change() function works and detects changes on form elements, but is there a way of detecting when a DOM element's content was changed?
This does not work, unless #content is a form element
$("#content").change( function(){
// do something
});
I want this to trigger when doing something like:
$("#content").html('something');
Also html() or append() function don't have a callback.
Any suggestions?
These are mutation events.
I have not used mutation event APIs in jQuery, but a cursory search led me to this project on GitHub. I am unaware of the project's maturity.
what about http://jsbin.com/esepal/2
$(document).bind("DOMSubtreeModified",function(){
console.log($('body').width() + ' x '+$('body').height());
})
This event has been deprecated in favor of the Mutation Observer API
The browser will not fire the onchange event for <div> elements.
I think the reasoning behind this is that these elements won't change unless modified by javascript. If you are already having to modify the element yourself (rather than the user doing it), then you can just call the appropriate accompanying code at the same time that you modify the element, like so:
$("#content").html('something').each(function() { });
You could also manually fire an event like this:
$("#content").html('something').change();
If neither of these solutions work for your situation, could you please give more information on what you are specifically trying to accomplish?
Try to bind to the DOMSubtreeModified event seeign as test is also just part of the DOM.
see this post here on SO:
Try this, it was created by James Padolsey(J-P here on SO) and does exactly what you want (I think)
http://james.padolsey.com/javascript/monitoring-dom-properties/
I'm developing tiny JS library called mutabor (https://github.com/eskat0n/mutabor) which intended to simplify usage of DOM Mutation Events. See demo.html for examples.
Try the livequery plugin. That seems to work for something similar I am doing.
You can add a callback option to html (,or any) function:
$.fn.oldHtml = $.fn.html;
$.fn.html = function(html,fn){
fn = fn || function(){};
var result = this.oldHtml(html);
fn();
return result;
};
$('body').html(11,function(){alert("haha");});
You do the change on some element, not the element is forced to change by something that you have to catch.
Not possible, I believe ie has a content changed event but it is certainly not x-browser
Should I say not possible without some nasty interval chugging away in the background!
