In my Meteor app I have a template with two divs: register and login. The code is as follows:
<div class="login">
<h1> Log in. </h1>
<a href"#">Create an account</a>
</div>
<div class="register">
<h1> Register. </h1>
<a href"#">Log in</a>
</div>
At first, the page should display the "login" div (which will eventually have a form in it) and the "register" div will be hidden from view. However, when I click "Create an account," the "login" div should disappear, and the "register" div should appear. At this point, if I click on "Log in" the reverse should happen.
Essentially, I just want to be able to switch between the login and register forms on the same page. I have tried this using {{#if}} and a click event, but this was not successful.
Anyone have an idea of how to do this?
In my Meteor app I have a template with two divs: register and login. The code is as follows:
<div class="login">
<h1> Log in. </h1>
<a href"#">Create an account</a>
</div>
<div class="register">
<h1> Register. </h1>
<a href"#">Log in</a>
</div>
At first, the page should display the "login" div (which will eventually have a form in it) and the "register" div will be hidden from view. However, when I click "Create an account," the "login" div should disappear, and the "register" div should appear. At this point, if I click on "Log in" the reverse should happen.
Essentially, I just want to be able to switch between the login and register forms on the same page. I have tried this using {{#if}} and a click event, but this was not successful.
Anyone have an idea of how to do this?
Share edited Mar 27, 2015 at 23:53 zenben1126 asked Mar 27, 2015 at 23:38 zenben1126zenben1126 6851 gold badge7 silver badges26 bronze badges 1-
You do this with a bination of
{{#if}}and a helper. Can you be more specific about what you want? – David Weldon Commented Mar 27, 2015 at 23:45
3 Answers
Reset to default 9There is a easy solution and a hardcode solution to achieve this.
The easy solution its use the accounts-ui package, and just use the
{{> loginButtons}} helper into the HTML, this actually have the expected behavior you wants.
And the hard way
On the hard way exists 2 possible solutions, using simple jQuery code, and Css. like this.
jQuery and CSS solution
Using the Same HTML you have on the example, use this 2 events handlers.
Template.example.events({
'click #aRegister':function(){
$(".login").css('visibility', 'hidden');
$(".register").css('visibility', 'visible');
},
'click #aLogin':function(){
$(".register").css('visibility', 'hidden');
$(".login").css('visibility', 'visible');
}
})
And this .css
.register{
visibility: hidden;
}
Here is the MeteorPad
Meteor Way (using Sessions and #if)
First using the same 2 events we use some Sessions Variables, to set to true/false the value of the session, like this.
Template.example.events({
'click #aRegister':function(){
Session.set('showRegister',true);
},
'click #aLogin':function(){
Session.set('showRegister',false);
}
})
Now on the HTML we use the {{#if}}
<template name="example">
{{#if showTheRegisterDiv}}
<!-- Here if the Session returns its == true this part of the template will be rendered -->
<div class="register">
<h1> Register. </h1>
<a href="#" id="aLogin">Log in</a>
</div>
{{else}}
<!-- or if its == false we render this part -->
<div class="login">
<h1> Log in. </h1>
<a href="#" id="aRegister">Create an account</a>
</div>
{{/if}}
</template>
And this finally works thanks to this template helper.
Template.example.helpers({
showTheRegisterDiv:function(){
return Session.get('showRegister')
}
})
Here is the MeteorPad
<body>
{{#if displayLogin}}
<div class="login">
<h1> Log in. </h1>
<a href"#">Create an account</a>
</div>
{{else}}
<div class="register">
<h1> Register. </h1>
<a href"#">Log in</a>
</div>
{{/if}}
</body>
Then, the helper will just check a session variable:
Template.body.helpers({
displayLogin: function () {
return Session.get('displayLogin');
}
});
And, the session variable gets set when the user clicks to switch between the 2
'click #loginButton': function () {
Session.set("displayLogin", true);
}
'click #registerButton': function () {
Session.set("displayLogin", false);
}
Something like this is what I recently did with a custom login form... though I was switching between the login form and the actual application, once they logged in... same idea...
Your html would have to have to add buttons or links with ids of loginButton and registerButton for this example to work
I'm just getting started with meteor so forgive if this is a poorly written example...
If you’re using Bootstrap. Try Collapse. Much simpler.
<p>
<button class="btn btn-primary" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#collapseExample" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapseExample">
Are you Registered?
</button>
</p>
<div class="collapse" id="collapseExample">
{{> login}}
</div>