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how to enter dynamic data to a javascript function after page load – Jquery

I have a select box which options are coming from database depending on another selected option using ajax

$(document).ready(function(){
    $("select.entity").change(function(){
        var selectedEntity = $(".entity option:selected").val();
        $.ajax({
            type: "POST",
            url: "entityName.php",
            data: { entity : selectedEntity } 
        }).done(function(data){
            $("#entityName").html(data);
        });
    });
});

// This is the select box where options are dynamic.

<label>Select Entity Name:</label>
<select id="entityName" name="entityName" class="select_box" required>
     <option value="" disabled selected>Select Entity Type First</option>
</select>

This works fine but now i want a search box for the options. I am using this function for search.

var select_box_element = document.querySelector('.select_box');
dselect(select_box_element, {
        search: true
       });

As options are dynamic and loaded after the page load that’s why this function doesnot work.

I need to push dynamic options into dselect function based on the selection.

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Answers


  1. 0

    I use $("#entityName")[0] to get at the DOM element from the jQuery Object

    }).done(function(data){
  $("#entityName").html(data);
  dselect($("#entityName")[0], { search: true });
});

    Example – you need to add some CSS I think

    const $select_box_element = $('#entityName');
const $entity = $('#entityType');
$("select.entity").change(function(){
  if (this.value === "one") {
    $select_box_element.html(`<option value="one">One</option><option value="oneone">OneOne</option>`)
    dselect($select_box_element[0], { search: true });
  }
  else {
    $select_box_element.html(`<option value="two">Two</option><option value="twotwo">TwoTwo</option>`)
    dselect($select_box_element[0], { search: true });
  }
});

dselect($entity[0], { search: true });
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/@jarstone/dselect/dist/css/dselect.css">
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@jarstone/dselect/dist/js/dselect.js"></script>
<label>Select Entity Type:</label>
<select id="entityType" name="entityType" class="entity" required>
  <option value="" disabled selected>Select Entity Type</option>
  <option value="one">One</option>
  <option value="two">Two</option>
</select>
<label>Select Entity Name:</label>
<select id="entityName" name="entityName" class="select_box" required>
  <option value="" disabled selected>Select Entity Type First</option>
  <option value="one">One</option>
  <option value="one">One</option>
</select>
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  2. 0

    Something like this might work for you. I’ve used CSS and JS for the dselect library, as shown in the official GitHub repo. In the example, Bootstrap 5 files are also included, since dSelect seems to be relying on Bootstrap 5 files.

    The API used is from the free Pokemon API.

    Some notes on the slight rewriting on how the AJAX is handled:

    • no need to call the AJAX, if there’s nothing inside the first select element, and if we revert to the default #entityType value. We just need to clear the previous contents of the #entityName. That is what the if does right inside the change event handler
    • the AJAX call contains a predefined dataType attribute. This was done because I know in advance that the response in my example (response of Pokemon API) will be in JSON format. You can also do that in your specific case, if you control the back-end / the way entityName.php works and outputs its results. If you don’t have that kind of control, you may want to omit this AJAX config parameter, and handle the results differently
    • instead of using $.ajax({...}).done(...), the example uses separate success and error handlers. This was just a preference choice. For differences between the use of success and done, please refer to this SO answer. In your specific case, .done(...) would have worked as well, with additional testing if the received data matches what you expect it to match, like this:
    $.ajax({
// your ajax setup
}).done(function(data){
  if(data) {
      $("#entityName").html(data);
  } else {
      $("#entityName").html('<option value="" disabled selected>Select Entity Type First</option>');
  }

  dselect($("#entityName")[0], { search: true });
});
    • the example also uses config, as shown in the official GitHub repo. Again, if you’re happy with the way you’re initializing your dselect, you can skip the configuration
    $(document).ready(function(){
    const config = {
        search: false, // Toggle search feature. Default: false
        creatable: false, // Creatable selection. Default: false
        clearable: false, // Clearable selection. Default: false
        maxHeight: '360px', // Max height for showing scrollbar. Default: 360px
        size: '', // Can be "sm" or "lg". Default ''
    }
    dselect($("#entityName")[0], config);

    $("#entityType").change(function(){
        let entityType = $(this).val();
        if(!entityType) {
          $("#entityName").html('<option value="" disabled selected>Select Entity Type First</option>');
          dselect($("#entityName")[0], config);
          return false;
        }
        
        $.ajax({
            type: "GET",
            url: "https://pokeapi.co/api/v2/type/" + entityType,
            dataType: "json",
            success: function(data) {
              let pokemon = data.pokemon;
              let pokeList = '<option value="" selected>Please choose your Pokemon</option>';
              console.log(pokemon[0].pokemon.name);
              for(var i = 0; i < pokemon.length; i++) {
                let pokeName = pokemon[i].pokemon.name;
                let pokeUrl = pokemon[i].pokemon.url;

                pokeList += '<option value="' + pokeUrl + '">' + pokeName + '</option>';
              }
              
              $("#entityName").html(pokeList);
              dselect($("#entityName")[0], config);
            },
            error: function(desc, err) {
                alert("Error: " + JSON.stringify(desc) + ", " + JSON.stringify(err));
            }
        });
    });
});
    label {
  margin-left: 15px;
}

#entityType {
  margin: 15px 0 15px 15px;
}
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/@jarstone/dselect/dist/css/dselect.css">
<link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" integrity="sha384-GLhlTQ8iRABdZLl6O3oVMWSktQOp6b7In1Zl3/Jr59b6EGGoI1aFkw7cmDA6j6gD" crossorigin="anonymous">
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js" integrity="sha384-w76AqPfDkMBDXo30jS1Sgez6pr3x5MlQ1ZAGC+nuZB+EYdgRZgiwxhTBTkF7CXvN" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@jarstone/dselect/dist/js/dselect.js"></script>
<label for="entityType">Select Entity Type:</label>
<select id="entityType" name="entityType" class="select_box" required>
     <option value="">Choose</option>
     <option value="water">Water</option>
     <option value="fire">Fire</option>
     <option value="ground">Ground</option>
     <option value="electric">Electric</option>
     <option value="flying">Flying</option>
</select>
<select id="entityName" name="entityName" class="select_box" required>
     <option value="" disabled selected>Select Entity Type First</option>
</select>
<div id="list"></div>
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