Run ActionResult AND javascript function from Custom ToolBar button

[Alex]

I am using an MVC grid that has a toolbar, with a custom button

toolBar.Custom().Text("Recalculate Assets").Action("Edit", "AssetPlanning", new { recalculate = true }).HtmlAttributes(new { title = "Warning: This could take multiple minutes to fully complete", data_toggle = "tooltip", id = ("calcButton" + uniqueName), onClientClick = "alert('reclacing');" });

 

This actionresult can take upto a minute to run. I would at the very least like to update the button to say calculating with a little spinner and whatnot

 

var buttonID = "#calcButton" & String(@uniqueName.ToString());

$(buttonID).click(function () { recalculating(); });


function recalculating() {

    alert("reclacing");

    $(buttonID).addClass("btn btn-lg btn-warning");
    $(buttonID).html('<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-refresh glyphicon-refresh-animate"></span> Recalculating');
}

 

I would think that somewhere along the way the function would get called or an alert box would show, but nothing appears on the client side. I'm guessing that the action gets called first and the client click event just is never called. What can I do to make the client code called first or run together?

[Dimiter Topalov]

Hello Alex,

The code sample suggests that there is a JavaScript error thrown, and the click event handler is not attached at all. In the following line:

var buttonID = "#calcButton" & String(@uniqueName.ToString());

... a bitwise operator (&) is incorrectly used on string operands, resulting in a 0 (zero) being assigned to the buttonID variable. This causes a JavaScript error on the next line, as $(0) is not a valid selector.

You can find more information about operators in JavaScript and their corresponding operands in the following reference:

http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_operators.asp

Please check the developers tools console for JavaScript errors, and fix them.

I hope this helps, but let us know, if I am missing something, or you need further assistance.

Regards,
Dimiter Topalov
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