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Return "True" or "False" values according to buttons pressed - Toastr, JS (no angular)


I built a function that creates warning notice using Toastr. (writing in JS, not using Angular).

It asks whether you want to delete a file.

if user presses "YES" button, I want to return boolean value: "True"

if user presses "NO" button, I want to return boolean value: "False"

Problem:

I didn't get a boolean value back, when I called the function fileAlert.

The calling function:

 async function noticeUser() {
                let promise = new Promise(() => {
                    fileAlert();
                });
                let result = await promise;
                console.log("The result was: "+result); //after execution: result is empty 
            };

The function fileAlert() :

<script>

        function fileAlert() { 

                var userAnswer = toastr.warning('Are you sure you want to delete the file?<br /><br /><button type="button" id="yesDelete" class="btn clear">Yes</button>&nbsp;<button type="button" id="noDelete" class="btn clear">No</button>', "Warning");
                var userSaid = true;
                toastr.options = {
                    "closeButton": false,
                    "allowHtml": true,
                    onShown: function (toast) {

                        $('#yesDelete').click(function () {
                            console.log('user clicked yes - he wants to delete the file')
                            toastr.clear(userAnswer);
                            return userSaid;
                        });
                        $('#noDelete').click(function () {
                            console.log('user clicked no - he doesnt want to delete the file')
                            //Deleting warning message from screen.
                            toastr.clear(userAnswer);        
                            //Returning False so that deletion procedure will not occur
                            userSaid= false;
                            return userSaid;
                        });                      

                    },
                    "debug": false,
                    "newestOnTop": false,
                    "progressBar": false,
                    "positionClass": "toast-top-right",
                    "preventDuplicates": false,
                    "showDuration": "300",
                    "hideDuration": "1000",
                    "timeOut": 0,
                    "extendedTimeOut": 0,
                    "showEasing": "swing",
                    "hideEasing": "linear",
                    "showMethod": "fadeIn",
                    "hideMethod": "fadeOut",
                    "tapToDismiss": false
            }  

        };        
    </script>

Solution

  • My solution has 2 steps:

    1) I deleted onShown inside toastr.options and I called onClick functions after the definition of toastr.options.

    2) I changed function noticeUser to be:

    fileAlert().then(result => {
                console.log(result);
                if (result == true) {.....}   });
    

    fileAlert function after fixing is:

    function fileAlert() { 
            return new Promise((resolve,reject)=>{
    
                var userAnswer = toastr.warning('Are you sure you want to delete the file?<br /><br /><button type="button" id="yesDelete" class="btn clear">Yes</button>&nbsp;<button type="button" id="noDelete" class="btn clear">No</button>', "Warning");               
                toastr.options = {
                    "closeButton": false,
                    "allowHtml": true,                  
                    "debug": false,
                    "newestOnTop": false,
                    "progressBar": false,
                    "positionClass": "toast-top-right",
                    "preventDuplicates": false,
                    "showDuration": "300",
                    "hideDuration": "1000",
                    "timeOut": 0,
                    "extendedTimeOut": 0,
                    "showEasing": "swing",
                    "hideEasing": "linear",
                    "showMethod": "fadeIn",
                    "hideMethod": "fadeOut",
                    "tapToDismiss": false
                }
                $('#yesDelete').click(function () {
                    console.log('user clicked yes - he wants to delete the file')
                    toastr.clear(userAnswer);
                    resolve(true);
                });
                $('#noDelete').click(function () {
                    console.log('user clicked no - he doesnt want to delete the file')
                    //Deleting warning message from screen.
                    toastr.clear(userAnswer);
                    //Returning False so that deletion procedure will not occur                 
                    resolve(false);
                });              
            });               
        };