data("kendoNotification") returns Undefined in ready function

[michael]

I've defined a notification on my JSP page using the jsp taglib, and it works great if I'm using it in javascript from button actions or click events.  But if I try to access it as part of my ready function processing the following call returns 'undefined'.
var notification = $("#notification").data("kendoNotification");
It almost makes me think the widget hasn't fully initialized or something.  I want to avoid having to define everything via JS in the ready function, since that defeats the purpose of even having the taglib.  Am I doing something wrong, or is this not possible?
Thanks

[Alexander Popov]

Hello Michael,

I already replied to this query in the support ticket you opened. Basically this could happen in case the jQuery selector is not correct, the code is executed before the widget's initialization took place or in case an older JavaScript files are used.

Regards,
Alexander Popov
Telerik

 

 

[serge]

why this is could happen, is great to know, but also would be useful what to do in these cases...

[Martin]

Could you please share a small example where I can observe the issue you are experiencing? In the case of Michael, a possible reason for the problem was that the code to initialize the Notification was executed before the HTML markup on the page. So I will need to be able to debug what is causing the issue on your side.

[michael]

Yeah, sorry. I posted this before thinking to file a support ticket.  I replied to you there.  We can continue the conversation there.
Thanks

[CHRISTOPHER]

Just for anyone else that comes along.  This happened to me in a MVC project where the document ready event code was placed before the span tag.  I would not have expected this.  However, simply moving the span tag with display:none set to the top of the body tag fixed the issue.