Jquery custom sorting issue

Question

I have a page that loads photos on page load from an API.

** Edit: Here is a CodePen with the page, error happing there: http://codepen.io/nathan-anderson/pen/GqXbvK

When initially loading the page I use this to call on the info and use the lightgallery plugin:

// ----------------------------------------------------------------//
// ---------------// Unsplash Photos //---------------//
// ----------------------------------------------------------------//
    function displayPhotos(data) {
        var photoData = '';
      $.each(data, function (i, photo) {
          photoData += '<a class="tile"' + 'data-sub-html="#' + photo.id + '"'+ 'data-src="' + photo.urls.regular + '">' + '<img alt class="photo" src="' + photo.urls.regular + '">' + '<div class="caption-box" id="' +  photo.id + '">' + '<h1 class="photo-title">' + 'Photo By: ' + photo.user.name + '</h1>' + '<p class="photo-description"> Description: Awesome photo by ' + photo.user.name + ' (aka:' + '<a target="_blank" href="' + photo.links.html + '">' + photo.user.username + ')</a>' + ' So far this photo has ' + '<span>' + photo.likes + '</span>' + ' Likes.' + ' You can download this photo if you wish, it has a free <a target="_blank" href="https://unsplash.com/license"> Do whatever you want </a> license. <a target="_blank" href="' + photo.links.download + '"><i class="fa fa-download" aria-hidden="true"></i> </a> </p>' + '</div>' + '</a>';
      });
            // Putitng into HTML
      $('#photoBox').html(photoData);

            //--------//
            // Calling Lightbox
            //--------//
      $('#photoBox').lightGallery({
      selector: '.tile',
      download: false,
      counter: false,
      zoom: false,
      thumbnail: false,
      mode: 'lg-fade'
        });
        } // End Displayphotos function

// Show popular photos on pageload
$.getJSON(unsplashAPI, popularPhotos, displayPhotos);

I have multiple buttons for showing different orders of the photos. The API grabs different photos based on the "order_by" option.

This is my code to show the different sections:

var popularPhotos = {
    order_by: "popular",
    format: "json"
};
var latestPhotos = {
    order_by: "latest",
    format: "json"
};
var oldestPhotos = {
    order_by: "oldest",
    format: "json"
};
// Button Click Changes
    $('button').click(function () {
        $('button').removeClass("active");
        $(this).addClass("active");
    }); // End button

// Show Popular Photos
    $('#popular').click(function () {
        $.getJSON(unsplashAPI, popularPhotos, displayPhotos);
    }); // End button
// Show latest Photos
    $('#latest').click(function () {
        $.getJSON(unsplashAPI, latestPhotos, displayPhotos);
    }); // End button
// Show oldest Photos
    $('#oldest').click(function () {
        $.getJSON(unsplashAPI, oldestPhotos, displayPhotos);
    }); // End button

This does load the new photos on button click but it breaks the function of the lightbox plugin.

Any thoughts? Anyone else running into this?

-- Thanks

Answer 1

So, the reason is a known issue with the library when attaching lightGallery without properly destroying previous listeners:

A soln in this case is a simple destroy before reinitialising it inside the displayPhotos function.

Just declare a variable gallery in outside scope like : var gallery;

then update the displayPhotos function reinit like:

//destroy if existing
if(gallery) gallery.data('lightGallery').destroy(true);
//initialise the plugin
gallery = $('#photoBox').lightGallery({
    selector: '.tile',
    download: false,
    counter: false,
    zoom: false,
    thumbnail: false,
    mode: 'lg-fade'
});

Updated CodePen: http://codepen.io/alokrajiv/pen/pbOXmp

WORKING SNIPPET HERE:

// ----------------------------------------------------------------//
// ---------------// Variables //---------------//
// ----------------------------------------------------------------//
var unsplashAPI = "https://api.unsplash.com/users/nathananderson/photos/?client_id=1fc3cf0554dd08f8491af5cd37ac945bebde6b5032613d61419f2b92ddde1d9a&per_page=20";
var popularPhotos = {
  order_by: "popular",
  format: "json"
};
var latestPhotos = {
  order_by: "latest",
  format: "json"
};
var oldestPhotos = {
  order_by: "oldest",
  format: "json"
};

// ----------------------------------------------------------------//
// ---------------// Unsplash Photos //---------------//
// ----------------------------------------------------------------//
var gallery;

function displayPhotos(data) {
    var photoData = '';
    $.each(data, function(i, photo) {
      photoData += '<a class="tile"' + 'data-sub-html="#' + photo.id + '"' + 'data-src="' + photo.urls.regular + '">' + '<img alt class="photo" src="' + photo.urls.regular + '">' + '<div class="caption-box" id="' + photo.id + '">' + '<h1 class="photo-title">' + 'Photo By: ' + photo.user.name + '</h1>' + '<p class="photo-description"> Description: Awesome photo by ' + photo.user.name + ' (aka:' + '<a target="_blank" href="' + photo.links.html + '">' + photo.user.username + ')</a>' + ' So far this photo has ' + '<span>' + photo.likes + '</span>' + ' Likes.' + ' You can download this photo if you wish, it has a free <a target="_blank" href="https://unsplash.com/license"> Do whatever you want </a> license. <a target="_blank" href="' + photo.links.download + '"><i class="fa fa-download" aria-hidden="true"></i> </a> </p>' + '</div>' + '</a>';
    });
    // Putitng into HTML
    $('#photoBox').html(photoData);
    //-----------------------------------//
    // -------  Calling Lightbox ------- //
    //-----------------------------------//
    if (gallery) gallery.data('lightGallery').destroy(true);
    gallery = $('#photoBox').lightGallery({
      selector: '.tile',
      download: false,
      counter: false,
      zoom: false,
      thumbnail: false,
      mode: 'lg-fade'
    });
  } // End Displayphotos function

// Show popular photos on pageload
$.getJSON(unsplashAPI, popularPhotos, displayPhotos);


// Button Click Changes
$('button').click(function() {
  $('button').removeClass("active");
  $(this).addClass("active");
}); // End button

// Show Popular Photos
$('#popular').click(function() {
  $.getJSON(unsplashAPI, popularPhotos, displayPhotos);
}); // End button
// Show latest Photos
$('#latest').click(function() {
  $.getJSON(unsplashAPI, latestPhotos, displayPhotos);
}); // End button
// Show oldest Photos
$('#oldest').click(function() {
  $.getJSON(unsplashAPI, oldestPhotos, displayPhotos);
}); // End button

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<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

<script src="http://nathanworking.com/unsplash/lightgallery-all.min.js"></script>

<link href="http://nathanworking.com/unsplash/lightgallery.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />

<!-- Borders all the way around, all day everyday -->
<div id="left"></div>
<div id="right"></div>
<div id="top"></div>
<div id="bottom"></div>

<header>
  <h1> My Favorite Photos from Unsplash </h1>
  <span> It just so happens they’re  my photos, go figure ;) </span>
</header>

<div class="filter-box">

  <button type="button" id="popular" class="filter active">popular</button>
  <button type="button" id="latest" class="filter">latest</button>
  <button type="button" id="oldest" class="filter">oldest</button>

</div>

<div class="content" id="photoBox"></div>