I'm working on displaying a list of books, and I have it set up so you can filter by category. That part of my JavaScript works, but I need to make one tweak. Right now, on page load nothing shows up until you click "show all." What do I need to change in my code so everything loads when the page loads? (Hope that makes sense)
My HTML:
<div id="myBtnContainer">
<button class="bookbtn active" onclick="filterSelection('all')">Show all</button>
<button class="bookbtn" onclick="filterSelection('autobiography')">Autobiography</button>
<button class="bookbtn" onclick="filterSelection('poetry')">Poetry</button>
<button class="bookbtn" onclick="filterSelection('fiction')">Fiction</button>
<button class="bookbtn" onclick="filterSelection('children')">Children</button></div>
<!-- Begin the listing of ALL THE BOOKS! -->
<div class="bookcontainer">
<ul class="booklist">
<div class="filterDiv autobiography">
<li>
<a href="books/singlebook.html">
<img src="images/books/hardy_silence.png" alt="" class="img-book" />
<div class="book-title">Book Title<br></div>
<div class="book-author">by Author</div>
</a>
</li>
</div>
CSS:
.bookcontainer {
overflow: hidden;
}
#myBtnContainer {
z-index: 125;
margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
align-self: left;
align-items: left;
text-align: left;
}
.filterDiv {
float: left;
text-align: center;
display: none;
/* Hidden by default */
}
/* The "show" class is added to the filtered elements */
.show {
display: block;
}
/* Style the buttons */
.bookbtn {
border: none;
outline: none;
padding: 12px 16px;
margin-right: 10px;
background-color: #f1f1f1;
cursor: pointer;
}
/* Add a light grey background on mouse-over */
.bookbtn:hover {
background-color: #ddd;
}
/* Add a dark background to the active button */
.bookbtn.active {
background-color: #666;
color: white;
}
and my JavaScript (copied from w3 if I'm being completely honest):
filterSelection("all")
function filterSelection(c) {
var x, i;
x = document.getElementsByClassName("filterDiv");
if (c == "all") c = "";
// Add the "show" class (display:block) to the filtered elements, and remove the "show" class from the elements that are not selected
for (i = 0; i < x.length; i++) {
w3RemoveClass(x[i], "show");
if (x[i].className.indexOf(c) > -1) w3AddClass(x[i], "show");
}
}
// Show filtered elements
function w3AddClass(element, name) {
var i, arr1, arr2;
arr1 = element.className.split(" ");
arr2 = name.split(" ");
for (i = 0; i < arr2.length; i++) {
if (arr1.indexOf(arr2[i]) == -1) {
element.className += " " + arr2[i];
}
}
}
// Hide elements that are not selected
function w3RemoveClass(element, name) {
var i, arr1, arr2;
arr1 = element.className.split(" ");
arr2 = name.split(" ");
for (i = 0; i < arr2.length; i++) {
while (arr1.indexOf(arr2[i]) > -1) {
arr1.splice(arr1.indexOf(arr2[i]), 1);
}
}
element.className = arr1.join(" ");
}
// Add active class to the current control button (highlight it)
var btnContainer = document.getElementById("myBtnContainer");
var btns = btnContainer.getElementsByClassName("bookbtn");
for (var i = 0; i < btns.length; i++) {
btns[i].addEventListener("click", function () {
var current = document.getElementsByClassName("active");
current[0].className = current[0].className.replace(" active", "");
this.className += " active";
});
}
Just simply add:
window.onload = () => {
filterSelection('all')
};
So it will trigger it when page loads.