new data in that same container.
I.E: $("#navmenu_item1").click(function() { $("#navmenu").load(blah); });
When I click on a link, lets say "logout," and the menu reloads with the updated login status, none of the links now work because I would need to add a new .click into the callback code.
Now with repeated clicks and AJAX requests I am not sure how to move forward from here, as I am sure nested callbacks are not optimal.
What would be the best way to do this?
Do I include the .click event inside the actual AJAX file being pulled from the server, instead of within index.php?
Or can I somehow reload the DOM?
Thanks for the help!
You're looking for the .live function, which will handle an event for all elements that match a selector, no matter when they were created.
Since you're reloading a particular element, you can store the event listener there using .delegate() like this:
$("#navmenu").delegate("#navmenu_item1", "click", function() {
$("#navmenu").load(blah);
});
This works by listening for the click to bubble up to the #navmenu element and executing any handlers that match the selector. The .delegate() format is .delegate(selector, event, handler).
Since you're loading inside #navmenu, the event handlers on that actual element won't get blown away like they do on the children that are replaced inside, so the clicks will now work for current or future elements inside #navmenu.

Binding JQuery events

JQuery events are annoying me. The thing is that I very often use
javascript (after ajax requests, etc.) to draw up new elements
(buttons, divs, etc.). I've got a list of elements
which you can press on an edit button so you can manipulate the one
linked to the selected edit button.
Now if someone submits a form to make a new element like the ones who
existed before, and I submit it with ajax and then I append or prepend
the new element into the list. After that the new edit button for the
new element isn't linked to JQuery's event system since the DOM hasn't
been reloaded after the edit button was made. If I call the same
javascript file with the events in it, then the edit button works but
then when people click other edit buttons the event happens twice for
them since they're bound twice. I've also used .bind() but that only
binds (I think) the same event twice as before. I don't remember at
the moment how I tested it. I haven't tested .one() but I would rather
not use it since some events must be called more than once.
I just wanted to ask you guys what approach you use when dealing with
the events?
P.S. I'm binding the JQuery event to the class attribute that all the elements have. If I was going to bind this to each element based on ID, then this wouldn't be a problem because then I would just use .bind(). By writing this I suddenly though of using .unbind() and then .bind() to link the elements to the events system. What do you think of that? Would you do it in another way?
Thanks in advance.
Kristinn.
You're looking to use $.fn.live:
$('a').live('click', function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
alert('im attached even if the DOM has been updated!');
});
http://docs.jquery.com/Events/live
Your question is a bit general, but I have a feeling that what you're looking for is jquery live
http://www.thewebsqueeze.com/tips-and-tricks/tip-for-jquery-live-event.html
http://simpable.com/code/jquery-live-events/
http://www.thefutureoftheweb.com/blog/jquery-live-events
http://kylefox.ca/blog/2009/feb/09/live-event-binding-jquery-13/

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