Question

I’m regestering a jQuery fancybox like so:

        $(document).ready(function() {

        $("#help").fancybox({
            'width': '90%',
            'height': '90%',
            'autoScale': true,
            'transitionIn': 'elastic',
            'transitionOut': 'none',
            'titleShow': false,
            'type': 'iframe'
        });
         });

However, on page transfer/postback it is getting registered multiple times, which slows it down to the point of breaking. Is there a way to check if the event is already registered, and if not, register it?

Pseudo code:

 //check if fancybox has not been registered
if($("help").fancybox == null))
{
     //register fancy box
}

Answer 1

When fancybox runs, it adds a fancybox entry into jQuery’s data object.

You can test for its presence:

if( ! $("#help").data().fancybox )
{
     //register fancy box
}