So I am using Materializecss a third-party library Materializecss: http://materializecss.com/
and I am trying to make a Dropdown
when you click on a button.
All works fine when I put the button manually in HTML and then click on it the Dropdown
is working, but when I am adding dynamically rows and columns (in these columns are Cards
) with buttons in it there is no action when I click on it.
This is the Example-Dropdown-Code:
<ul id='dropdown1' class='dropdown-content'>
<li><a href="#!">one</a></li>
<li><a href="#!">two</a></li>
<li class="divider"></li>
<li><a href="#!">three</a></li>
</ul>
And I add this when I receive the data from the server via ajax
:
<div class="col s12 m6 l4">
<div class="card hoverable">
<div class="card-image waves-effect waves-block waves-light activator">
</div>
<div class="card-content">
<a class="dropdown-button myPointer" data-activates="dropdown1"><i
class="material-icons right" >more_vert</i></a>
. . .
after the loop I call
$(".dropdown-button").each(function(){
$(this).dropdown();
});
because the documentation says that
Initialization for dropdowns is only necessary if you create them dynamically.
so I really don´t know why it is not working.
EDIT: this is how I add the HTML via JS(do not wonder about the variable names they are german-english):
for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
var link = data[i];
var linkHTML = '<div class="col s12 m6 l4" id="scroll'+link["linkid"]+'">\
<div class="card hoverable" id="shadow'+link["linkid"]+'">\
<div class="card-image waves-effect waves-block waves-light activator" style="height: 300px;background: url('+ link["picture"] +') no-repeat;background-position: center center; background-size: cover;">\
</div>\
<div class="card-content">\
<span class="truncate card-title grey-text text-darken-4"><span class="colorPoints" style="color:' + link["color"] + ';"> •</span>' + link["title"] + ' <a class="dropdown-button" data-beloworigin="true" href="#" data-activates="dropdown1"><i class="material-icons right optionenButton myPointer" >more_vert</i></a>\
</span>\
<p class="truncate">' + link["description"] + '</p>\
<div class="truncate">\
<p>\
Kategorie: ' + link["categoryname"] + '\
</p>\
</div>\
</div>\
<div class="card-reveal">\
<span class="card-title grey-text text-darken-4">' + link["link"] + '<i class="material-icons right">close</i></span>\
<p>' + link["description"] + '</p>\
</div>\
<div class="card-action">\
<a href="' + link["link"] + '" target="_blank">Öffnen</a>\
<div class="right">\
<span class="material-icons thumbs" id="thumb_up_'+i+'" onclick="upVote('+link["linkid"]+','+i+');">thumb_up</span>\
<span class="thumb_number thumb_number_up" id="number_up_'+i+'">'+link["up"]+'</span>\
<span class="material-icons thumbs" id="thumb_down_'+i+'" onclick="downVote('+link["linkid"]+','+i+');">thumb_down</span>\
<span class="thumb_number" id="number_down_'+i+'">'+link["down"]+'</span>\
</div>\
</div>\
</div>\
</div>\
';
var currentContainer;
if ($( document ).width()<=992 && i % 2 == 0) {
$('#mainContainer').append('<div class="row" id="cont' + i + '"></div>');
currentContainer = i;
}else if ($( document ).width()>992 && i % 3 == 0){
$('#mainContainer').append('<div class="row" id="cont' + i + '"></div>');
currentContainer = i;
}
$('#cont' + currentContainer).append(linkHTML);
}
I wrote my own function:
<i class="material-icons right myPointer" id="pos2" onclick="openOptions(2);">more_vert</i>
<ul id='dropdown1' class='dropdown-content'>
<li><a href="#!">one</a></li>
<li><a href="#!">two</a></li>
<li class="divider"></li>
<li><a href="#!">three</a></li>
</ul>
<script>
function openDropdown(id) {
var top = ($("#pos"+id).offset().top) + 20;
var left = ($("#pos"+id).offset().left) -70;
$("#dropdown1").css({top:top,left:left});
$("#dropdown1").slideToggle();
}
</script>