How to show a widget in a theme widget area ?

<baris>

templates.parse can be used by passing a file name as the first param, but I don't think you need to pass the .tpl extension. At least that's how it's used in core. Once it parses it passes back html which we then add to DOM using jquery.

esiao

@baris So if I understand I need to do all of this in a front script. My problem is that I want to use
categories.getCategoriesByPrivilege(app.uid, 'find', function(err, data){}

I think I can use require to actually use categories but I won't have the app.uid info which is needed. Or is there a way to use this in front scripts ?

Tell me if I'm wrong but I see the solution like this :

In my lib I get the data object provided by categories.getCategoriesByPrivilege
I use res to send it to some /api/ address
In a front script I retrieve this data
I use the parse function to transform it in html
I append it using Jquery

My only question is how can you use parsing function in front file ? module is not defined so templates = module.parent.require('templates.js') wont work is there another way to call this function ?

Thanks for your help.

<baris>

@esiao good question, @psychobunny recently removed the templates.js from core so it is a npm module now, not sure how it is used from client side right now. Will wait for him to chime in on that.

In my lib I get the data object provided by categories.getCategoriesByPrivilege
I use res to send it to some /api/ address
In a front script I retrieve this data
I use the parse function to transform it in html
I append it using Jquery

This sounds right.

psychobunny

There should be a global object attached to the window called templates (same with app and ajaxify, some methods in there could be useful to you as well)

Also the template is automatically loaded for you as well in the same step.

templates.parse(template, data, callback);

esiao

@psychobunny, @baris Thank you I'll try that out tommorow. Going to sleep

esiao

@psychobunny window.ajaxify.loadTemplate is broken. Object window.ajaxify returns it as a function but when in use there's a Uncaught TypeError: undefined is not a function error.
And console.log(window.ajaxify.loadTemplate) returns undefined.
@Schamper has the same problem with his plugin cards : https://community.nodebb.org/topic/2495/so-the-acp-doesn-t-work-on-master/7

While I don't think I need it cause templates.parse do the same job I wanted to see what you meant by using ajaxify

psychobunny

works for me, although as you say, templates.parse is what you should be using instead, ajaxify.loadTemplate will be changed to a private function eventually

window.ajaxify.loadTemplate('login', function(data) {
    console.log(data);
});

this works for me, it will explode if
A- your template doesn't exist or in your case
B- you don't pass the template string in

esiao

I've managed to do what I wanted to do, thanks for your help

Flemming Hansen

@psychobunny said in How to show a widget in a theme widget area ?:

window.ajaxify.loadTemplate

This isn't the case anymore, rite? Any other ways to expose ajaxify to scripts in the custom header?

Cheers.

Flemming Hansen

Answer to self: enable the custom header and the global vars will be there. Sounds about right?