I guess this may be pretty obvious, but I'm quite noob regarding front-end.
Scenario is as follows: whenever the user click a button, I need to
1-block the page by means of blockUI
2-clear some stuff
3-load some stuff
4-unblock the page
Let there be a snippet, similar to my current approach:
function reload_data()
{
//block
$.blockUI({ message: $('#spinner_div') , css: { top: '50%' , left:'50%' , border:'none'} });
//clear stuff
$('#my_kpi' ).text(''); //this empty an anchor
$('#my_report iframe').attr('src',''); //this empty an iframe
//load stuff
$('#my_kpi' ).text('loaded'); //this sets an anchor
$('#inf_prioridad_estado iframe').attr('src','foo.php'); //this loads an iframe
//unblock
setTimeout(function(){ alert("I would like not to unblock until iframes are loaded");},2000);
setTimeout($.unblockUI, 2000); //will be blocked unless for 2 seconds
console.log('unblocked');
}
I know (think so...)what is happening, but I don't know how to solve it:
$().attr('src','foo.php'); is indeed executed, but goes on to the next statement before the iframe is actually loaded.
Any ideas?
Thank u so much!
Once you set the src
attribute of the iframe, you need to listen for the load event:
// Set number of frames to be loaded
// This could be done with a jquery selector getting iframe count
var framesToLoad = 2;
function tryUnblockUI() {
// Frame loaded, decrement framesToLoad count
framesToLoad--;
// Once all frames are loaded, unblock UI
if (frameLoadingCount === 0) {
//unblock ui here
}
}
// Load frame 1
$('#inf_prioridad_estado iframe')
.attr('src', 'foo.php')
.on('load', tryUnblockUI);
// Load frame 2
$('#inf_prioridad_estado_2 iframe')
.attr('src', 'foo.php')
.on('load', tryUnblockUI);