backbone.jsmarionettejquery-blockui

Refresh a region by onclick using backbone.js and marionette.js


Below is my onclick event to refresh a region

'click div.tile-config ul.dropdown-menu li a.refresh': 'clickRefresh'

Below is my refresh code for a region

clickRefresh: _.bind(function(e){
    $(this).parents('.tile');
    this.blockUI(e);
    window.setTimeout(function(){
        alert("unblockUI");
        this.unblockUI(e);
    }, 1000);
    e.preventDefault();
},this),

blockUI: function(event){
    $(event).block({
        message: '<img src="res/lib/custom/img/loading.gif" align="absmiddle">',
        css: {
            border: 'none',
            padding: '2px',
            backgroundColor: 'none'
        },
            overlayCSS: {
            backgroundColor: '#000',
            opacity: 0.05,
            cursor: 'wait'
        }
    });
},

unblockUI: function(event){
    $(event).unblock({
        onUnblock: function () {
            $(event).removeAttr("style");
        }
    });
}

When i click on refresh link, it is not refreshing and getting "Type Error : this.blockUI(e) is not a function.". Please help me out.


Solution

  • It probably because you don't need to place the bind on the main function but on the callback on the time out

    try this

    clickRefresh: function(e){
        $(this).parents('.tile');
        this.blockUI(e);
    
        window.setTimeout(_.bind(function(){
            alert("unblockUI");
            this.unblockUI(e);
        },this), 1000);
    
        e.preventDefault();
    },
    

    Edit: so at the moment you are trying to place the block on the event which isn't a DOM element. If you want to place the blocker over the refresh button use event.currentTarget like so

        blockUI: function (event) {
            $(event.currentTarget ).block({
                message: '<img src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/file-uploader/3.7.0/loading.gif" align="absmiddle">',
                css: {
                    border: 'none',
                    padding: '2px',
                    backgroundColor: 'none'
                },
                overlayCSS: {
                    backgroundColor: '#000',
                    opacity: 0.05,
                    cursor: 'wait'
                }
            });
        },
    
        unblockUI: function (event) {
            $(event.currentTarget).unblock({
                onUnblock: function () {
                    $(event.currentTarget).removeAttr("style");
                }
            });
        }
    

    fiddle http://jsfiddle.net/leighking2/xn0yz33n/

    or you could place it over the entire view with this.$el (which also means you wouldn't need to pass the event around) like so

        blockUI: function () {
            $(this.$el).block({
                message: '<img src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/file-uploader/3.7.0/loading.gif" align="absmiddle">',
                css: {
                    border: 'none',
                    padding: '2px',
                    backgroundColor: 'none'
                },
                overlayCSS: {
                    backgroundColor: '#000',
                    opacity: 0.05,
                    cursor: 'wait'
                }
            });
        },
    
        unblockUI: function () {
            $(this.$el).unblock({
                onUnblock: function () {
                    $(this.$el).removeAttr("style");
                }
            });
        }
    

    fiddle http://jsfiddle.net/leighking2/0osL8u6k/