jquery simple image slider w/ajax - jquery-plugins

I have a page with lots of images on it, and only want to load extra images on demand. IE if the user clicks on it or mouses over, whatever. Most if not all of the sliders i've seen use the hidden attribute with all the elements getting loaded at once, which would cause undue burden in my case.
I liked: http://nivo.dev7studios.com/ but it has no such feature.
Anyone know of an ajax slider preferably using jquery?
Thanks

I think you can do that with jcarousel:
http://sorgalla.com/jcarousel/
The trick is to pass the images one by one in javascript, not in html, if not, there are always loaded beforehand.
The code would be:
var mycarousel_itemList = [
{url:"/im/a.jpg", title: ""},{url:"/im/b.jpg", title: ""}];
listaimg=document.createElement('ul');
jQuery(listaimg).attr('id','mycarousel');
jQuery(listaimg).addClass('jcarousel-skin-tango');
jQuery('#containercarousel').append(listaimg);
jQuery('#mycarousel').jcarousel({ auto: 9,wrap: 'last', visible: 1,scroll:1, size: mycarousel_itemList.length,
itemLoadCallback: {onBeforeAnimation: mycarousel_itemLoadCallback}
});
function mycarousel_itemLoadCallback(carousel,state){for(var i=carousel.first;i<=carousel.last;i++){if(carousel.has(i)){continue}if(i>mycarousel_itemList.length){break};
carousel.add(i,mycarousel_getItemHTML(mycarousel_itemList[i-1]));
}
};
function mycarousel_getItemHTML(item)
{
var img = new Image();
$J(img).load(function () {
// whatever you want to do while loading.
}).attr('src', item.url);
return "<li><img src=\"" + item.url + "\" width=\"770\" alt=\"\" /></li>";
}

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jQuery .load() wait till content is loaded

How to prevent jQuery $('body').load('something.php'); from changing any DOM till all the content from something.php (including images,js) is fully loaded
-Lets say some actual content is:
Hello world
And something.php content is:
image that loads for 10 seconds
20 js plugins
After firing .load() function nothing should happen, till images an js files are fully loaded, and THEN instantly change the content.
some preloader may appear, but its not subject of question.
[edit]----------------------------------------------------------------------
My solution for that was css code (css is loaded always before dom is build) that has cross-browser opacity 0.
.transparent{
-moz-opacity: 0.00;
opacity: 0.00;
-ms-filter:"progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha"(Opacity=0);
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(opacity=0);
filter:alpha(opacity=0);
}
And it prevent from bad flickr of content usually but not always. Now its possible to detect somehow that content is loaded by jQuery ajax and apply some show timeout and so on. But in fact question is still open.
To make now a little more simple example for that question:
How to begin changing DOM after $('body').load('something.php') with 3000ms delay after clicking the link that fire .load('something.php') function? (Browser should start downloading instantly, but DOM changing has to be initiated later)
Use .get instead and assign the contents in the success callback:
$.get('something.php', function(result) {
$('body').html(result);
});
There are some implementation details you may have to solve yourself, but here's a rough solution:
Don't use .load() directly. It can't be changed to wait for all images to load.
Use $.get() to fetch the HTML into a variable, let's call it frag.
Use $(frag).find('img').each(fn) to find all images and dump each this.src inside a preloader.
var images = [],
$frag = $(frag),
loaded = 0;
function imageLoaded()
{
++loaded;
// reference images array here to keep it alive
if (images.ready && loaded >= images.length) {
// add $frag to the DOM
$frag.appendTo('#container');
}
}
$frag.find('img').each(function() {
var i = new Image();
i.onload = i.onerror = imageLoaded;
i.src = this.src;
images[images.length] = i;
});
// signal that images contains all image objects that we wish to monitor
images.ready = true;
Demo
Once all images are loaded, append the earlier frag to the DOM using $frag.appendTo('#container').
Here is a quick proof of concept that loads relevant images before inserting an HTML fragment into the DOM: http://jsfiddle.net/B8B6u/5/
You can preload the images using the onload handler to trigger iterations:
var images = $(frag).find('img'),
loader = $('<img/>');
function iterate(i, callback) {
if (i > 0) {
i--;
loader.unbind("load");
loader.load(function() {
iterate(i, callback);
});
loader.attr('src', images[i].src);
}else{
callback();
}
}
iterate(images.length,function(){
$('#container').html(frag);
});
This should work, since each image is loaded after the previous one has finished loading.
Have you tried this?
$(function(){$('body').load('something.php')});
Edit: I just realized you are actually wanting to wait for the stuff to load before it get's placed in the body.
Here are three links to similar questions.
Preloading images with jQuery
Is it possible to preload page contents with ajax/jquery technique?
Preloading images using PHP and jQuery - Comma seperated array?
You can probably adapt those to scripts too.
This might work too.
$.ajax({
'url': 'content.php',
'dataType': 'text',
'success': function(data){
var docfrag = document.createDocumentFragment();
var tmp = document.createElement('div'), child;
//get str from data here like: str data.str
tmp.innerHTML = str;
while(child = tmp.firstChild){
docfrag.appendChild(child);
}
$('body').append(docfrag);
}
});
It's a longer way of doing what Shadow Wizard suggests, but it will probably work.
Hm. Never mind. Jack's answer looks the best. I'll wait a while and if no one likes my answer I'll delete it.
Edit: It looks like appending to documentfragments can do http requests.
Any script using createDocumentFrament may benefit from preloading.
In this question they want no http requests even though that's what createDocumentFragment is doing:
Using documentFragment to parse HTML without sending HTTP requests.
I can't be sure if this is true for all browsers or just when the console.log is run, but it could be a good option for preloading if this behavior is universal.

MVC Action getting called twice?

I am using Asp.Net MVC3, for a project.
In one of the page, I am using MS Charts. In View I have a Image which shows the chart as follows:
<img src="#Url.Action("RenderCharts", "Home", new
{
XAxisColor = ViewBag.XAxisColor,
YAxisColor = ViewBag.YAxisColor,
})" alt="Charts" runat="server" />
I have 2 CheckBoxes, which is used to change Chart Axes Colors. When the checkbox is clicked, page is submitted and checkbox status is stored and based on that Chart is rendered:
bool XAxisColor = (#ViewBag.XAxisColor) ?? true;
bool YAxisColor = #ViewBag.YAxisColor ?? false;
#Html.CheckBox("chkXAxisColor", XAxisColor, new { #Id = "chkXAxisColor",
onClick = "this.form.submit();" })
X Axis Color
#Html.CheckBox("chkYAxisColor", YAxisColor, new { #Id = "chkScatter",
onClick = "this.form.submit();" })
Y Axis Color
When first time the page is loaded, RenderCharts() Action gets called and Chart is rendered.
But when i Click any of the CheckBox, RenderCharts() Action gets called twice.
I could not understand this issue. I have created a sample Application which can be downloaded from here https://www.dropbox.com/s/ig8gi3xh4cx245j/MVC_Test.zip
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
This appears to be something to do with Internet Explorer. Using your sample application, everything works fine in both Google Chrome and Firefox, but when using IE9, there are two Action requests on a postback.
Using the F12 developer tools on the network tab, it shows an initial request to RenderCharts which appeared to be aborted:
The (aborted) line in the middle is, I suspect, the additional request you're seeing. Why this happens, I don't know!
Finally got the answer. The problem was
runat="server"
in the Img tag.
Removing runat fixed the issue.
I can eliminate the IE issue in the following manner by simply using a bit of JQuery instead. A few possible advantages...
It eliminates the cross-browser issue.
It is an unobtrusive approach (not mixing javascript and HTML in the view).
You can update the image via ajax.
Create a new file in the scripts folder (e.g. "chart.js") which will simply attach an anonymous function to the the click events of your checkboxes from the document ready function. You would obviously need to include the script reference in your page as well:
$(document).ready(function () {
// Attach a function to the click event of both checkboxes
$("#chkXAxisColor,#chkScatter").click(function () {
// Make an ajax request and send the current checkbox values.
$.ajax({
url: "/Home/RenderCharts",
type: "GET",
cache: false,
data: {
XAxisColor: $("#chkXAxisColor").attr("checked"),
YAxisColor: $("#chkScatter").attr("checked")
},
success: function (result) {
alert(result);
$("#chart").attr("src", result);
}
});
});
});
Best of all, you get to eliminate the javascript from your view :)
...
<div style="margin: 2px 0 2px 0">
#Html.CheckBox("chkXAxisColor", XAxisColor, new { #Id = "chkXAxisColor" })
X Axis Color
#Html.CheckBox("chkYAxisColor", YAxisColor, new { #Id = "chkScatter" })
Y Axis Color
</div>
...
This is of course a very basic example which does eliminate the IE issue but you could get fancier from there in terms of how you update the image + show a loading gif, etc with only a few more lines.
Hopefully it is a workable solution for you!

jquery .get download content fully before rendering

Is there a way to render content only after it's fully downloaded using AJAX/get/load with jQuery?
As it stands currently, the loader shows while the 'html' is being downloaded, but once that's done it starts rendering. There's lots of images in the html so they start loading independently after the render.
Is this good design practice? In my opinion once the loader disappears, everything should render 100%, but of course this will increase load time.
Can I achieve this without any 'hacks'?
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#clicks').click(function(){
$('#portfolio').append("<div id='loader'><img src='images/loader.gif'/></div>");
$.get("moreProjects.html", function(datas){
$('#portfolio').append(datas);
}, 'html').complete(function() {
$('#loader').hide();
});
return false;
});
});
You could always store the data returned in a variable and then append it in the complete function:
var returnedData;
$('#clicks').click(function(){
$('#portfolio').append("<div id='loader'><img src='images/loader.gif'/></div>");
$.get("moreProjects.html", function(datas){
returnedData = datas;
}, 'html').complete(function() {
$('#portfolio').append(returnedData);
$('#loader').hide();
});
return false;
});
Another option would be to use a hidden div container to load the content and then show on complete:
$('#clicks').click(function(){
$('#portfolio').append("<div id='loader'><img src='images/loader.gif'/></div>");
$('#portfolio').append("<div id='content' style='display:none'></div>");
$.get("moreProjects.html", function(datas){
$('#portfolio #content').append(datas);
}, 'html').complete(function() {
$('#portfolio #content').show();
$('#loader').hide();
});
return false;
});
Get the HTML, place it on your page or preload with JS, if placing it on your page the images can not be hidden if they are to be loaded, but they can be placed of screen.
When the images are loaded, move the HTML to your portfolio element.
The code below is just an example, not tested, and the load function will probably fire on the first image that is loaded, I think ?
If so you will have to count the images, place a load function on each image, and then show the HTML when all images have loaded, or you could try just attaching the load function to the last image in your HTML, but there is no guarantee that the last image in the markup is also the last to load, but it often is.
There could also be a problem with load if images are cached by the browser, if so you need to find another solution, or turn of caching in $.ajax!
$('#clicks').on('click', function(){
$('#portfolio').append("<div id='loader'><img src='images/loader.gif'/></div>");
var jqxhr = $.ajax({
type:'GET',
url: 'moreProjects.html',
datatype: 'html',
done: function(datas) {
$('<div id="somediv"></div>').append(datas)
.css({position: 'fixed', left: -5000})
.appendTo('body');
}
});
jqxhr.always(function() {
$('img', '#somediv').on('load', function() {
$('#loader').remove();
$('#portfolio').append($('#somediv').contents());
});
});
return false;
});
Check this link, the last post: Wait untill all images are loaded
In my opinion what you have to do is to save the html in a variable,
then filter out all the img tags and pass it to the _loadimages function
in the post i give you setting the complete callback.
Something like this:
var $retData = $(datas);
var $imgs = $retData.find('img');
_loadimages($imgs,function(){
$('#portfolio #content').append($retData);
});

jQuery — a .live() > each() >.load.() finella

EDIT - URL to see the issue http://syndex.me
I am dynamically resizing images bigger than the browser to equal the size of the browser.
This was no easy feat as we had to wait for the images to load first in order to check first if the image was bigger than the window.
We got to this stage (which works):
var maxxxHeight = $(window).height();
$(".theImage").children('img').each(function() {
$(this).load( function() { // only if images can be loaded dynamically
handleImageLoad(this);
});
handleImageLoad(this);
});
function handleImageLoad(img)
{
var $img = $(img), // declare local and cache jQuery for the argument
myHeight = $img.height();
if ( myHeight > maxxxHeight ){
$img.height(maxxxHeight);
$img.next().text("Browser " + maxxxHeight + " image height " + myHeight);
};
}
The thing is, the page is an infinite scroll (I'm using this)
I know that you are not able to attach 'live' to 'each' as 'live' deals with events, and 'each' is not an event.
I've looked at things like the livequery plugin and using the ajaxComplete function.
With livequery i changed
$(".theImage").children('img').each(function() {
to
$(".theImage").children('img').livequery(function(){
But that didnt work.
ajaxComplete seemed to do nothing so i'm guessing the inifinte scroll i'm using is not ajax based. (surely it is though?)
Thanks
Use delegate:
$(".theImage").delegate('img', function() {
$(this).load( function() { // only if images can be loaded dynamically
handleImageLoad(this);
});
handleImageLoad(this);
});
The problem is that your infinite scroll plugin does not provide the callback functionality. Once your pictures are loaded there is no way to affect them.
I have tried to modify your plugin, so that it will serve your needs, please see http://jsfiddle.net/R8yLZ/
Scroll down the JS section till you see a bunch of comments.
This looks really complicated, and I probably don't get it at all, but I'll try anyway :-)
$("img", ".theImage").bind("load", function() {
var winH = $(window).height();
var imgH = $(this).height();
if (winH < imgH) {
$(this).height(winH);
$(this).next().text("Browser " + winH + " image height " + imgH);
}
});

jquery: bind click event to ajax-loaded elmente? live() won't work?

hey guys,
I have an input field that looks for matched characters on a page. This page simply lists anchor links. So when typing I constantly load() (using the jquery load() method) this page with all the links and I check for a matched set of characters. If a matched link is found it's displayed to the user. However all those links should have e.preventDefault() on them.
It simply won't work. #found is the container that shows the matched elements. All links that are clicked should have preventDefault() on them.
edit:
/*Animated scroll for anchorlinks*/
var anchor = '',
pageOffset = '',
viewOffset = 30,
scrollPos = '';
$(function() {
$("a[href*='#']").each(function() {
$(this).addClass('anchorLink');
$(this).bind('click', function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
//console.log('test');
anchor = $(this).attr('href').split('#')[1];
pageOffset = $("#"+anchor).offset();
scrollPos = pageOffset.top - viewOffset;
$('html, body').animate({scrollTop:scrollPos}, '500');
})
});
});
Well, I'm looking for all href's that contain a #. So I know those elements are anchors that jump to other elements. I don't want my page to jump, but rather scroll smoothly to this element with this specific #id.
This works fine when I use bind('click', ... for normal page-elements that have been loaded when the page is opened. It doesn't work for anchors that have been loaded via ajax! If I change the bind to live nothing does change for the ajax loaded elements - they still don't work. However normal anchors that have always been on the page are not triggering the function as well. So nothing works with live()!
When you say "it won't work" do you mean that your function is not been called or that you can not cancel out of the function? As far as I know you can not cancel out live events. With jQuery 1.4 you can use return false to cancel out live event propagation. Calling e.preventDefault() won't work.
Edit: right so this code should in principal work. What it still won't do is, it won't add the 'anchorLink' class to your new anchors. However if the clicks work then let me know and I will give you the right code to add the class too!
var anchor = '',
pageOffset = '',
viewOffset = 30,
scrollPos = '';
$(function() {
$("a[href*='#']").each(function() {
$(this).addClass('anchorLink');
});
$("a").live('click', function(e) {
if ($(this).attr("href").indexOf("#") > -1) {
e.preventDefault();
//console.log('test');
anchor = $(this).attr('href').split('#')[1];
pageOffset = $("#" + anchor).offset();
scrollPos = pageOffset.top - viewOffset;
$('html, body').animate({ scrollTop: scrollPos }, '500');
//nikhil: e.preventDefault() might not work, try return false here
}
});
});

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