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jquery functions not working within an ajax loaded jquery tab

I'm having trouble getting jquery functions (datepicker and dialog) to work within an jquery ajax loaded tab.

I keep getting a "datepicker is not a function" or "dialog is not a function" when I click the respective tab. I've done a lot of searching online for this problem and there are similar problems, but I couldn't find a solution that works for me.

I do understand that with such an error, the problem is likely due the system not recognizing the script. So, on a higher level I'm not really understanding how the ajax loaded tab deals with scrips in relation to the master script.

Hopefully my code can help illustrate my error.

header.html

<head>
...
<!-- External javascript call -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.16/jquery-ui.min.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.validate/1.9/jquery.validate.min.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="../js/main.js"></script>    
</head>

Main.php

<?php include '../includes/header.html'; ?>
...
<div id="tabmenu" class="ui-tabs">
<ul>
<li><a href="view_sch.php"><span>Schedule</span></a></li>
</ul>
<div id="view_sch.php" class="ui-tabs-hide">Schedule</div>
</div><br />

view_sch.php (header.html isn't included)

<head>
<!-- External javascript call -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.16/jquery-ui.min.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="../js/schedule.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
<div id="AddGameForm" title="Add New Game">         
<form method="post">
<label for="date">Select Game Date:</label>
<input type="text" name="date" id="date" tabindex="-1" size="10" maxlength="10"    class="text ui-widget-content ui-corner-all" 
value="<?php if (isset($_POST['date'])) echo $_POST['date']; ?>" />
</form>
<table id="schedule"></table>
</body>

schedule.js

var GAME = {

loadDialog: function() {
    $( "#date" ).datepicker();
    $( "#AddGameForm" ).dialog({
        autoOpen: false,
        height: 400,
        width: 400,
        modal: true,
        buttons: {
            "Add New Game": function() {
                // Add game to database
                GAME.add();                     
                $( this ).dialog( "close" );
            },
            Cancel: function() {
                $( this ).dialog( "close" );
            }
        }
    });

    $( "#add-game" )
        .button()
        .click(function() {
            $( "#AddGameForm" ).dialog( "open" );
    });     
},

add: function() { 
    var form_data = $('form').serialize();
    $.ajax({
        type: "POST",
        url: "../manager/add_game.php",
        data: form_data, // Data that I'm sending
        error: function() {
            $('#status').text('Update failed. Try again.').slideDown('slow');
        },
        success: function() {
            $('#status').text('Update successful!').slideDown('slow');
        },
        complete: function() {
            setTimeout(function() {
                $('#status').slideUp('slow');
                }, 2000);
        },
        cache: false
    });
  }
}

$(document).ready(function() {
// Load game dialog
GAME.loadDialog();
});

Thanks for any help.

EDIT: I should note that the view_sch.php page works just fine when you view it in it's own browser window. The issue arises when viewing the page through the ajax loaded jquery tab.

Solution

  • I think I figured it out (with help of my friend too). I first removed the redundant external script calls in the view_sch page since header.html already took care of this. Next, I utilized the functions within the jquery tab, in particular the "load" event to create a callback situation. Ironically, it still wasn't working if you select the tab more than once until I added an if conditional to the load block. Hopefully the code below helps others out there.

    schedule.js

    var GAME = {
 loadDialog: function() {
    $("#date").datepicker();
    $( "#AddGameForm" ).dialog({
        autoOpen: false,
        height: 400,
        width: 400,
        modal: true
        }
    });     
  }
} 
$(document).ready(function()
{
  // jQuery UI Tabs
  $('#tabmenu').tabs({
    ajaxOptions: {
        error: function( xhr, status, index, anchor ) {
            $(anchor.hash).html(
                "Couldn't load this tab. We'll try to fix this as soon as possible. "
            );              
        }
    },
    load: function ( event, ui ) {
        if (ui.index == 2) {
            // Load game dialog
            GAME.loadDialog();

            $( "#add-game" ).on("click", function() {
                $( "#AddGameForm" ).dialog( "open" ); 
            }); 
        }
    }
});