remove class with formSubmit - javascript

my error message below, with a highlighted field is working perfectly. Except now the powers that be want a different functionality.
Currently the error messaging highlights the field with a red border, and on focus the border is removed. However, now the powers that be want the red highlighting to persist until the user hits submit onclick="return formSubmit()"
I've tried using a .submit function (removing the unbind and remove focus from the .focus function, but the red highlighting persists regardless.
<!--Jquery function to override JS alert with DOM layer alert message-->
function customAlert(inputID,msg){
var div = $(".errorPopup");
div.css({"display":"block"});
$("#"+inputID).addClass("CO_form_alert").parent().addClass("alertRed");
if (div.length == 0) {
div = $("<div class='errorPopup' onclick='$(this).hide();'></div>");
$("body").prepend(div);
}
div.html(msg);
$("#"+inputID).focus(function(){
$(this).unbind('focus'); // remove this handler
$(this).removeClass("CO_form_alert")
.parent().removeClass("alertRed"); // undo changes
$('.errorPopup').hide(); // hide error popup
});
}

Not sure I understand you. If not please tell me, but can't you just do:
$('.theform').submit(function() {
$('input', this).removeClass('CO_form_alert').parent().removeClass('alertRed');
$('.errorPopup').hide();
return false;
});
Why do you need to unbind?

I was so narrow minded in my looking for a solution above - trying to tie the removeClass with the form submit (which had to many actions tied into it and would have been overly complicated).
Instead, I just did a remove class at the beginning of the error checking:
$("li").removeClass("alertRed");
$("input").removeClass("CO_form_alert");
$("select").removeClass("CO_form_alert");

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Upon attaching EasyAutocomplete to input box, it loses focus

I am using EasyAutocomplete, it works well, only problem I am facing - Input box loses control when EasyAutocomplete is attached to it.
I want EasyAutocomplete to get activated after the user has typed 2 characters.
When I type 1 character nothing happens as needed, but after 2nd character has been typed EasyAutocomplete must get attached and should start working. However, what happens is I have to click outside of the input box to make things happen.
It is just this 'outside click', that I have to do to make this plugin work, is problematic for me.
I have tried input event as well but i did not work as required.
The change event seems quite suited for my requirement.
How do I solve this issue?
var ib = $("#inputbox");
$(document).on("keyup", ib,function(e) {
leng = ib.val();
});
$(document).on("change", ib,function(e) {
if(leng.length < 2){
#do something
}else{
ib.easyAutocomplete(options);
}
});
First you should change "change" by "keyup"
Second leng doesn't update as you put it outside of the event
Lastly an event on document may not be the best if you want this event to trigger only on this element, change document by your element
$("#inputbox").on("keyup", ib,function(e) {
if($("#inputbox").val().length < 2){
#do something
}else{
ib.easyAutocomplete(options);
}
});

Is it okay to add an addEventListener to an entire page

I'm trying to show a textarea element when I click on an input element. The goal is to show the textarea, but when I click anywhere else, the textarea disappears.If I click anywhere on the textarea, it stays visible.
I saw a similar example of one on stackoverflow --> Link to similar question
The method was to add an addEventListener to the html tag by using document.documentElement, so basically the whole page, but I was wondering if there was an alternative? And is it safe to add an addEventListener to an entire page?
The code to addEventListener to entire page:
document.documentElement.addEventListener('click',clickhandler,false);
I'm not trying to be picky either, but I would like to avoid using a timeout on the element
Besides the code above, I first tried using the click event, and everything works fine, but when I click anywhere else the textarea doesn't disappear.
I then tried the focus/blur events, but when the input loses focus, the textarea disappears.
I was thinking of an if conditional for the click function... but I'm not sure how that would work without adding a click event to the entire page...
JSFiddle : http://jsfiddle.net/LghXS/
HTML\
<input type="text" id="email">
<textarea id="suggestion"></textarea>
CSS
textarea{
display:none;
}
JS
var textarea = document.getElementById('suggestion');
var input = document.getElementById('email');
// Using the Click Event
input.addEventListener('click',function(){
var display = textarea.style.display;
if(display === '' || display === 'none'){
textarea.style.display='inline-block';
}else{
textarea.style.display='none';
}
});
// Using the Focus and Blur
/*
input.addEventListener('focus',function(){
textarea.style.display='inline-block';
input.addEventListener('blur',function(){
textarea.style.display='none';
});
});
*/
Sooo, any ideas?

Putting restrictions on button

In my program an area called 'validDrop' is highlighted for the user to drag and drop items into.
A new area is highlighted when the button, 'minibutton' is clicked.
I want to tell the program to only allow the button to be clicked if the current area (validDrop) is styled by 'wordglow2' and 'wordglow4'.
I have tried this, Why won't it work?
if ($(validDrop).hasClass('wordglow2', 'wordglow4')) {
$('.minibutton').click(true);
} else {
$('.minibutton').click(false);
}
Because hasClass doesn't take more than one parameter, and because .click either triggers a click or binds a click listener, it doesn't set clickability.
Depending on what .minibutton is, you could do something like:
var valid = $(validDrop).hasClass('wordglow2') && $(validDrop).hasClass('wordglow4')
$('.minibutton').prop('disabled', !valid);
If it's not a type that can be disabled, you might consider something like this:
$('.minibutton').toggleClass('disabled', !valid);
And bind the click listener like so:
$(document).on('click', '.minibutton:not(.disabled)', function() {
// click action here
});
As ThiefMaster points out in comments, $(validDrop).is('.wordglow2.wordglow4') is a functionally equivalent way of checking that the drop has both classes.
You can alsou use .bind() and .unbind() to add and remove click event to your button as in my example http://jsfiddle.net/Uz6Ej/

HTML modal popup can lose focus by tabbing to form fields in background

I have modal popup with an overlay written in html / js, everything works fine but if a user tabs enough they can get to the underlying form fields / buttons. Is there any good way of preventing this?
This is a rough idea but I'm hoping to inspire ideas rather than tell you exactly how to do it. I'll use a combination of pseudocode and pseudo-jquery-code:
function showMymodaldExample() {
//Show modal dialog (mymodal) code goes here
//
//Then we bind an event
$(document).bind('mymodal.keydown', function(e) {
if ( currently focussed element is not a child of mymodal ) {
set the focus previous element
}
});
}
And then remember to unbind mymodal.keydown when you destroy/hide the dialog

Google Chrome: Focus issue with the scrollbar

I am using jQuery 1.3.2.
There is an input field in a form.
Clicking on the input field opens a div as a dropdown. The div contains a list of items. As the list size is large there is a vertical scrollbar in the div.
To close the dropdown when clicked outside, there is a blur event on the input field.
Now the problem is:
In chrome(2.0.172) when we click on the scrollbar, the input field will loose focus.
And now if you click outside, then the dropdown won't close(as the input has already lost focus when you clicked on the srollbar)
In Firefox(3.5), IE(8), opera(9.64), safari() when we click on the scrollbar the input field will not loose focus. Hence when you click outside (after clicking on the srollbar) the dropdown will close. This is the expected behaviour.
So In chrome once the scrollbar is clicked, and then if I click outside the dropdown won't close.
How can i fix this issue with chrome.
Well, I had the same problem in my dropdown control. I've asked Chrome developers concerning this issue, they said it's a bug that is not going to be fixed in the nearest future because of "it has not been reported by many people and the fix is not trivial". So, let's face the truth: this bug will stay for another year at least.
Though, for this particular case (dropdown) there is a workaround. The trick is: when one click on a scrollbar the "mouse down" event comes to the owner element of that scrollbar. We can use this fact to set a flag and check it in "onblur" handler. Here the explanation:
<input id="search_ctrl">
<div id="dropdown_wrap" style="overflow:auto;max-height:30px">
<div id="dropdown_rows">
<span>row 1</span>
<span>row 2</span>
<span>row 2</span>
</div>
</div>
"dropdown_wrap" div will get a vertical scrollbar since its content doesn't fit fixed height. Once we get the click we are pretty sure that scrollbar was clicked and focus is going to be taken off. Now some code how to handle this:
search_ctrl.onfocus = function() {
search_has_focus = true
}
search_ctrl.onblur = function() {
search_has_focus = false
if (!keep_focus) {
// hide dropdown
} else {
keep_focus = false;
search_ctrl.focus();
}
}
dropdow_wrap.onclick = function() {
if (isChrome()) {
keep_focus = search_has_focus;
}
}
That's it. We don't need any hacks for FF so there is a check for browser. In Chrome we detect click on scrollbar, allow bluring focus without closing the list and then immediately restore focus back to input control. Of course, if we have some logic for "search_ctrl.onfocus" it should be modified as well. Note that we need to check if search_ctrl had focus to prevent troubles with double clicks.
You may guess that better idea could be canceling onblur event but this won't work in Chrome. Not sure if this is bug or feature.
P.S. "dropdown_wrap" should not have any paddings or borders, otherwise user could click in this areas and we'll treat this as a scrollbar click.
I couldn't get these answers to work, maybe because they are from 2009. I just dealt with this, I think ihsoft is on the right track but a bit heavy handed.
With two functions
onMouseDown() {
lastClickWasDropdown=true;
}
onBlur() {
if (lastClickWasDropdown) {
lastClickWasDropdown = false;
box.focus();
} else {
box.close();
}
}
The trick is in how you bind the elements. The onMouseDown event should be on the "container" div which contains everything that will be clicked (ie, the text box, the dropdown arrow, and the dropdown box and its scroll bar). The Blur event (or in jQuery the focusout event) should be bound directly to the textbox.
Tested and works!
I was facing the same situation/problem and I tested the solution from "ihsoft" but it has some issues. So I worked on an alternative for that and made just one similar to "ihsoft" but one that works. here is my solution:
var hide_dropdownlist=true;
search_ctrl.onblur = function() {
search_has_focus = false
if (hide_dropdownlist) {
// hide dropdown
} else {
hide_dropdownlist = true;
search_ctrl.focus();
}
}
dropdow_wrap.onmouseover = function() {
hide_dropdownlist=false;
}
dropdow_wrap.onmouseoout = function() {
hide_dropdownlist=true;
}
I hope this will help someone.
Earlier also I faced such situation and this is what I have been doing.
$('html').click(function() {
hasFocus = 0;
hideResults();
});
and on the input field i will do this
$('input').click()
{
event.stopPropagation();
}
So this will close the drop down if clicked anywhere outside the div (even the scrollbar).
But I thought if someone could provide a more logical solution.
Could you maybe set the blur event to fire on the drop down div as well? This way, when either the input or the drop down loses focus, it will dissapear...
I'm curious...
You're using the last version of every browser, why don't you try it in chrome 4.0.202?
instead of detecting the blur, detect the document.body or window click and grab the mouse point. determine if this mouse point is outside of the menu box. presto, you've detected when they clicked outside the box!
I solved this by doing the following:
#my_container is the container which has the "overflow: auto" CSS rule
$('#my_container')
.mouseenter(function(){
// alert('ctr in!');
mouse_in_container = true;
})
.mouseleave(function(){
// alert('ctr out!');
mouse_in_container = false;
});
And then:
$('input').blur(function(){
if(mouse_in_container)
return;
... Normal code for blur event ...
});
When I select an element in the drop down, I rewrite the code as:
(>> ADDED THIS) mouse_in_container=false;
$('input').attr('active', false); // to blur input
$('#my_container').hide();

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