Fun with mootools
I was playing with mootools today, and whilst trying to create a swapping pair of content divs, I put together a neat algorithm for handling the callbacks and getting it to do what I want.
I only wanted one div showing at a time, and I wanted them to swap with a function. So I set up the following guardian variable and functions. Check it out.
var loadingDiv;
var contentDiv;
var transitionState = 0;
window.onload = function () {
loadingDiv = new Fx.Slide('loadingDiv', {onComplete: nextTransition});
loadingDiv.hide();
contentDiv = new Fx.Slide('contentDiv', {onComplete: nextTransition});
}
function swapThem() {
if(transitionState == 0) {
transitionState = 1;
contentDiv.slideOut();
}
else {
transitionState = 2;
loadingDiv.slideOut();
}
}
function nextTransition() {
if(transitionState == 1) {
transitionState = 3;
loadingDiv.slideIn();
}
else if (transitionState == 2) {
transitionState = 4;
contentDiv.slideIn();
}
else if (transitionState == 4) {
transitionState = 0;
}
}
It might be a little verbose, but it works like a charm.