Usefulness of Toggle functions

Posted by roygbiv on Stack Overflow See other posts from Stack Overflow or by roygbiv
Published on 2010-04-13T18:45:35Z Indexed on 2010/04/13 19:13 UTC
Read the original article Hit count: 421

Filed under:

toggle

|

functions

|

maintainability

Is it better to write functions that explicitly do something (i.e. HideForm/ShowForm etc...)

or is it better to write 'Toggle' type functions (i.e. ToggleVisibility)?

I find Toggle type functions awkard because it's hard to track the state by reading the code.

In what situations is a toggle type function useful?

© Stack Overflow or respective owner

Related posts about toggle

jQuery UI split button toggle - toggle both parts of the button

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I would like to implement a toggle splitbutton with jQuery UI that would on toggle action change the style of the "dropdown" part as well (as seen in http://jsfiddle.net/8khz2/3/ - I'd like to appear it on 1st click as white, same as "Toggle" button does). Does anyone see a way to achieve that out… >>> More
jQuery: How to select the next element with name-xyz?

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I'm trying to build a really simple generic toggle functionality where the toggling "switch" has a class of .toggle and then I want it to toggle() the next element that has the class .toggle-content. Example HTML: <p> <a href="#" class="toggle">Toggle the thing</a> </p> <p… >>> More
jquery toggle, prevent clicking during toggle

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Given the following jquery code.. $('#toggle').toggle(function() { // perform something }, function() { // perform something else }); Is there any way to prevent the toggle from being fired again if someone clicks while it is performing the function? I referenced http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2489518/tell-jquery-to-ignore-clicks-during-an-animation-sequence… >>> More
Toggle button and Toggle visibility

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I'm using this jQuery to hide a DIV: $("#slider").click(function() { $(".help").slideToggle(); $("#wrapper").animate({ opacity: 1.0 },200).slideToggle(200, function() { $("#slider a").text($(this).is(':visible') ? "Hide" : "Show"); }); }); Instead of altering the text show I want… >>> More
Toggle Blind Effect

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Is there a way to alter this script to be used as the blind effect. // Andy Langton's show/hide/mini-accordion - updated 23/11/2009 // Latest version @ http://andylangton.co.uk/jquery-show-hide // this tells jquery to run the function below once the DOM is ready $(document).ready(function() { //… >>> More

Related posts about functions

helper functions as static functions or procedural functions?

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
i wonder if one should create a helper function in a class as a static function or just have it declared as a procedural function? i tend to think that a static helper function is the right way to go cause then i can see what kind of helper function it is eg. Database::connect(), File::create(). what… >>> More
Static functions vs const functions

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I'm looking at a member function int funct(int x) const; And I'm wondering if static int funct(int x); would be better. If a member function doesn't use any of the member variables should it be static. Are there any things that would discourage this? >>> More
Delphi 2010 Wide functions vs. String functions

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
We're currently converting a Delphi 2007 project to Delphi 2010. We were already using Unicode (via WideStrings and TNT Unicode Controls). I was expecting to replace all Wide functions, e.g. WideUpperCase, with their equivalent, e.g. UpperCase, but they do not work the same way. For example, WideUpperCase… >>> More
Actionscript/Flex - Is it possible to dynamically extend an object, modify functions, add functions

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I know this question might be frowned upon, but actionscript is a dynamic language similar to javascript and in javascript I can take an object from a library written by someone else and dynamically (at runtime) add/remove/modify functions, properties, prototypes etc. this is kind of like dynamically… >>> More
Doxygen ignoring inherited functions, when class inherits privately but the functions declared publi

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Sorry for long winded title, this makes a lot more sense with an example. Suppose we have a class A: class A { public: void someFunction(); void someOtherFunction(); }; And another class that privately inherits from A. However, we re-declare one of the inherited functions as… >>> More