I have implemented a dropdown button at the top of my blog-style website to allow users to filter the content. Each blog post is contained within section tags.
When a user clicks on a menu item, it triggers a click event. I am trying to save the href, which the code seems to handle correctly.
My goal was to iterate through each a tag with the class of "label". For each one found, it should check the text and compare it to the value from the dropdown box. If it matches, keep the content. If not, detach it. I chose to use detach because I would need to reattach it on refresh or if the user selects another option in the dropdown.
This is what I attempted:
<div class="container blog-content">
<div class="dropdown">
<button class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" type="button" id="sortMenu" data-toggle="dropdown">Sort By:
<span class="caret"></span>
</button>
<ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu" aria-labelledby="sortMenu">
<li role="presentation"><a role="sortmenuitem" id="Adventure">Adventure</a></li>
<li role="presentation"><a role="sortmenuitem" id="Food">Food</a></li>
<li role="presentation"><a role="sortmenuitem" id="Nature">Nature</a></li>
<li role="presentation"><a role="sortmenuitem" id="Sites">Sites</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-sm-12 blog-main">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-sm-6">
<section class="blog-post">
<div class="panel panel-default">
<img src="myimage.jpg" class="img-responsive" />
<div class="panel-body">
<div class="blog-post-meta">
<span class="label label-light label-danger">Adventure</span>
<p class="blog-post-date pull-right">January 1, 2016</p>
</div>
<div class="blog-post-content">
<a href="post-image.html">
<h2 class="blog-post-title">Blog Title 1</h2>
</a>
<p>Lorem ipsum blah blah blah</p>
<a class="btn btn-info" href="post-image.html">Read more</a>
<a class="blog-post-share pull-right" href="#">
<i class="material-icons"></i>
</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</section>
<!-- /.blog-post -->
<section class="blog-post">
<div class="panel panel-default">
<div class="panel-body">
<div class="blog-post-meta">
<span class="label label-light label-info">Food</span>
<p class="blog-post-date pull-right">January 1, 2016</p>
</div>
<div class="blog-post-content">
<a href="post-image.html">
<h2 class="blog-post-title">Blog Title 2</h2>
</a>
<p>Lorem ipsum blah blah blah</p>
<a class="btn btn-info" href="post-image.html">Read more</a>
<a class="blog-post-share pull-right" href="#">
<i class="material-icons"></i>
</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</section>
<!-- /.blog-post -->
JQuery:
<script>
$("a[role='sortmenuitem']").bind("click", function() {
var value = $(this).attr('id');
$("a.label").each(function() {
if (this.text('value')) {
this.replace();
}
else {
this.detach();
}
});
});
</script>
If there is a better approach altogether, I am open to suggestions. I considered assigning each blog section a class that corresponds to its category and using CSS to hide the element. If this seems like the right direction, please let me know.
Additionally, once we hide the sections that do not match the selected dropdown menu item, I would need to show them again if another item is selected.
As I am new to JQuery, I would greatly appreciate any simplified explanations!