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Extra hooks for widget admin pages

1. danbrownweb
   Member

   It would be good if there was a better way to handle intialising / reinitialising javascript plugins on the widgets admin.

   If you have, say, a jquery plugin on an input on a widget, the plugin will be deactivated on save and when a widget is dragged in. So you need to initialise the javascript 3 times: On page load, on save, and on drag.

   This gets pretty hairy when you have to identify which widget it is, and discriminate between each widget. It would be ace if there were hooks for each of these states. And these could get passed the current widget's id as an argument so you could target the javascript to the widget in question without loads of DOM traversing for easier development.

   Posted: 4 years ago #

2. cathy700
   Member

   12345

   I think i understand what you want, but it seems pretty hard to implement !

   Posted: 4 years ago #

3. danbrownweb
   Member

   I think you're right :) Maybe a decent tutorial would be better than a change to core.

   Posted: 4 years ago #

4. adamweiss
   Member

   Yes, initializing the plugin three times do hard time for the developer, but it will add less flexibility for the developer. Anyway, It could be implemented as an optional setting.

   Posted: 3 years ago #

5. eriksmithwpc
   Member

   That's a great idea, but I don't think it will be implemented soon... For the meanwhile, lets create a good tutorial that will make the work easier.

   Posted: 2 years ago #

6. mywpviews
   Member

   Hooks for each of these states? That seems like a nice idea, but I don't think it will be present in the next word press versions.

   Another option is to write a plugin that does what you described. Is it worth the time and effort? I doubt it.

   Posted: 2 years ago #

7. Graham.Hellewell
   Member

   Seems a bit daft that this hasn't been implemented or fixed in the updates since this was posted last year (or has it?)

   I'm just learning javascript and WordPress now so haven't seen this problem or had it happen, but now I'm worried that it could. I second the other opinions though that a fix or tutorial would be appreciated.

   Posted: 2 years ago #

8. Tekmoz
   Member

   Easier to write a plugin IMO or into your coding.

   Posted: 2 years ago #

9. Stacybar
   Member

   I heard it is considered to be implemented as a part of word-press in the next version. Did anyone hear about it?

   Posted: 2 years ago #

10. GrantMay151
    Member

    I too would be keen to find out if this has been implemented. Not heard anything though. Anybody else?

    Posted: 2 years ago #

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