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JavaScript

Posted by katinkahesselink
katinkahesselink
2,392 Points

changing value on submit button not working.

I have a working version of this assignment, to which I've added the extras in the video. The below code does disable the button while loading the images, and re-enable the button after loading. However the button text doesn't change. What am I missing?

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('form').submit(function(evt) {
        evt.preventDefault();

        var $searchField = $('#search');
        var searchTerm = $searchField.val();
        var $submitButton = $('submit');

        $searchField.prop('disabled', true);
        $submitButton.prop('disabled', true).val('Searching...');
        // the AJAX part
        var flickerAPI =
            'http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/photos_public.gne?jsoncallback=?';
        var flickrOptions = {
            tags: searchTerm,
            format: 'json'
        };

        function displayPhotos(data) {
            var photoHTML = '<ul>';
            $.each(data.items, function(i, photo) {
                photoHTML += '<li class="grid-25 tablet-grid-50">';
                photoHTML += '<a href="' + photo.link + '" class="image">';
                photoHTML += '<img src="' + photo.media.m + '"></a></li>';
            }); // end each
            photoHTML += '</ul>';
            $('#photos').html(photoHTML);
            $searchField.prop('disabled', false);
            $submitButton.attr('disabled', false).val('Search again');
        }
        $.getJSON(flickerAPI, flickrOptions, displayPhotos);
    }); // end click
}); // end ready

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,007 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,007 Points

You didn't show the HTML part of the code, but I'm guessing you have either a button element or an input element that has the ID of "submit".

So if that's the case, then $submitButton should probably be assigned to "$('#submit')" (with a "#", instead of "$('submit')").