/*
* @file Manages all query entry, `index.html` server querying, and results
* diplay.
*/
FINISH_TYPING_INTERVAL = 650;
searchBar = document.querySelectorAll("form#search-bar input[type='text']")[0];
var typingTimer, lastValue;
searchBar.onkeyup = typingTimer;
/*
* Clear the existing timer and set a new one the the user types text into the
* search bar.
*/
function typingTimer(){
clearTimeout(typingTimer);
if(lastValue != searchBar.value)
typingTimer = setTimeout(finishedTyping, FINISH_TYPING_INTERVAL);
};
/*
* Callback which queries the server whenver the user stops typing.
*
* Whenever the user doesn't type for a `FINISH_TYPING_INTERVAL` after having
* entered new text in the search bar, send the current query request to the
* server.
*/
function finishedTyping(){
lastValue = searchBar.value;
var searchField = document.querySelectorAll("div#search-field")[0]
clearResults();
if(searchBar.value){
populateResults();
if(!searchField.classList.contains("partly-visible"))
searchField.classList.add("partly-visible");
}
else
searchField.classList.remove("partly-visible");
}
/*
* Removes any child elements of `div#results`.
*/
function clearResults(){
var resultsPage = document.querySelectorAll("div#results")[0];
while(resultsPage.firstChild)
resultsPage.removeChild(resultsPage.firstChild);
}
/*
* Query the server with the current search string, and populate `div#results`
* with its response.
*/
function populateResults(){
var resultsPage = document.querySelectorAll("div#results")[0];
var results = queryServer();
for(var result = 0; result < results.length; result++){
var newDiv = results[result];
resultsPage.appendChild(newDiv);
setTimeout(
(function(divReference){
return function(){
divReference.classList.add("cascade");
};
}(newDiv)), result * 20);
}
for(var result = 0; result < results.length; result++);
}
/*
* AJAX the current query string to the server, and return its response.
*
* @return {Array} The server's response in the form of `div.result` DOM
* elements, to fill `div#results`.
*/
function queryServer(){
var resultDivs = []
for(var result = 0; result < 200; result++){
var newDiv = document.createElement("div");
newDiv.classList.add("result");
newDiv.innerHTML = Math.random();
newDiv.style.textAlign = "center";
newDiv.style.color = "#" + Math.floor(Math.random() *
16777215).toString(16);
resultDivs.push(newDiv)
}
return resultDivs;
}