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I'm using the JQuery ready() function via my plugin to determine when a FB page is loaded. I'd also like to know when the Edit "page" is loaded -- but it doesn't trigger the ready event.

Is there another event I could use to know that FB is ready to edit a bug?

Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a good way to detect this event right now.  I'll open a case for it.

Thanks for the update, David.

What I really want to be able to do is execute some JavaScript on the client side -- but only when FB 7 is in "bug edit" mode -- is there perhaps some other way to accomplish this?

The only way I can think to do this is to send down a <script> tag in one of the other interfaces used in BugEdit: IPluginBugEventDisplay, IPluginBugLink, IPluginBugDisplay.  You'll have to play around to see if this will actually work, and the timing might be tough because the scripts might run before the page is fully loaded.

Let me know how it goes.

I have been using this JS function to detect edit mode in my plug-in.

It works for now, but is subject to break in future updates of FB if they change the XHTML of the page.


function isEditMode() {
    // this may need to be updated if FB changes HTML
    // or behavior, but it is necessary until this
    //functionality is available in the API.

    return ($("textarea[name=sEvent]").length > 0);
}

Thanks John, I'll check it out.

The only way I could figure out how to do this is by setting a timeout to fire repeatedly checking if the page was in edit mode (people wanted to do stuff on page load for the edit page using BugMonkey, but alas, the edit page is not really a page load... its an ajax transformation)

Could something be added via a plugin (perhaps a custom event) that could be used to signal "edit page" mode, Michael?