xtify reactor onBeforeMessage is not working

Question

I am using reactor http://getreactor.xtify.com/ on a backbone application and trying to build a custom inbox box. I use auto-run="false" config param. Then I define a function for the onBeforeMessage

Reactor.onBeforeMessage(function(message){
console.log('new Message');
});

This function most of the times is been called but some other not. First question why does the onBeforeMessage is triggered although I specify auto-run="false" ? Second question why does the onBeforeMessage is not always triggered ?

Answer 1

You'll need to use:

data-auto-run="false"

instead of:

auto-run="false"

The 'data-' prefix is the HTML5 way to store metadata on an HTML element.

You can see a JS Fiddle with some in-depth explanation of how to implement a custom inbox here:

http://goo.gl/8Ej9vM

Note that the function that you register with Reactor.onBeforeMessage() accepts a list of the messages that have been triggered rather than a single message. You can see more documentation here:

http://getreactor.xtify.com/documentation/notifications.php