[EDIT: I have possibly found another solution. Kooilnc's solution looks good. Is the solution at the bottom of this question better or worse than Kooilnc's?]
I have a div
with associated javascript code. I would like to have the html for just this div
and the associated javascript code all in one file, a kind of self contained 'module', eg
mydiv.html
<html>
<div id="Wibble" style="display: none;">
... loads of structure for just this div
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
... loads of js functions just associated with this div
</script>
</html>
Then in my main page index.html
I would like to include this 'module' in some way.
The only thing I have found is a Server Side Include:
index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
... loads of stuff
</head>
<body>
... loads of other html structure
<!--#include FILE="mydiv.html" -->
... loads of other html structure and script tags
</body>
</html>
Question 1: Is there a better way of doing this?
Question 2: Should I have the html tag in mydiv.html as that will obviously put an html tag in index.html which is out of place?
Question 3: If that html tag in Q2 should not be there, how do I write the mydiv.html file so it has all the formatting and nice coloured structure in Visual Studio Code?
Edit:
Kooilnc's solution (below in the answers) looks good. Here is another solution I have found. It is working in my development environment Visual Studio Code. I need the javascript in my included html file in body
's onload
. Does anyone know if this solution will work on a server with my body
onload
requirement? Is it better or worse than Kooilnc's solution?
Jquery must be included with the normal <script>
tag prior to this.
I insert this code within index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
... loads of stuff
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js">
</head>
<body>
... loads of other html structure
<div id="include_mydiv"></div>
<script>
$(function(){
$("#include_mydiv").load("mydiv.html");
});
</script>
... loads of other html structure and script tags
</body>
</html>
And mydiv.html did not have any <html>
tags:
<div id="Wibble" style="display: none;">
... loads of structure for just this div
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
... loads of js functions just associated with this div
</script>
You can try importing from template elements. Here is a simplified templating example that may be useful.
If you need to import from an external file, check this example I cooked up for you.
document.querySelectorAll(`[data-import]`).forEach( el => {
if (!el.dataset.imported) {
el.appendChild(document.querySelector(`#${el.dataset.import}`)
.content.cloneNode(true));
el.dataset.imported = `ok`;
}
});
<template id="someForm">
<script>
document.addEventListener(`click`, handle);
function handle(evt) {
if (evt.target.nodeName === `BUTTON`) {
alert(`Yes. I am handled`);
}
}
</script>
<button id="sub">Handle me!</button>
</template>
<template id="somethingElse">
<style type="text/css">
.red {color: red;}
</style>
<p class="red">I am appended too</p>
</template>
<div data-import="someForm"></div>
<div data-import="somethingElse"></div>