I am running an AngularJS application/controller. My goal is to initialize and use the impress.js library on a page that is being dynamically loaded into my main home page. However, when I try to initialize the library, the page does not load. Attached is a snippet of the controller and html file.
NOTE: When I print the impress() object to the console, it is not null, and has the required functions. It is my suspicion that the impress() object is not hooking up to the page correctly.
Controller:
'use strict';
// Create the angular module
var cmodule = angular.module('coverage', ['ngRoute'])
// Create the coverage controller
cmodule.controller('coverageController', function($scope) {
console.log("Entering controller");
function require(script) {
$.ajax({
url: script,
dataType: "script",
async: true, // <-- This is the key
success: function () {
console.log(impress());
impress().init();
},
error: function () {
throw new Error("Could not load script " + script);
}
});
}
console.log("About to require");
angular.element(document).ready(function () {
require("/content/libraries/impress.js");
});
});
HTML File:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head lang="en">
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=1024" />
<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes" />
<title>My Coverage</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/content/styles/team1.css">
</head>
<body class="impress-not-supported">
<!--
For example this fallback message is only visible when there is `impress-not-supported` class on body.
-->
<div class="fallback-message">
<p>Your browser <b>doesn't support the features required</b> by impress.js, so you are presented with a simplified version of this presentation.</p>
<p>For the best experience please use the latest <b>Chrome</b>, <b>Safari</b> or <b>Firefox</b> browser.</p>
</div>
<!-- Now the fun begins -->
<div id="impress">
<!-- The background image -->
<div class="present" data-x="0" data-y="0">
<!-- Place Image here -->
</div>
<!-- Example content -->
<div id="url-ident" class="step" data-x="0" data-y="0">
<q>Ready to view your coverage?</q>
</div>
<!-- Example content -->
<div id="step1" class="step" data-x="500" data-y="0">
<p>Questions start here!</p>
</div>
</div> <!-- /div impress -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="/content/libraries/impress.js"></script>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.0.7/angular.min.js"></script>
<!--script type="text/javascript">impress().init();</script-->
</body>
</html>
This problem was fixed by using the jmpress.js library instead, found here.