I want to loop over an array continuously on click. Extra props if you can work in a delay between class switches :-)
I got this far:
// Define word
var text = "textthing";
// Define canvas
var canvas = 'section';
// Split word into parts
text.split();
// Loop over text
$(canvas).click(function() {
$.each(text, function(key, val) {
$(canvas).removeAttr('class').addClass(val);
});
});
Which is not too far at all :-)
Any tips?
The following will wait until you click the selected element(s) in the var el. In this example var el = $('section') will select all <section>...</section> elements in your document.
Then it will start cycling through the values in cssClassNames, using each, in turn as the css class name on the selected element(s). A delay of delayInMillis will be used between each class change.
var cssClassNames = ['c1', 'c2', 'c3'];
var el = $('section');
var delayInMillis = 1000;
// Loop over text
el.click(function() {
var i = 0;
function f() {
if( i >= cssClassNames.length ) {
i = 0;
}
var currentClass = cssClassNames[i];
i += 1;
el.removeClass().addClass(currentClass);
setTimeout(f, delayInMillis);
}
f();
});
I believe you want a delay of X milliseconds between removing a class and adding a class. I'm not sure that you have to have the lines marked // ? or even that they do the job, but what you do have to have is a way to get the value's into the function. Also, the setTimeout anon function might not actually need the parameters, but it should give you an idea.
$(canvas).click(function() {
$.each(text, function(key, val) {
$(canvas).removeAttr('class')
var $canvas = $(canvas) //?
var class_val = val //?
setTimeout(function ($canvas, class_val) {
$canvas.addClass(class_val);
}, 2000);
});
});
Edit: I'd do this instead function modify_element($element, class_name){ $element.removeClass('class'); setTimeout(function ($element) { $element.addClass(class_name); }, 1000); //adds the class 1 second after removing it }
$(canvas).click(function() {
$.each(text, function(key, val) {
setTimeout(modify_element($(canvas), val),2000);
//this will loop over the elements with 2 seconds between elements
});
});
"loop over an array continuously" this sounds like a infinite loop, I don't think you want that. About pausing the loop, this is possible, you can use this
var text = 'lorem'; text.split(); console.log(text) // lorem. Do this instead:var text = 'lorem'.split(''); console.log(text) // [l, o, r, e, m]text.split()won't update the variable unless you assign it again. ie.text = text.split()