JQM - Inject dynamic content at load time only - jquery-mobile

I'm trying to dynamically populate a select tag at load time (latest jQM version) using a custom template filling function.
If the fn is called in the "pagebeforechange" event, the select tag is properly initialized. Since this event is called on every page transition, I thought of moving the fn to the 'pageinit' event. This does not work, presumably because the DOM is not yet fully available. How can I coerce jQM to inject content in a page only once? Currently, I am using a kludge. There surely must be a smarter way. Thanks for any suggestions.
$(document).bind('pageinit', function () {
InitSelTagTest("#selActTag", "tplTag"); // Does not work.
});
$(document).bind("pagebeforechange", function (e, data) {
if ($("#selActTag").children().size() === 0) {
InitSelTagTest("#selActTag", "tplTag"); // Kludge, but it works
}
});
function InitSelTagTest(el,tpl) { // Append all tags to element el
var lstAllTags = JSON.parse($("#hidTag").val()); // Create tag array
// Retrieve html content from template.
var cbeg = "//<![" + "CDATA[", cend = "//]" + "]>";
var rslt = tmpl(tpl, { ddd: lstAllTags }).replace(cbeg, ").replace(cend,");
$(el).html(rslt).trigger("create"); // Add to DOM.
}
EDIT
In response to Shenaniganz' comment, it seems that the "pagebeforecreate" event could do the trick ie.
$("#pgAct").live("pagebeforecreate", function () {
// Populate tag select. Works. Traversed only once.
InitSelTag("#selActTag", "tplTag");
});

I'm not sure I fully understand your question but I'll throw a few things out there and you let me know if I can extend further.
To make something trigger only once on page load you can try to implement a regular JQuery $(document).ready(function(){}) aka $(function(){}) for the exact reason why JQuery Mobile users are told not to use it. It triggers only once on DOM load. Further pages don't trigger it because they're being switched via Ajax.
Other than that, on regular dynamic content loading you take a look at the following example I put together for someone else earlier:
http://jsbin.com/ozejif/1/edit

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Is it possible to add buttons and control its event to toolbar of inappbrowser using javascript...?

I am developing a Hybrid App for iOS and Android using PhoneGap.Is it possible to add buttons and control its event to toolbar of inappbrowser using javascript.I know how to add it through ios native side but i cant use that process.I need to control the button event through a javascript method.
You have two options to do that.
The first option is, obviously, to patch the native plugin code, and that's it. Here you can find an example made for iOS, you will have to do the same to your Android Java code and for every other platform you want to support.
Another option is to hide the native toolbar and inject HTML and CSS to create a new one when the page is loaded.
Something like this:
// starting inappbrowser...
inAppWindow = window.open(URL_TO_LOAD, '_blank', 'location=no');
// Listen to the events, we need to know when the page is completely loaded
inAppWindow.addEventListener('loadstop', function () {
code = CustomHeader.html();
// Inject your JS code!
inAppWindow.executeScript({
code: code
}, function () {
console.log("injected (callback).");
});
// Inject CSS!
inAppWindow.insertCSS({
code: CustomHeader.css
}, function () {
console.log("CSS inserted!");
});
And you will have obviously to define the CustomHeader object, something like this:
var CustomHeader = {
css: '#customheader { your css here }',
html: function() {
var code = 'var div = document.createElement("div");\
div.id = "customheader";\
// Insert it just after the body tag
if (document.body.firstChild){ document.body.insertBefore(div, document.body.firstChild); } \
else { document.body.appendChild(div); }';
return code;
}
};
I had experience with this problem.
For my case, the second option was enough, not a critical task. Sometimes it takes a lot for the loadstop event to fire, and so you don't see the injected bar for >= 5 seconds.
And you have to pay attention even on the CSS of the loaded page, because obviously you can affect the original CSS, or the original CSS can affect the style of your toolbar.

Why do I lose draggable after drag?

I just migrated to backbone and have a strange behaviour.
I attach draggable to an element which is created by a script, thus not directly available in DOM.
EDIT:
The element that is created is .nav, $("#viewer") as container is already in the DOM.
In plain jQuery i used .on and mousemove event for this and it worked.
With backbone I use the same in the initialize method:
initialize: function(options) {
this.viewer = $("#viewer");
this.viewer.on("mousemove", '.nav', function() {
$(this).draggable();
});
This seems to work, but only one time.
After dragging the element one time, I can't drag it anymore.
Are there conflicts with the events? Am I missing something?
You have to refer to $('#viewer') after you've called render(). initialize is called before render, and so the DOM element doesn't exist.
Also, use this.$('#viewer'), and it will grab the element (after render) even if it hasn't been appended to your page's DOM.
myView = new ExampleView({ model: myModel });
$(body).append(myView.render().el);
myView.onRender();
// -------------
// Now on your view:
onRender: function() {
this.viewer = this.$('#viewer');
this.viewer.on("mousemove", '.nav', function() {
$(this).draggable();
});
},
UPDATE
You can also, to make such things simpler, customize Backbone to automatically call the onRender() function after rendering, by triggering an event or something.
Marionette.js (a Backbone.js extension) has this built in and I use it all the time.
The solution finally was pretty easy:
make sure you dont use outdated versions of backbone.js and underscore!!
After i updated the versions to latest I made it work with:
render: function() {
this.viewer.on("mouseover", '.nav', function() {
if (!$(this).data("init")) {
$(this).data("init", true);
$(this).draggable();
}
});
Probably still not very elegant but i couldnt made the suggested onRender method from dc2 work.

Jquery calls not working in $viewContentLoaded of Angular

Unable to call jquery functions in $viewContentLoaded event of Angular controller, here is the code for the same.
$scope.$on('$viewContentLoaded', function() {
jQuery.growlUI('Growl Notification', 'Saved Succesfully');
jQuery('#category').tree()
});
Is any configuration required here?? I tried even noConflict(); var $jq = jQuery.noConflict();
Does it require any other configuration?
Thanks,
Abdul
First thing first, don't do DOM manipulation from controller. Instead do it from directives.
You can do same thing in directive link method. You can access the element on which directive is applied.
Make sure you load jquery before angularjs scripts, then grawlUI, three, angularJS and finally your application script. Below is directive sample
var app = angular.module("someModule", []);
app.directive("myDirective", function () {
return function (scope, element, attrs) {
$.growlUI('Growl Notification', 'Saved Succesfully');
element.tree();
};
});
angularjs has built in jQuery lite.
if you load full jquery after angular, since jQuery is already defined, the full jquery script will skip execution.
==Update after your comment==
I reviewed again your question after comment and realised that content which is loaded trough ajax is appended to some div in your angular view. Then you want to apply element.tree() jquery plugin to that content. Unfortunately example above will not work since it is fired on linking which happened before your content from ajax response is appended to element with directive I showed to you. But don't worry, there is a way :) tho it is quick and dirty but it is just for demo.
Let's say this is your controller
function ContentCtrl($scope, $http){
$scope.trees=[];
$scope.submitSomethingToServer=function(something){
$http.post("/article/1.html", something)
.success(function(response,status){
// don't forget to set correct order of jquery, angular javascript lib load
$.growlUI('Growl Notification', 'Saved Succesfully');
$scope.trees.push(response); // append response, I hope it is HTML
});
}
}
Now, directive which is in controller scope (it uses same scope as controller)
var app = angular.module("someModule", []);
app.directive("myDirective", function () {
return function (scope, element, attrs) {
scope.$watch("trees", function(){
var newParagraph=$("<p>" + scope.trees[scope.trees.length-1] + "</p>" ); // I hope this is ul>li>ul>li...or what ever you want to make as tree
element.append(newParagraph);
newParagraph.tree(); //it will apply tree plugin after content is appended to DOM in view
});
};
});
The second approach would be to $broadcast or $emit event from controller (depends where directive is, out or in scope of controller) after your ajax completes and you get content from server. Then directive should be subscribed to this event and handle it by receiving passed data (data=content as string) and do the rest as I showed you above.
The thing is, threat that content from ajax as data all the way it comes to directive, then inject it to element in which you want to render it and apply tree plugin to that content.

jQuery UI in Backbone View adds elements, but doesn't respond to events

I'm building an app in which I'm using Django on the backend and jQuery UI/Backbone to build the front. I'm pulling a Django-generated form into a page with jQuery.get() inside of a Backbone View. That part works fine, but now I want to add some jQuery UI stuff to the form (e.g. a datepicker, some buttons that open dialogs, etc). So, here's the relevant code:
var InstructionForm = Backbone.View.extend({
render: function() {
var that = this;
$.get(
'/tlstats/instruction/new/',
function(data) {
var elements = $(data);
$('#id_date', elements).datepicker();
that.$el.html(elements.html());
}
};
return this;
}
});
The path /tlstats/instruction/new/ returns an HTML fragment with the form Django has generated. What's happening is that input#id_date is getting the hasDatePicker class added and the datepicker div is appended to my <body> element (both as expected), but when I click on input#id_date, nothing happens. No datepicker widget appears, no errors in the console. Why might this be happening?
Also, somewhat off-topic, but in trying to figure this problem out on my own, I've come across several code examples where people are doing stuff like:
$(function() {
$('#dialog').dialog(...);
...
});
Then later:
var MyView = Backbone.View.extend({
initialize(): function() {
this.el = $('#dialog');
}
});
Isn't this defeating the purpose of Backbone, having all that jQuery UI code completely outside any Backbone structure? Or do I misunderstand the role of Backbone?
Thanks.
I think your problem is right here:
$('#id_date', elements).datepicker();
that.$el.html(elements.html());
First you bind the datepicker with .datepicker() and then you throw it all away by converting your elements to an HTML string:
that.$el.html(elements.html());
and you put that string into $el. When you say e.html(), you're taking a wrapped DOM object with event bindings and everything else and turning into a simple piece of HTML in a string, that process throws away everything (such as event bindings) that isn't simple HTML.
Either give .html() the jQuery object itself:
$('#id_date', elements).datepicker();
that.$el.html(elements);
or bind the datepicker after adding the HTML:
that.$el.html(elements);
that.$('#id_date').datepicker();

How to select current page or by page id using jqmData

I have a multi-page document and I'm binding to the pageshow event of page "myId":
$('#myId').live('pageshow', renderMyIdTempalates);
I'm applying my JSON templates with PURE like this
function renderMyIdTempalates(event) {
$.mobile.showPageLoadingMsg();
var $page = $("#myId");
// do ajax call
$page.children( ":jqmData(role=header)" ).directives(...).render(data);
$page.children( ":jqmData(role=content)" ).directives(...).render(data);
$.mobile.hidePageLoadingMsg();
}
Initially I was using
$('#myId').directives(...).render(data);
to apply my templates. This caused problems since the selector didn't include the jqm attributes. So I used the jqmData method to grab the header and content to apply my templates. This works fine, but how do I select the entire document that I'm working with? I would prefer to apply my templates to the entire document once.
I tried:
$(":jqmData(role=page)") // selects all pages
$(":jqmData(id=myId)") // no luck
Any ideas?
the selector
div:jqmData(id="myID")
should work. just remember that myID should not be the id of that div.That page div should have a parameter data-id="myID"

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