[IPython-dev] Javascript Ordering Semantics Issue in Notebook with Widget Registration

[MinRK]

I think there's some async things that Firefox does that other browsers do
not. If I recall, Jon has faced this before, dealing with event sequences
on Firefox, so he might have an idea.

Jon, any idea what to do here?


On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 11:37 PM, Andrew Gibiansky <
andrew.gibiansky at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey guys,
>
> I'm running into a little bit of a Javascript code execution issue, and am
> unsure whether I am doing something wrong in my architecture, or if perhaps
> IPython should somehow mitigate the bugs I'm getting.
>
> Basically, here's the setup: for IHaskell, extension authors who want to
> be able to display their data as widgets must create a way to register
> those widgets. The first time those widgets are created, they must also be
> registered in the JS on the notebook frontend. However, this is done in the
> same series of messages as the comm_open. So here's the crux:
>
> The way that the widgets are registered is by adding a <script> tag to the
> DOM. However, though the DOM is added, I *think* the comm_open message is
> parsed *before* the <script> in the DOM is executed.  Note that this
> *only* happens in firefox. In Chrome, the <script> tag is added, the DOM
> is executed, and *then* the comm_open is processed. By the time comm_open
> is processed in Chrome (not in firefox), the <script> has been run so the
> widget is registered. In firefox, the comm_open is processed before the
> script tag was run, so the widget is unregistered.
>
> So here's my question:
>
> Would it be possible to *force* all DOM added as a result of message
> handling to be parsed and script tags in it to be executed before the next
> message is handled? Perhaps this could be done by using $(blah).load(...)
> on everything that is added to an output area? Or something?
>
> Anyway, I am confused, and not sure how to fix this, and whether or not
> it's an issue with my code. The one requirement is that when the widget
> object is evaluated is the first time that the relevant widget is
> registered (if it is necessary); that is, that when the kernel sees the
> widget, it first sends a display_data to which has some scripts to register
> the widget, and then opens the comm via comm_open.
>
> -- Andrew Gibiansky
>
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