oncomplete callback function doesn't work from 1.6.0 or later

[i-like-robots]

oncomplete callback function doesn't work from 1.6.0 or later

[hyperlinked]

BTW, if anyone else is having this same issue and going back to a previous version isn't an option and you don't want to modify the original code, you can get around this by directly setting the contents of the oncomplete property when invoking the slideshow.

var slideshow = $('.slideshow').slides(),
api = slideshow.data('slides');

api.opts.oncomplete = function(current) {
  alert('the index number is: '+current);
}

api.opts.onupdate = function(current) {
  alert('put your function actions here');
}

[i-like-robots]

@hyperlinked thanks for your detailed information. As soon as I started reading I thought "That's because it's a string" so thank you for saving me time checking that too ;-)

I can't think of a reasonable solution to this because functions should be passed by reference within JavaScript and any way of interpreting the string gleaned from the DOM into JS (eval) is best avoided. The other option I can think of is to test if the given property is available within the global namespace, I.E.:

if (typeof this.opts.oncomplete === "string" && window[this.opts.oncomplete]) {
  window[this.opts.oncomplete].call(...);
}

But I think that's somewhat unexpected behaviour. A test to see whether or not the option is callable is probably a sensible step to avoid errors and adding a precautionary note about usage too. However, I don't think adding functionality to interpret a string and best guess what the author meant is a good feature.