Drupal7 - Adding jQuery plugin in a block - drupal

I added the jQuery plugin smoothdivscroll to a block, it's works though it is not good to hard code all stuff to the block. I found that Drupal have already called jQuery core file in each page, but why the smoothdivscroll can't getting works if I don't add the jQuery core file AGAIN in the block?

It's because stock Drupal 7 runs jQuery in no conflict mode.
If you want to use it you'll have to either replace your $() calls with jQuery() calls, or wrap it in a function like this:
// We define a function that takes one parameter named $.
(function ($) {
// Now use jQuery with the $ shortcut again like you normally would
$('#content').hide();
// Here we immediately call the function with jQuery as the parameter.
}(jQuery));
In your case you'll want to call your smoothdivscroll functions from inside this function.

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Reinitialize library when new data is available

I'm currently developing a Meteor application where I use the video.js-Library.
I have the following template:
template(name='foo')
.video.embed-responsive.embed-responsive-16by9
with richMediaContent
video#video.video-js.vjs-default-skin.vjs-big-play-centered(controls='' preload='auto')
source(src='{{video.videoUrl}}' type='video/mp4')
p.vjs-no-js {{i18n 'videoTagNotSupported'}}
Initializing the video.js-Library after the template is rendered works fine.
Template.foo.onRendered ->
videojs document.getElementsByClassName('video-js')[0], {}
But the videojs-Library is not reinitialized if the same template is rendered with a different video (with a different richMediaContent).
I've already tried to move the video-Part in an own template and included it in the foo-Template so that the onRendered-Call should get called every time a new video is loaded. But this doesn't seem to work.
Do you have any idea how I can reinitialize the library if the video changes?
Thanks in advance!
New answer
Indeed, when your route changes but uses the same template, the said template does not get rendered again, therefore your js plugin call will not trigger a second time. What you can do instead is call your js plugin in an onAfterAction call, within your route definition:
Router.route('/video/:_id', {
name: 'video_page',
template: 'foo',
// ...
onAfterAction: function () {
videojs document.getElementsByClassName('video-js')[0], {}
}
});
Previous answer
I think you are looking for the almighty this.autorun. At the end of your onRendered function, it should look like this (I type it in pure javascript)
this.autorun(function () {
var video = Session.get("video"); // reactive data
videojs document.getElementsByClassName('video-js')[0], {}
});
The idea is that the first line must include, within the autorun function, a way to get your reactive data. In that case, I use the Session which is reactive. Collections are also reactive, so another way would be something like Videos.findOne();. This will depend on how you get that video element.
What this does is that any time the reactive data changes, the callback for this.autorun will run again, and your video plugin will be reset.

Component initialization with Iron Router, Jquery, Materialize

Struggling here with what would otherwise be a simple $( document ).ready().
Not sure what I'm doing wrong.
Materialize needs jquery components to be initialized on DOM ready. Finding a way to initialize components on all views is surprisingly tricky.
Here is the online DEMO
From reading the docs: this should initialize everything the sub-templates require:
Template.layout.rendered = function(){
$('ul.tabs').tabs()
}
}
However, this only works on a hard page refresh, and not with links routing the views.
So instead you would have to initialize on each template that element will be used
Template.x.rendered ...
Template.y.rendered ...
Here is the github code
BTW We've tried iron-router events:
onRun
onBeforeAction
onAfterAction
All of these seem to happen before the route's template content is present. I noticed that onBeforeAction required a call to this.next() to go on, I even tried looking for the DOM content after the next call.
I also tried rewriting our routes like this:
Router.route('someRoute', function() {
this.render('someRoute');
// look for DOM content, still not found
});
Just to be clear, the reason this is happening is because your layout is only firing the rendered hook once. When you switch routes the layout template will not be rerendered, only the templates in the yield region will be. The previous template in that region gets destroyed and the next one rerendered. This means you have to run $('ul.tabs').tabs() again for that Template as the DOM elements it contains are rerendered.
Putting that code in the rendered function of the template that uses it works because that rendered hook gets run every time that particular template gets rendered again.
A way you could get around this could be to create a Template specifically for your tabs, like a control in a way, that calls $('ul.tabs').tabs() in its own rendered function. You could then put this control on a template that needed it and pass the required arguments, like number of tabs and content for each tab etc. It's a bit of work though, and I'd only consider it if I had a really large number of templates that used the tab control.

Adding keyup action to iframe of version of niceEdit

I am using nicEdit in its iframe format.Everytime the user write anything in the editor(keyup event), I need to run another js/jquery function. How to add this custom keyup action to the desired iframe?
The answer actually lies in the js code. In the nicEdit.js search for :
var nicEditorIFrameInstance = nicEditorInstance.extend({
Inside this, in the initFrame function,
look for this.frameDoc.addEvent.
This is where the events are being added(via addEvent). To this include your keyup statement :
addEvent('keyup',this.YOURFUNCTIONAME.closureListener(this))
You need to add closureListener(this) to get this working.Then create YOURFUNCTION after initFrame function like this :
YOURFUNCTIONAME: function() {
//Do what you like. Probably call any JS function that lies in the file where
//you have included the nicEdit.js
},
This method worked for me. Hope it does for you too. nicEdit is by far the worst documented third party stuff I have ever come across.

drupal - jQuery, can't select any elements via jQuery

I have a form and I add a js file via drupal_add_js() in the init code of the module.
I see the first debug message, but I can't seem to select any items from the document. I just get the jQuery object returned.
But when I add the same line into the firebug, it works.
console.log('called => init()');
console.log(jQuery('#quiz-form').find('#edit-next'));
If you're trying to retrieve the value from your form element, try:
console.log(jQuery('#quiz-form').find('#edit-next').val());
Getting the jQuery object as return is perfectly fine as methods like find actually return a jQuery object. You should check the length of the jQuery object that you are getting as return i.e. console.log(jQuery('#quiz-form').find('#edit-next').length);. If the length is zero, then of course the elements are not being found. In that case you should make sure that your JS code is being called after the DOM is ready i.e. you should either wrap your code with jQuery(document).ready or use Drupal behaviors.
I figured it out by chance. The jQuery object was trying to find the selected object before the page was initialized.
I was thinking drupal_add_js in the init module was enough.
BUt I had to wrap the jquery code in the Dom Ready function as well... as we always are supposed to do.

Is it mandatory to write ready function every time while doing jquery?

Is it mandatory to write $(document).ready(function () {... }) every time ?
Can't we do it without this line?
The reason for placing your code inside this function is that it will get called once the DOM has loaded - meaning that all the elements are accessible. Calling jQuery selectors without this function means that the elements have not necessarily been loaded into the DOM and might not be accessible (and you'll see weird results or nothing at all from your code).
So in essense, yes, it is necessary.
$(document).ready makes sure your code runs when the document is ready (i.e. fully loaded). If you don't need to interact with the document, you don't need this. If you put your Javascript at the end of the document, you probably don't need it either. You should put your code into a function () { } though to namespace it either way.
$(document).ready means the code inside this box will be executed once the all document is ready (loaded). It is considered as safe programming but not mandatory.
For example you call a function in script tag do_something(); and this function is in a js file which is not loaded yet then you will get javascript error.
If you put function like this
$(document).ready(function () {
do_something();
});
you are making sure that when function get called all js files will be there to server.
If you don't use that line, and just include the javascript in your body, it will execute as soon as it's loaded. If it's trying to act on DOM elements that have not yet loaded, unpredictable results will occur.... better to be safe than sorry.
jQuery's ready() function is run after the page's content is loaded. This is relatively equivalent to using <body onload="function1();function2();">
If you want to call multiple functions when the page is done loading, you can do the following:
$(document).ready(function() {
function1();
function2();
});
In order to use javascript, you must call it somewhere. This can be in body "onload", jQuery's ready() function, or an event, like a mouse click event.
No you don't always have to do this. You only use it if you want to make sure whatever is inside the ready function loads before the page is displayed in the browser. If you do not care to load the script before page load, then you can just put the script at the end of the page before the closing body tag.
Also As a shortcut to $(document).ready(function () you can do $(function()

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