Daniel Grieve
6,429 Pointsevent listener throws an error on nameActions[action] for checkbox
My code is as follows the 2 relevant event listeners
//checkbox confirmed/unconfirmed
ul.addEventListener('change', (event) => {
const checkbox = event.target
const checked = checkbox.checked
const listItem = checkbox.parentNode.parentNode
const label = checkbox.parentNode
if (checked) {
listItem.className = 'responded'
label.childNodes[0].textContent = 'Confirmed'
console.log(label.childNodes)
} else {
listItem.className = 'unanswered'
label.childNodes[0].textContent = 'Confirm'
}
})
//controls save, edit, and remove buttons
ul.addEventListener(('click'), (event) => {
const button = event.target
const li = button.parentNode
const ul = li.parentNode
const label = li.querySelector('label')
const span = li.querySelector('span')
const action = button.textContent
const nameActions = {
edit: () => {
const edit = document.createElement('input')
edit.type = 'text'
edit.value = span.textContent
li.insertBefore(edit, label)
li.removeChild(span)
edit.focus()
button.textContent = 'save'
},
save: () => {
const edit = li.querySelector('input')
const text = edit.value
const span = document.createElement('span')
span.textContent = text
li.insertBefore(span, edit)
li.removeChild(edit)
button.textContent = 'edit'
},
remove: () => {
ul.removeChild(li)
}
}
nameActions[action]()
})
The error is nameActions[action] is not a function
at HTMLUListElement.ul.addEventListener
So as far as I can tell this is because there are 2 event listeners on the same 'ul'. There is no text content on the 'confirm box' so there is no action to include in the nameActions object. I tried including an action with an empty string to no success. The error doesn't impact the running of the program but I feel this is bad practice. Is there a simple fix to this problem?
1 Answer
trio interactive
15,322 PointsHey!
You seem to be calling nameActions like a function but you've created it as an object. I managed to get your code to work with a couple of if statements at the bottom like so:
ul.addEventListener(('click'), (event) => {
const button = event.target;
const li = button.parentNode;
const ul = li.parentNode;
const label = li.querySelector('label');
const span = li.querySelector('span');
const action = button.textContent;
const nameActions = {
edit: () => {
const edit = document.createElement('input')
edit.type = 'text'
edit.value = span.textContent
li.insertBefore(edit, label)
li.removeChild(span)
edit.focus()
button.textContent = 'save'
},
save: () => {
const edit = li.querySelector('input')
const text = edit.value
const span = document.createElement('span')
span.textContent = text
li.insertBefore(span, edit)
li.removeChild(edit)
button.textContent = 'edit'
},
remove: () => {
ul.removeChild(li)
}
}
if(event.target.textContent == 'edit') {
nameActions.edit(event.target);
} else if(event.target.textContent == 'save') {
nameActions.save(event.target);
} else if(event.target.textContent == 'remove') {
nameActions.remove(event.target);
}
});
The error is gone now but the code can be optimised further. Try revisiting your projects once in a while and refactoring them to shorten your code and make it more readable/concise.
Hope this helps!
Daniel Grieve
6,429 PointsDaniel Grieve
6,429 PointsThanks for the reply. Funnily enough, this code is the refactored version after watching the refactoring video.