I'm trying to create a jQuery special event that triggers when the content that is bound, changes. My method is checking the content with a setInterval and check if the content has changed from last time. If you have any better method of doing that, let me know. Another problem is that I can't seem to clear the interval. Anyway, what I need is the best way to check for content changes with the event.special.
(function(){
var interval;
jQuery.event.special.contentchange = {
setup: function(data, namespaces) {
var $this = $(this);
var $originalContent = $this.text();
interval = setInterval(function(){
if($originalContent != $this.text()) {
console.log('content changed');
$originalContent = $this.text();
jQuery.event.special.contentchange.handler();
}
},500);
},
teardown: function(namespaces){
clearInterval(interval);
},
handler: function(namespaces) {
jQuery.event.handle.apply(this, arguments)
}
};
})();
And bind it like this:
$('#container').bind('contentchange', function() {
console.log('contentchange triggered');
});
I get the console.log 'content changed', but not the console.log 'contentchange triggered'. So it's obvious that the callback is never triggered.
I just use Firebug to change the content and to trigger the event, to test it out.
Update
I don't think I made this clear enough, my code doesn't actually work. I'm looking for what I'm doing wrong.
Here is the finished code for anyone interested
(function(){
var interval;
jQuery.event.special.contentchange = {
setup: function(){
var self = this,
$this = $(this),
$originalContent = $this.text();
interval = setInterval(function(){
if($originalContent != $this.text()) {
$originalContent = $this.text();
jQuery.event.handle.call(self, {type:'contentchange'});
}
},100);
},
teardown: function(){
clearInterval(interval);
}
};
})();
Thanks to Mushex for helping me out.
