Question

I have a click function that has a popup window that I need to open once the ajax call is successful. I have tried setting async: false. I tried putting the popup in the ajax call but that makes the popup blocked by the browser. And my last attempt was to set a timeout until the ajax call completes and each with no luck. Any suggestions???

var currentStatus = "false";
var success = "false";

function waitForSuccess(){
    if (success == "false"){
        var t = setTimeout("waitForSuccess()", 300);
    }
    else{
        stopTimer(t);
        return "true";
    }
}
function stopTimer(t){
    clearTimeout(t);
}

 function checkReps(clicked){
$.ajax({
            cache: false,
            url: "chat_new_files/chat_new.php",
            success: function(data){
                       success = "true";
                    }
      });

$('#chatT').live('click', function (event) {
         success = "false";
             checkReps("true");
         var changed = waitForSuccess();
        if(changed == "true"){
                  BG.startChatWithIssueId('0', true);    //THIS IS THE POPUP
        }
});

I am thinking that my logic for this last attempt with the setTimeout is messed up. So any ideas on how to fix this or a brand new idea? Thanks!

Answer 1

You are over-complicating things:

$('#chatT').live('click',function(){
    $.ajax({
        cache: false,
        url: "chat_new_files/chat_new.php",
        success: function(data){
            BG.startChatWithIssueId('0', true);
        }
    });
});

As far as the browser popup blocker issue, a simple work-around is to create a div which acts as a popup container, like <div id="popup"></div>. Inside that div you can add an iframe with the url being the same of what your oldskool popup was. Initially, give that div the CSS #popup { display:none; position:relative; z-index:99999; /* etc...*/ } Then in your click event, you simply show() or fadeIn() that div.

Example, check out Colorbox – on the demo page, click the link that reads “Outside Webpage (Iframe)”