using "data" with jquery tempates and "each" - jquery-templates

I'm building web content using jquery templates and json and I'm looking for a clean(er) way to get the json data associated with a click event on content that was built using those templates. The tmplItem().data that is stored is the array of objects for that template. When an item in that list is clicked, I want to pass just the json data for that item to a click event handler.
Currently I'm doing this:
<script id="ribbonTemplate" type="x-jquery-tmpl">
{{each(i, item) ribbon_data}}
<img id='${i}' src="${thumbnail_url}" alt="${content_url}"/>
{{/each}}
</script>
and
$(ribbonDiv).live('click', function(e){
var clickItem = $(e.target);
var tmplItem = clickItem.tmplItem();
var imgId = clickItem.attr('id');
var jsonBackingData = tmplItem.data['ribbon_data'][imgId];
clickEvent(jsonBackingData);
});
This works but it seems a bit clunky. Is there a way that doesn't depend on using the id selector?

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dynamically create bound datas with polymer

I would like to create a dynamic form using polymer, meaning that everytime the user press "add" button,it will add a new field in the form. Or, more specifically, it will add a paper-dropdown-menu, where all of the options come from a dom-repeat fed by an ajax call.
this is what i've done so far:
<div id="filterContainer">
<div class="flex rulesForm" id="filter1">
<paper-dropdown-menu name="rule1A" no-label-float>
<paper-listbox attr-for-selected="value" selected="{{filter1A}}" class="dropdown-content" id="thirdPartyFilter1A">
<template is="dom-repeat" items="{{rule1A}}">
<paper-item value="[[item]]">[[item]]</paper-item>
</template>
</paper-listbox>
</paper-dropdown-menu>
</div>
</div>
<paper-button raised on-tap="addFilterField">Add</paper-button>
<div>
and in the JS:
addFilterField: function () {
let dropdown = document.createElement('paper-dropdown-menu');
dropdown.name = "";
dropdown.noLabelFloat = true;
let listbox = document.createElement('paper-listbox');
listbox.class = "dropdown-content";
listbox.attrForSelected = "value";
listbox.selected = "{{filter1A}}";
let paperItem = document.createElement('paper-item');
paperItem.value = "[[item]]";
var itemNode = document.createTextNode('[[item]]');
paperItem.appendChild(itemNode);
listbox.appendChild(paperItem);
dropdown.appendChild(listbox);
console.log(dropdown);
filterContainer.appendChild(dropdown);
my problem is about the data-binding... If I use createTextNode with [[item]], it will simply write it as a string in the document. Is there a way to fix this? (or a way easier solution to add field in a form?)
first of all you cannot use binding notation in javascript. it is markup
2nd, polymer doesn't yet support creating data bindings dynamically. however I'm sure you can accomplish what you are trying to do.
3rd,
you have to use the Polymer Dom API. https://www.polymer-project.org/1.0/docs/devguide/local-dom#dom-api
instead of paperItem.appendChild(itemNode)
you would use
Polymer.dom(listbox).appendChild(itemNode);

Register new event listeners in Polymer 1.0 after initial page load

In my Polymer 1.0 app, I have an on-tap function which dynamically adds another button into the page based on a few parameters in the form. The problem is that after adding the element and its event listener to the page, the new button won't actually fire the on-tap event.
JSFiddle for testing: https://jsfiddle.net/dme6tb7z/
index.html
<template is="dom-bind" id="app">
<div id="output"></div>
<paper-button id="myButton" on-tap="_addButton">Add Button</paper-button>
</template>
<script src="app.js"></script>
Here is where I create the new button and give it a listener in JS. Is there some kind of extra step I need to take so that Polymer can "see" the new on-tap event listener?
app.js
app._addButton = function(e) {
var el = document.createElement('paper-button');
el.innerHTML = "New Button";
el.id = "newbutton";
el.addEventListener('on-tap', '_testEvent');
this.$.output.appendChild(el);
// I also tried adding the event listener after appending
// the element to the page, like so...
// this.$.newButton.addEventListener('on-tap', '_testEvent');
};
app._testEvent = function(e) {
console.log(e);
};
EDIT
I'm thinking maybe I need to use something like Polymer.dom(parent).appendChild(node) to keep the two DOMs in sync. I did this in my app.js like so, but the event still doesn't fire.
app.js scope
(function(document) {
'use strict';
var app = document.querySelector('#app');
...
app._addButton = function(e) {
var el = document.createElement('paper-button');
el.innerHTML = "New Button";
el.id = "newbutton";
el.addEventListener('on-tap', '_testEvent');
var parentNode = document.getElementById('output');
Polymer.dom(parentNode).appendChild(el);
};
...
})(document);
Surely, there must be some way to add event listeners after initial page load? I've done this same thing countless times in other setups, but there's something weird going on with Polymer... I understand there are two DOMs to update, but I'm using the Polymer.dom method, so what in the world is preventing this from happening?
More Info
I noticed that after appending the new button to the page, I can successfully run this:
document.getElementById('newbutton').innerHTML = 'Hello World';
whereas this:
document.getElementById('newbutton').addEventListener('on-tap', '_testEvent');
has no effect (and no errors). Isn't that bizarre? Is there some sort of reinvented registration process in Polymer to add event listeners?
Okay, I think I figured it out.
First of all, on-tap in this context should be tap.
Second, the function name from JS should be formatted like this: this.functionName, or app.functionName if your template has an id of "app" and app is defined as var app = document.querySelector('#app');
All together, it looks like this:
var newElement = document.getElementById('newbutton');
newElement.addEventListener('tap', this._testEvent );
This doesn't work in the JS Fiddle for some reason, but does work in a real Polymer environment.

infinite loop when trying to retrieve data from controller in view using angular $resource.Query() method

I'm building a small sails.js + angular.js app.
Here is a fiddle that roughly shows what my code looks like: http://jsfiddle.net/WEk3F/
index: function(req, res, next) {
Food.find({}, function foundFoods(err, foods) {
if (err) return next(err);
var data = {
name1: "test1",
name2: "test2"
}
res.view(
'food/index', {
foods: data
});
});
},
<div ng-app="myApp">
<div ng-controller="FoodController">
<ul>
<li ng-repeat="food in foods">
{{food.name}}
</li>
</ul>
<form>
<label for="name">Name:</label>
<input name="name" ng-model="editableFood.name" />
</form>
</div>
</div>
My problem is, that whenever i try to retrieve the data from my controller, i don't get those 2 items but instead it renders more and more items and just doesn't stop. even the page gets slow and unresponsive and almost freezes.
When i say
$scope.foods = [{"name": "test1"},{"name": "test2"}];
instead of
$scope.foods = Food.query();
it works. but i want the data to be coming from the backend via the controller.
the other methods (add, update etc) of the angular.js $resource module work fine for me.
/food maps to the index action of my FoodController and just returns some fixed test data
i found out what the problem was.
the angular.js $resource should only be used in a restful way, so the GET request to my food/index should return an array of objects.
in my case this wasn't the case. instead i used the index action of my controller to render a view and the result was therefor html.
so my options are to define a new route, that the $resource takes for the Query() command or define a new action that i use for the view/html stuff and use the index action again for pure restful response.
thx #sam hunter for pointing me to the right direction
the infinite loop that i received is explained here: One dimensional array of strings being parsed to 2d by angular resource
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How to capture a value not through an input field in a form using php and mysql ?

Hello everybody and good day ,
I am making a web application in php and mysql
Iam trying to make a page where a user can create a custom form eg. User can create custom forms so they can type the name of the input, however the place where they type the name of the input i have it formated like this:
<div contenteditable="true">
<span spellcheck="false" id="a">Editable Content</span><em>o!</em>
</div>
so its not an input field .
How can i capture this information in a form , maybee with a hidden input field, a label or with jquery ?
if my question is not clear let me know i will edit ti it as soon as i get a chance .
You can use javascript to collect the text inside the span.
This question is related How do I change the text of a span element in JavaScript
The answers mention document.getElementById("myspan").innerHTML which is the place that text resides. You'll want to change the "myspan" though.
You have to use either a form or send the data with AJAX.
document.getElementById("your-form").onsubmit = function()
{
var spanInput = document.createElement("input");
spanInput.setAttribute("type", "hidden");
spanInput.setAttribute("name", "spanData");
spanInput.setAttribute("value", document.getElementById("a").innerHTML);
this.appendChild(spanInput);
return true;
}
// or
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.onreadystatechange = function(){} // please change
xhr.open("POST", "your-script.php");
var spanData = document.getElementById("a").innerHTML;
xhr.send("spanData="+encodeURIComponent(spanData));

How to manipulate forms with Mootools

I'm trying to manipulate forms with Mootools. My purpose is to inject the response content of a form into a div element named result.
Here a code that works, but it replaces the content of the result div. This is not what I want : I want to ADD the form response content to the result div existing content. I just can't find on the web how to do this, and I've tried many things that are not working ... Please help
window.addEvent('domready', function() {
$('myform').addEvent('submit', function(e) {
e.stop();
var result = $('result').empty();
this.set('send',{
url: this.get('action'),
data: this,
onSuccess: function() {
result.set("html", this.response.text);
}
}).send();
});
});
If it's only text you want to add, just remove the empty method, and replace result.set() with result.appendText().
If you need to append an element tree, repeat the first step, and do:
onSuccess: function(){
Elements.from(this.response.text).inject(result);
}
Btw. It's all in the documentation - http://mootools.net/docs/core/Element/Element