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Add Friend, javascript override


  • simonwillan
    Participant

    @simonwillan

    10 years ago

    BuddyPress version: 1.9.2
    Wordpress version: 3.8.1

    Hi All,

    As a simple test to see if I can prevent BP from navigating to the /friends/add-friend/<id>/ page I have put the following script in place: 

    jq('div.friendship-button a').on('click', function(e) {
            e.preventDefault();
            return false;
});

    Placing a breakpoint in this script shows that the code does indeed run, however it doesn’t matter what I do within it, I cannot stop the page from navigating to the href url. Essentially I’m trying to override the way the friends system works.

    Does anybody know a way of stopping the default behaviour of the friends button?

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  • simonwillan
    Participant

    @simonwillan

    10 years ago

    bump, apparently I posted this over a year ago! (I only posted it today)


    modemlooper
    Moderator

    @modemlooper

    10 years ago

    try

    ('#members-dir-list').on('click', '.friendship-button a', function() {


    simonwillan
    Participant

    @simonwillan

    10 years ago

    the friend button is in the profile page: ‘#members-dir-list’ is not a div on that page. If I had the members directory list page open then I am certain this would work, however its not that version of the button. That being said, I did copy the exact code from the members-dir-list click function and it still had the same problem. It ran the href rather than the javascript regardless of if I tried to exit the function early using the same return value as it already has. To no avail 🙁


    simonwillan
    Participant

    @simonwillan

    10 years ago

    Okay I’ve found the solution. However I’m confused as to why ajax.php isn’t where the functions are being called. It appears buddypress-functions.php is where the magic happens. This confuses me slightly, what is the point in ajax.php if its never being used? The function run is : “bp_legacy_theme_ajax_addremove_friend”


    modemlooper
    Moderator

    @modemlooper

    10 years ago

    ajax.php is for bp-default theme. Theme compatibility uses buddypress-functions.php


    simonwillan
    Participant

    @simonwillan

    10 years ago

    Okay, In which case I’d like to override the some of the core ajax functions within this script. Is it as simple as adding filters or would I have to create a new file & folder buddypress/buddypress-functions.php and write a new set of ajax actions?


    simonwillan
    Participant

    @simonwillan

    10 years ago

    Okay case solved.

    I added another action to after_setup_theme() at priority 20 for registering more ajax actions. Created a custom ajax.php script and required it in the FIRST after_setup_theme() hook for my custom template.

    Created a test action of 'addremove_friend' => 'custom_ajax_addremove_friend' and echo’d test content. All works as expected 🙂


    modemlooper
    Moderator

    @modemlooper

    10 years ago

    Great!

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