I am making a node app that is in it current state very simple, but I get an issue I can't figure out.
The generated html of my express app looks like this:
<html style="" class=" js no-touch svg inlinesvg svgclippaths no-ie8compat">
<head>
...
<script type="text/javascript" src="/javascripts/mouse.js"></script>
...
</head>
<body class="antialiased" style=""><div class="row"><div class="row">
<script>
var mouse;
var X = 0;
var Y = 0;
window.onload = function()
{
alert(Mouse());//=> undefined
mouse = Mouse();
mouse.setMouseMoveCallback(function(e){ //THIS LINE FAILS: "Cannot call method 'setMouseMoveCallback' of undefined"
X = e.x;
Y = e.y;
alert("move");
});
}
...
</html>
The include script tag in the header adds this javascript file:
function Mouse(onObject){
var mouseDown = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
mouseDownCount = 0;
var mouseDownCallbacks = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0];
var mouseTracer = 0;
var tracePosArray;
var target = onObject;
if(!onObject){
onObject = document;
}
onObject.onmousedown = function(evt) {
mouseDown[evt.button] = 1;
mouseDownCount--;
if(mouseDownCallbacks[evt.button] != 0){
mouseDownCallbacks[evt.button](evt);
}
}
onObject.onmouseup = function(evt) {
mouseDown[evt.button] = 0;
mouseDownCount--;
}
var mousemoveCallback;
onObject.onmousemove = function(evt){
//Tracing mouse here:
if(mouseTracer){
tracePosArray.push([evt.pageX,evt.pageY]);
}
if(mousemoveCallback){
mousemoveCallback(evt);
}
}
var mouseWheelCallback;
onObject.onmousewheel = function(evt){
if(mouseWheelCallback){
mouseWheelCallback(evt);
}
}
var mouseOverCallback;
onObject.onmouseover = function(evt){
if(mouseOverCallback){
mouseOverCallback(evt);
}
}
var mouseOutCallback;
onObject.onmouseout = function(evt){
if(mouseOutCallback){
mouseOutCallback(evt);
}
}
//TODO: There is a bug when you move the mouse out while you are pressing a button. The key is still counted as "pressed" even though you release it outside of the intended area
//NOTE: might have fixed the bug. Do some further investigation by making a smaller element.
this.anyDown = function(){
if(mouseDownCount){
for(p in mouseDown){
if(mouseDown[p]){
return true;
}
}
}
}
this.setLeftDownCallbackFunction = function(fun){
mouseDownCallbacks[0] = fun;
}
this.setRightDownCallbackFunction = function(fun){
mouseDownCallbacks[2] = fun;
}
this.setMiddleDownCallbackFunction = function(fun){
mouseDownCallbacks[4] = fun;
}
this.setSpcifiedDownCallbackFunction = function(num, fun){
mouseDownCallbacks[num] = fun;
}
this.leftDown = function(){
if(mouseDownCount){
return mouseDown[0] != 0;
}
}
this.rightDown = function(){
if(mouseDownCount){
return mouseDown[2] != 0;
}
}
this.middleDown = function(){
if(mouseDownCount){
return mouseDown[4] != 0;
}
}
this.setMouseMoveCallback = function (callback){
mousemoveCallback = callback;
}
this.setMouseWheelCallback = function (callback){
mouseWheelCallback = callback;
}
this.setMouseOverCallback = function (callback){
mouseOverCallback = callback;
}
this.setMouseOutCallback = function (callback){
mouseOutCallback = callback;
}
this.enableTracer = function(){
tracePosArray = new Array();
mouseTracer = 1;
}
this.getMouseTracerData = function() {
return tracePosArray;
}
}
So: I have assured that the JS file is loaded. But none the less I am not able to access the Mouse() method in my window.onload function in the body, it shows up as undefined. This is very strange to me because if I create a HTML file that does exactly the same thing I am able to access it.
What is going on here? Is there some magic trickery in node.js / express that disables this kind of interaction?
Additional notes:
Complete header:
<head><title>My awesome title</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/stylesheets/foundation.min.css"><link rel="stylesheet" href="/stylesheets/normalize.css"><link rel="stylesheet" href="/stylesheets/style.css"><script type="text/javascript" src="/socket.io/socket.io.js"></script><style type="text/css"></style><script type="text/javascript" src="/javascripts/jquery.min.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="/javascripts/vendor/custom.modernizr.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="/javascripts/vendor/zepto.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="/javascripts/mouse.js"></script><meta content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=0" name="viewport"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width"></head>
That would throw an error if the Mouse function is undefined. The reason alert shows 'undefined' is that the Mouse function doesn't return anything, hence undefined. It should be used as a constructor, as in 'new Mouse()'