.replaceWith() to replace content in a div for different link elements

Question

I am trying to load a div with different content based on the link I click...

While it seems to work for the first link when I click it, clicking the other links only replaces the content with the same content for 'encodeMe' , yet I have specified different content that I want to replace for 'htmlize-me'

The first run-through of this I did not use jQuery's .bind() function. I simply used .click() , and both had the same result. Looking through the jQuery API I thought using the .bind() function would bind each function within it to that particular page element, but it seems to apply it to all my links.

I've achieved the same effect using .hide and .show to toggle divs but I want to be more elegant about how I do that, and this was my attempted alternative...

here's the relevant html:

<label for="list-root">App Hardening</label>
<input type="checkbox" id="list-root" />
<ol>
   <li id="encode-me"><a class="show-popup" href="#">encodeMe()</a></li>
   <li id="htmlize-me"><a class="show-popup" href="#">htmlizeMe()</a></li>
</ol>
<div class="overlay-bg">
<div class="overlay-content">
    <div class="the-content"></div>
        <br><button class="close-button">Close</button>
    </div>
</div>

here's the script I made to trigger the content change:

$('#encode-me').bind('click' , function() {
   $('div.the-content').replaceWith('<h3 style="color: #008ccc;"> function encodeMe( string ) </h3>' +
        'Found in <p>[web root]/redacted/redacted.asp</p>');
    }); 
});
$('#htmlize-me').bind('click' , function() {
   $('div.the-content').replaceWith('Hi, Im something different');
    }); 
});

Answer 1

Try something like this:

Use html() instead of replaceWith()

 $('#encode-me').bind('click' , function() {
       $('div.the-content').html('<h3 style="color: #008ccc;"> function encodeMe( string ) </h3>' +
            'Found in <p>[web root]/redacted/redacted.asp</p>');
        }); 
    });
    $('#htmlize-me').bind('click' , function() {
       $('div.the-content').html("Hi, I'm something different");
        }); 
    });

Answer 2

replaceWith does exactly what it sounds like, it replaces the div with the h3, so when you click the second link there is no div.

Try setting the innerHTML instead

$('#encode-me').on('click' , function() {
   $('div.the-content').html('<h3 style="color: #008ccc;"> function encodeMe( string ) </h3>Found in <p>[web root]/redacted/redacted.asp</p>');
});
$('#htmlize-me').on('click' , function() {
   $('div.the-content').html('Hi, I\'m something different');
});

Answer 3

So I figured out a more clever way to do this! Use the DOM to your advantage - set up a nested list structure and change the content using .find() on parent and child elements the list.

Markup

<span style="font-size:1.4em">Type  
    <ul class="row">
        <li><a href="#" class="show-popup">Blah</a>
            <div class="overlay-content">
                <p><a href="#" class="close"></a></p>
                    <p class="changeText">Blah</p>
            </div>
        </li>
        <li><a href="#" class="show-popup">Blah2</a>
            <div class="overlay-content">
                <p><a href="#" class="close"></a></p>
                    <p class="changeText">Blah2</p>
            </div>
        </li>
    </ul>
</span><br>
<!-- OVERLAYS -->
<div class="overlay"></div>

CSS

.close {
    border-radius: 10px;
    background-image: url(../img/close-overlay.png);
    position: absolute;
    right:-10px;
    top:-15px;
    z-index:1002;
    height: 35px;
    width: 35px;
}

.overlay {
    position:absolute;
    top:0;
    left:0;
    z-index:10;
    height:100%;
    width:100%;
    background:#000;
    filter:alpha(opacity=60);
    -moz-opacity:.60;
    opacity:.60;
    display:none;
}
.overlay-content {
    position:fixed!important;
    width: 60%;
    height: 80%;
    top: 50%;
    left: 50%;
    background-color: #f5f5f5;
    display:none;
    z-index:1002;
    padding: 10px;
    margin: 0 0 0 -20%;
    cursor: default;
    border-radius: 4px;
    box-shadow: 0 0 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.9);
}

Script

$(document).ready(function(){
$('.show-popup').click(function() {
    var ce = this;
    $('.overlay').show('slow', function() {
        $(ce).parent().find('.overlay-content').fadeIn('slow');
    });
});
// show popup when you click on the link
$('.show-popup').click(function(event){
    event.preventDefault(); // disable normal link function so that it doesn't refresh the page
    var docHeight = $(document).height(); //grab the height of the page
    var scrollTop = $(window).scrollTop(); //grab the px value from the top of the page to where you're scrolling       
    $('.overlay').show().css({'height' : docHeight}); //display your popup and set height to the page height
    $('.overlay-content').css({'top': scrollTop+100+'px'}); //set the content 100px from the window top   
});
/*
// hides the popup if user clicks anywhere outside the container
$('.overlay').click(function(){
    $('.overlay').hide();
})
*/
// prevents the overlay from closing if user clicks inside the popup overlay
$('.overlay-content').click(function(){
    return false;
});
$('.close').click(function() {
    $('.overlay-content').hide('slow', function() {
        $('.overlay').fadeOut();
    });
  });
});