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JavaScript

Posted by Ang Kee Hian
Ang Kee Hian
Courses Plus Student 12,213 Points

Advice on refactoring jQuery snippet

Hello!

I've created the following jQuery snippet for one of my Woocommerce sites. Essentially, I implemented a custom quantity selector display and this jQuery function enables the quantity to behave accordingly ('+' for increasing and '-' for decreasing). Even though it works, I feel that it could be done in a much neater and 'DRY' way.

Appreciate any inputs!

var $         = jQuery.noConflict();
var qtyInput  = $('input.qty');
var qtyAdd    = $('.quantity__spin-button-plus');
var qtyRemove = $('.quantity__spin-button-minus');

qtyAdd.each(function() {
    $(this).on('click', function() {
        var qty = $(this).siblings('input').val();
        qty++;
        $(this).siblings(qtyInput).val(qty);

        //trigger 'change' to enable 'update cart' button in cart page
        qtyInput.trigger('change');
    })
});

qtyRemove.each(function() {
    $(this).on('click', function() {
        var qty = $(this).siblings('input').val();
        if ( qty != 1 ) {
            qty--;
            $(this).siblings(qtyInput).val(qty);
        }
        $(this).siblings(qtyInput).val(qty);

        //trigger 'change' to enable 'update cart' button in cart page
        qtyInput.trigger('change');
    })
});

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

You could have all the buttons use the same handler, and have the handler perform a function based on the class of the event target:

function handleClick(e) {
    var qty = $(this).siblings('input').val();
    if ($(this).hasClass("quantity__spin-button-minus"))
        if ( qty > 1 ) qty--;
    else if ($(this).hasClass("quantity__spin-button-plus"))
        qty++;
    $(this).siblings(qtyInput).val(qty);

    //trigger 'change' to enable 'update cart' button in cart page
    qtyInput.change{);
}

qtyAdd.click(handleClick);    // no "foreach" needed with jQuery
qtyRemove.click(handleClick);

Also, depending on how the HTML is organized, this could probably be implemeted as a designated handler.

Ang Kee Hian
Ang Kee Hian
Courses Plus Student 12,213 Points

Thanks Steven! Ive actually thought of this method as well. However I feel that doing a conditional check based on class name is a little unreliable as class names tend to change.

This is what I came up with:

/* METHODS */
function handleClick(e) {

    var qty = $(this).siblings('input').val();

    if ( e.data.quantity_selector == 'remove' ) { 
        if ( qty > 1 ) {
            qty--;  
        }
    }
    else if ( e.data.quantity_selector == 'add' ) {
        qty++;
    }
    $(this).siblings(qtyInput).val(qty);

    //trigger 'change' to enable 'update cart' button in cart page
    qtyInput.change();

}

qtyAdd.on('click', { quantity_selector: 'add'  }, handleClick);
qtyRemove.on('click', { quantity_selector: 'remove' }, handleClick);

I decided to utilise the 'data' argument in the on() method and then do a conditional check based on the event.data.quantity_selector value.

What do you think about this?

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

I'm not sure what you mean by "class names tend to change". What would change them?

Ang Kee Hian
PLUS
Ang Kee Hian
Courses Plus Student 12,213 Points
Ang Kee Hian
Ang Kee Hian
Courses Plus Student 12,213 Points

Hmm maybe it's just me. I sometimes have the habit of changing the way I name things. In my case, I would then have to change the classnames in multiple places for your snippet to work.

Also, what you do mean by 'designated handler'?

Thanks for your input so far. Appreciate it!

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

A "designated handler" is one that is attached to a parent element, but intended to service events generated by child elements which propagate ("bubble up") to the parent. This allows a single handler to deal with multiple elements, including any that are created after the handler is established.