Apparently my other post regarding my blunder didn't make it through. Or I accidently sent it to Karl directly.
The trick I needed was the ajaxProcess function Karl suggested, as well as the ajaxSettings parameter. between the two of these, I was able to do what I needed. Then I turfed the JSON code in favor of simple HTML output from my server side code (unrelated reasons), and the ajaxProcess function wasn't needed anymore. In addition though I needed to implement the onShow function to apply behaviors to the displayed clueTip data. I've documented my efforts on my blog (http://grover.open2space.com/node/191), to remind myself the next time I need this and to hopefully help others looking to do something similar. (let me know if I've made any glaring mistakes there...) Thanks for the plugin Karl - it's working fantastic now. :) Shawn Shawn wrote: > I did see that but that seems to imply the "ajaxProcess" function > replaces the "success" function of a $.ajax call. The data parameter > would seem to be the Ajax results (json in my case), which can be > manipulated into the format needed. If my observations are correct, > this solves only half my problem - the formatting side of things. > > The other half of my problem is the fact that I need to dynamically > determine the parameters to pass to the Ajax function. Cluetip doesn't > seem to have any way to handle this just yet, but so far I've only > looked at the api documentation. I'll take a look into the source code > later tonight and see what I can tap into. > > I've had some success with the onActivate function. If I do something > like this: > > onActivate : function (e) { > var myid = $(e).attr("id").toString().split("_")[0]; > var mydt = $(e).attr("id").toString().split("_")[1]; > $.ajax({ > async: false, > url : "mypage.php", > data : "id=" + myid + "&dt=" + mydt, > success : function (json) { > // . . . Process the results here . . . > $("#cludtipDiv").html(processResults); > } > }); > return true; > } > > But this now requires treating cluetip with local content (which is > changed by the ajax call above), AND requires the ajax to run in > synchronous mode (otherwise the correct data isn't shown until the next > time the cluetip is shown) > > And even putting my data into the trigger's ID was done just to > accommodate cluetip - I have the same data elsewhere in the DOM, but in > multiple places. > > Please don't take any of my comments as complaints. I'm just trying to > work through how to get things going right. Relying on the "rel" > attribute (or whatever attribute is chosen) just seems counterintuitive > to me when so many other plugins provide a callback function for this > purpose. Overall, I'm very happy with ClueTip - it's doing what I need. > Now I just have to learn how to work with it correctly. > > Shawn > > Karl Swedberg wrote: >> Hi Shawn, >> >> I think you'll want to use the ajaxProcess option, overriding the >> default. From the docs at >> http://plugins.learningjquery.com/cluetip/#options: >> >> // process data retrieved via xhr before it's displayed >> ajaxProcess: function(data) { >> data = $(data).not('style, meta, link, script, >> title'); >> return data; >> }, >> >> >> Hope that helps. >> >> --Karl >> _________________ >> Karl Swedberg >> www.englishrules.com >> www.learningjquery.com >> >> >> >> On Dec 9, 2007, at 4:38 AM, Shawn wrote: >> >>> I have a need to use Cluetip. It seems to do exactly what I need, >>> except I'm not familiar enough with it to know the "right" way to >>> trigger it in my case. >>> >>> When I mouseover the trigger element (simple div), I need to extract >>> some detail from the trigger's ID, pass those details to an Ajax page, >>> get the results back, build the output, and THEN show the cluetip. >>> >>> With this extra processing needs, it would seem the "rel" attribute >>> option is not the best choice in my case. Am I right to be thinking I >>> need to ignore cluetip until I have the processing and ajax calls >>> completed? >>> >>> I tried a quick test with the onActivate parameter, but that's not >>> working for me... I suspect that's my lack of experience though. >>> >>> Any tips/suggestions? I DID examine the demos and past mailing list >>> postings regarding cluetip, but I don't see my particular situation >>> being discussed. >>> >>> Thanks for any input. >>> >>> Shawn
