Changing ThreadID dynamically

[kman3d]

Hello Alex,
I’m trying to figure out what is the best way to accomplish this:
I have a page consisted out of an iFrame and a link Bar. Clicking on each Link updates the src of the iFrame. I do this with some JS function.
What I want is to have the Comments box to show a different Thread for a each link I click.

ex: Click on a link “Section A” will display “http://some address/A” in Iframe and will display all comments of thread “Section_A”.
(I couldn’t figure out how to update the cBoxArg Configuration object, maybe JQuery?)

Thanks!

• This topic was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by kman3d.

[Alexander Bautz]

I’m not sure I understand, but updating an object is just like this:

cBoxArg.ThePropertyYouWantToChange = "the new value";

Alexander

[kman3d]

O.k,but after I update the object, how do I reload the comments instance?
Also,is this object is global? (can i update it from another script in a different CEWP?)

• This reply was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by kman3d.

[Alexander Bautz]

Hi,
There is no built in method to “kill” the current cBox instance to rewrite it, but you should be able to use this code:

// Clear existing cBox
$("*[id*=commentBoxInstanse_1").html("");
// Change the placeholderID and threadID
cBoxArg.placeholderID = "commentBoxInstanse_2";
cBoxArg.threadID = "commentBoxInstanse_2"+cBoxArg.threadID.split(":")[1];
// reset data object
spjs.cBox.data.commentCount = {};
spjs.cBox.data.currDatasetIDArr = {};
spjs.cBox.data.currDatasetLastID = [];
spjs.cBox.data.itemData = {};
spjs.cBox.data.settingsObj = {};
// Call function
spjs.cBox.init(cBoxArg);

Note the placeholderID “commentBoxInstanse_1” which is the default one, which is changed to “commentBoxInstanse_2”. This means you must have a placeholder for each of the cBox instances on the page.

Hope this helps,
Alexander

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