I found that I could trigger a click event when the document was loaded. Not quite the straight fix I wanted, but a work around will do the trick.
Thanks everyone, Domanique On Jan 12, 12:47 pm, Domanique Alicia <domaniqueali...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > I wonder if anyone can shed some light on my problem. > > I am updating a site that uses the simplemodal plug in > (http://www.ericmmartin.com/projects/simplemodal/) to create a lightbox-esque > effect when opening included php files. > > Now then, the plug-in uses a function that is called when the item in > the DOM is clicked: > > $('#__SELECTED_ELEMENT__:eq(0)').click(function (e) { > e.preventDefault(); > $.get("__FILE.PHP__", function(data){ > $(data).modal({ > close: false, > overlayId: 'modalOverlay', > containerId: 'miniProteanContainer', > onOpen: site_terms.open, > onClose: site_terms.close > }); > }); > }); > > Essentially, I want this function to run as soon at the document is > loaded. > > I have tried: > 1. Seeing if I could change the event type to LOAD (thinking I would > be tricky and bypass the whole click) and I can only change the event > type to hover. > > 2. Setting this function in the $(document).ready(function(){} at the > root, assuming the function would run after the document was loaded. > (see the following example) > > $(document).ready(function(e){ > e.preventDefault(); > $.get("__FILE.PHP__", function(data){ > $(data).modal({ > close: false, > overlayId: 'modalOverlay', > containerId: 'miniProteanContainer', > onOpen: site_terms.open, > onClose: site_terms.close > }); > }); > }); > > Has anyone else encountered this? Any recommendations on how I should > attack the problem? > > Thanks, > Domanique
