Implementing jQuery’s “One” Functionality in MooTools
I like the idea behind jQuery's "one" event method. You allow an event function to be triggered once per Element; after its initial run, the function is removed, never to be heard from again (a.k.a until the next page load). I think there are a lot of use cases for "one" so I've ported it to MooTools.
The MooTools JavaScript
/* one-time event occurrence */
Element.implement({
one: function(ev,fn) {
if(!this.oneEvents) { this.oneEvents = []; }
var oneFunc = function(e) {
if(!this.oneEvents.contains(fn)) {
this.oneEvents.push(fn);
fn.run(e);
}
return this;
};
this.addEvent(ev,oneFunc);
}
});
The way I complete this is by storing all of the one events in the element's oneEvent property. I wrap the given function in another function that checks to see if the given function has been used yet. If the function hasn't been run, the event triggers it. If the function has been run, the function directs itself to ignore the occurrence.
The Usage
/* usage */
window.addEvent('domready',function() {
var myFunc = function(e) {
e.stop();
alert('triggered!');
};
$$('a').each(function(link) {
link.one('click',myFunc);
});
});
I chose this example to show that the event will fire only once per element BUT will fire for each element if the same function is passed to multiple event.
Would you use this Element / Event method?
Comments
Be Heard!
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Really cool idea, and nicely implemented. I’m not sure that I’d use that method name though – ‘one’ could mean anything. Maybe addEventOnce..?
Hey David, I have a different implementation, which I called oneEvent(), that I’d like you to see. kthxbai
You can do with removeEvent(). Simpler, faster & less code.
Do you have the code somewhere Oskar?
something like this?
Element.implement({
one:function(ev,fn){
var oneFunc = function(e){
fv.run(e,this);
this.removeEvent(ev,oneFunc);
}.bind(this);
this.addEvent(ev,oneFunc);
return this;
}
});
should be fn not fv on the fourth line
should also get the .live functionality added to mootools also, I saw it here: http://dev.k1der.net/dev/live-events-pour-moootools/
The implementation Scott shared is exactly what I would expect to do. Simply wrap the event listener to remove the event when it’s fired.
UPDATE: Aaron Newton mentioned that my above implementation would create a memory leak and give problems with “removeEvents”, so I may update my code above. Scott’s solution above is likely the best solution.
This is already in Mooj :)
Would you mind sharing with us how this can create a memory leak?
Thanks. I use both jQuery and Mootools, and sometimes need to “port” some code from one to other. Now it became simpler.