I'm not sure how to accomplish what I'm looking to do, which, on starting out, seemed simple. I want to add a 'visited'
class to a clicked link before calling the linked content into a fancybox iframe.
Fancybox works fine, as long as I leave off the beforeLoad
call. When added, the page simply reloads the window, bypassing the Fancybox.
I'm not sure whether my beforeLoad
function (here called add_visited
) is allowed to use jQuery (as in addClass
), or whether I need to stick to straight javaScript functionality (element.setAttribute("className", "visited")
). The code pasted here is for jQuery, with a reference to a passed this
in theClicked
.
So, as you can see, I'm also not sure how to refer to $(this)
in the function. Essentially I want to carry over this
from the actual $.fancybox()
call.
And, for clarity, .clinical_trial_link
is a class applied to an anchor. In the actual code it's a.clinical_trial_link
.
For further clarity, I've read a few conversations here discussing the relative merits of this method of marking links as visited. I get the downside to simply using a class, but on a site as link heavy as this one, seeing what's been clicked already is imperative.
Finally, the page in question is located here: http://pull4parkinsonsfoundation.org/clinical_trials/
The js, of course, will change from what's pasted here as I continue to thrash around like a mackeral with a keyboard. ;-)
Any help would be appreciated, and thanks in advance for the excellent work you all do on stackoverflow. This is the first time I've actually had to post a question in years!
Here's my code:
function add_visited(theclicked) {
$(this).addClass('visited');
}
$(document).ready(function() {
$('.clinical_trial_link').fancybox({
'beforeLoad': add_visited($this),
'maxWidth': 1222,
'maxHeight': 1222,
'fitToView': true,
'width': '80%',
'height': '90%',
'topRatio': 0.2,
'autoSize': false,
'closeClick': false,
'openEffect': 'elastic',
'closeEffect': 'elastic'
});
});