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JavaScript Callback Functions in JavaScript Callbacks and the DOM Using the Same Callback on Multiple Elements

Posted by Ryan Soeder
Ryan Soeder
11,056 Points

Is classList.toggle() ok here?

I used this and it seems to work well:

const nameInput = document.getElementById('name');
const messageTextArea = document.getElementById('message');

function toggleHighlight(event) {
  event.target.classList.toggle('highlight');
}

nameInput.addEventListener('focus', toggleHighlight);
nameInput.addEventListener('blur', toggleHighlight);

messageTextArea.addEventListener('focus', toggleHighlight);     
messageTextArea.addEventListener('blur', toggleHighlight);

Are there any issues I should be aware of?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
215,357 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
215,357 Points

As in your [previous question], this is another case where you might want the event to control the adding or removing of the class directly to make sure that the state never gets out of sync with the class:

nameInput.addEventListener('focus', event => event.target.classList.add('highlight'));
nameInput.addEventListener('blur', event => event.target.classList.remove('highlight'));
Jesse Cleary-Budge
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Jesse Cleary-Budge
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 15,359 Points

On this theme, I created my own toggler that relies on the classList.add() and classList.remove() methods. Thought I'd share it here. :D

const nameInput = document.getElementById('name');
const messageTextArea = document.getElementById('message');

const toggleHandler = e => {
  const target = e.target;
  if ( target.classList.contains('highlight') ) {
    target.classList.remove('highlight');
  } else {
    target.classList.add('highlight');
  }
};

nameInput.addEventListener( 'focus', toggleHandler);
nameInput.addEventListener( 'blur', toggleHandler);

messageTextArea.addEventListener( 'focus', toggleHandler);
messageTextArea.addEventListener( 'blur', toggleHandler);