Making text etc clickable

[bhepler]

You’ll probably want to create a customized version of the Newsfeed module. The part of the code that actually puts the text on the screen is in the newsfeed.js file, specifically in the getDom: function() {...} portion of the code.

If you look at it, it’s already creating a <DIV> element and changing the innerHTML to the value of the title from the newsfeed (line 149) title.innerHTML = this.newsItems[this.activeItem].title; It should be relatively easy to modify this area of the code to add the anchor tag & url.

[broberg]

@bhepler said in Making text etc clickable:

If you look at it, it’s already creating a <DIV> element and changing the innerHTML to the value of the title from the newsfeed (line 149) title.innerHTML = this.newsItems[this.activeItem].title; It should be relatively easy to modify this area of the code to add the anchor tag & url.

I’ve found the part where it creates the actual content, I’ve tried adding onclick to text, to buttons, tried making functions to act on the onclick event etc. maybe it’s a z-index issue and something is in the way. because it doesn’t react at all to any clicks. I tried the anchor tag just to see if it would react, but no. Something is blocking the “clickability” of the MM module

[broberg]

I can report yes, it was a z-index issue.
setting the region.fullscreen to z-index -1 made everything clickable.

But I’ll probably just change the newsfeed to z-index 1
I used a eventlistener to register the click and change the contents of this.innerhtml from title to description.

Next up, make it draw a new div and pause the timer for the headlines.

[broberg]

Any suggestions on how I pause the updateInterval ?

I’ve tried just to change the var to another value when clicked, but it doesn’t change the current item interval.

[strawberry 3.141]

@broberg when you save the interval into a variabke you can stop/clear the interval

this.interval = setInterval(...);

clearInterval(this.interval);

[broberg]

@strawberry-3.141 Sorry to bother you with the poking stick, but, I’m having no luck in getting it to work.

this is the code that updates the newsfeed item

	scheduleUpdateInterval: function() {
		var self = this;

		self.updateDom(self.config.animationSpeed);

		setInterval(function() {
			self.activeItem++;
			self.updateDom(self.config.animationSpeed);
		}, this.config.updateInterval);
	},

This also loads the first feed item when the page loads for the first time.

how should I implement this in another function to pause/reset the scheduleUpdateInterval function?

[strawberry 3.141]

@broberg

scheduleUpdateInterval: function() {
  var self = this;

  self.updateDom(self.config.animationSpeed);

  self.interval = setInterval(function() {
    self.activeItem++;
    self.updateDom(self.config.animationSpeed);
  }, this.config.updateInterval);
},

pause: function(){
  clearInterval(this.interval);
},

resume: function(){
  this.scheduleUpdateInterval();
},

[broberg]

@strawberry-3.141

No go on that either, this.interval is undefined it says.
I have to research this some more, it’s giving me a headache.

Could it have something to do with the fact that the interval is set in the scheduleUpdateInterval function and it can’t be reached from another function outside that?

this.scheduleUpdateInterval(); works, I think. (I get more updates on top of each other if I click several times)

[strawberry 3.141]

@broberg what about this?

this.interval = setInterval(function() {
    self.activeItem++;
    self.updateDom(self.config.animationSpeed);
  }, this.config.updateInterval);

[broberg]

@strawberry-3.141

using that code snippet in the pause function just adds a new item with the updateInterval time,

So I can change the interval on the next loaded news item, but not the current :(