Trying to explain the complicated scenario I'm facing seems daunting, but I'll give it a shot. I have created a basic Spanish-English-Spanish dictionary lookup page featuring a text box, a Lookup button, and a div for displaying the results. Once a word is entered in the text box and the Lookup button is clicked, the results appear in the div below.
In the displayed results, some words are hyperlinked so that clicking on them yields the search result for that specific word within the same div. This functionality mirrors typical online dictionary services. Everything works seamlessly except for one glitch - after performing a search and clicking on a hyperlinked word for the first time, the content does not update as expected. Instead, it only refreshes and displays the initial search result again. Subsequent clicks on the same word work correctly. Additionally, other links on the page (such as navigation tabs) also fail to respond on the first click after a new search query.
To illustrate this issue further, consider the following example: You input pedir in the text box and perform a search. The div then shows detailed information about the word pedir, including hyperlinked words like ask for its English equivalent. Clicking on ask at this point should trigger an update in the div to display the Spanish meanings of ask, including terms like pedir. However, on the first click, the content remains static, showing the details of pedir again. Only upon clicking ask a second time does the intended behavior occur.
The root of this problem lies specifically in the lack of responsiveness during the initial click event that follows each new search operation. The hyperlinking is accurate, and there are no misdirected links causing the malfunction. This erratic behavior persists consistently whenever a fresh word lookup is performed.
Providing more insight into my code structure, here's how my routing and controllers are configured:
var asApp = angular.module('asApp', ['ngRoute']);
asApp.config(function($routeProvider) {
$routeProvider
.when('/', {
title: 'Home of thesite – Radical Spanish learning tips and tricks for the adventurous learner',
templateUrl : 'pages/home.html',
controller : 'mainController'
})
// route for dictionary
.when('/dictionary', {
title: 'The dictionary',
templateUrl : 'pages/dictionary.html',
controller : 'mainController'
})
// route for dictionary term
.when('/dictionary/:word2lookup', {
title: 'The thesite dictionary',
templateUrl : 'pages/dictionary.html',
controller : 'dictController'
})
// route otherwise
.otherwise({
title: 'thesite – Radical Spanish learning tips and tricks for the adventurous learner',
templateUrl : 'pages/home.html',
controller : 'mainController'
});
});
function HeaderController($scope, $location)
{
$scope.isActive = function (viewLocation) {
return viewLocation === $location.path();
};
}
asApp.run(['$rootScope', '$route', '$location', function($rootScope, $route, $location) {
$rootScope.$on('$routeChangeSuccess', function (event, current, previous) {
document.title = 'Translation of ' + $route.current.params['word2lookup'] + ' | ' + $route.current.title;
});
}]);
asApp.controller('mainController', function($scope) {});
asApp.controller('dictController', function($scope, $routeParams){});
I'm uncertain whether recreating this entire scenario using a fiddle platform would be feasible due to the involvement of substantial server-side scripting.
If you require additional clarification or details to pinpoint the flaw undermining my code's functionality, kindly let me know.
P.S.: Notably, this issue pertains exclusively to the behavior observed during the initial click event (following a new search query).after
Update: In response to @gr3g's request, refer to the functions lookup_check() and lookup_word():
[Function codes provided]Update 2: As requested by @gr3g, here's a snippet from dictionary.html:
[Content excerpt from dictionary.html provided]