I have a javascript code where I store an element in an array upon clicking on a button, and change the button from "+" to "-". Upon clicking the button again, I want to remove that element from the array.
I have this code. It does the first part well, but it also removes the element without clicking on the button the second time.
let favorites = []
let buttonList = document.querySelectorAll("button")
let click = 0
buttonList.forEach((button, index) => {
button.addEventListener('click', function saveFavourites() {
click++
favorites.push(products[index])
button.textContent = "-"
console.log(favorites)
if (click === 1) {
this.removeEventListener('click', saveFavourites)
}
})
button.addEventListener('click', function removeFavourites() {
click ++
let i = favorites.indexOf(products[index])
favorites.splice(i, 1)
button.textContent = "+"
console.log(favorites)
if (click === 2) {
this.removeEventListener('click', removeFavourites)
}
})
})
You're adding two separate event listeners to the same button element. Use a single event listener and toggle a boolean flag
variable to keep track of whether the element should be added or removed.
let favorites = []
let buttonList = document.querySelectorAll("button")
buttonList.forEach((button, index) => {
let isAdded = false; // flag variable to track whether the element is added or removed
button.addEventListener('click', function toggleFavourites() {
if (isAdded) {
let i = favorites.indexOf(products[index])
favorites.splice(i, 1)
button.textContent = "+"
isAdded = false;
} else {
favorites.push(products[index])
button.textContent = "-"
isAdded = true;
}
console.log(favorites)
})
})
When the button is clicked, the code checks the value of isAdded
and either adds the element to the favorites
array or removes it.
Here is the Demo:- Codesandbox