"assetModel_styleCss_handler" for JS

Shadowdare

We can use the assetModel_styleCss_handler to include a "CSS file in all non-Dashboard pages" (not admin back-end pages).

Is there a similar one for including JS files? If not, what's a good way to only include JS files on the front-end?

One way I like is if ($sender->MasterView !== 'admin').

vrijvlinder

Can't you simply base render ?

$sender->addJsFile(asset('cache/pluginname/'.c('pluginname.configname').'.js', true));

Shadowdare

The base_render_before event code is run in the admin dashboard too. This is where putting the addJsFile() or addCssFile() calls within a if ($sender->MasterView !== 'admin') block would do the trick. I forgot to clarify where I'd use this in the first post.

I'm looking for an event like assetModel_styleCss, which adds CSS only to non-admin pages, for JS.

vrijvlinder

// Adds the Js to every page except the dashboard.
    public function base_render_before($sender) {
        if ($sender->MasterView == 'admin' ) {
            return;  
}else{

$sender->addJsFile(asset('cache/pluginname/'.c('pluginname.configname').'.js', true));     

R_J

You can add js files like that:

    public function assetModel_styleCss_handler($sender, $args) {
        Gdn::controller()->addJsFile('foo.js','plugins/foo');
    }

but using base_render_before is much more common.

Bleistivt

I have opened an issue about a JS-event similar to styleCSS before:
https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla/issues/3020

I believe this is going to be unified at some point when asset minification is going to arrive in the core.

Shadowdare

@R_J, although JS files can be added in assetModel_styleCss, the documentation only shows it being used for CSS, so another event may be added for JS files. @Bleistivt, I believe it probably is going to be used for asset minification, too.

I recall that a experimental config setting was added in Vanilla to enable asset minification, but haven't seen any updates about the feature.

Linc

I know minification is on the roadmap for ops, but I don't know the details of how it will be implemented or the specific constraints surrounding it.