Ok I have a JQVMAP that I have on my site to select states for a search box. Everything worked great until I added my Clear function.
I also had to incorporate the patch from member HardCode Link to the patch
Found the solution, change line 466 in jqvmap.js file to:
regionClickEvent = $.Event('regionClick.jqvmap'); jQuery(params.container).trigger(regionClickEvent, [code, mapData.pathes[code].name]);
This is how I initialize it:
// with this Code it will select states and change the color of selected states plus save the codes of selected states into a hidden field
$('#omap').vectorMap(
{
map: 'usa_en',
backgroundColor: '#fff',
borderColor: '#000',
borderWidth: 4,
color: '#f4f3f0',
enableZoom: false,
hoverColor: '#fece2f',
hoverOpacity: null,
normalizeFunction: 'linear',
scaleColors: ['#b6d6ff', '#005ace'],
selectedColor: '#db9b15',
selectedRegion: null,
showTooltip: true,
multiSelectRegion: true,
onRegionClick: function(element, code, region) {
if(highlight[code]!=='#db9b15'){
highlight[code]='#db9b15';
origin = $('#search_origin_states');
states = origin.val();
if (states == ""){
origin.val(code);
} else {
origin.val(states + "," + code);
}
} else {
highlight[code]='#f4f3f0';
states = origin.val();
if (states.indexOf(","+code) >= 0) {
states = states.replace(","+code,"");
origin.val(states);
} else if (states.indexOf(code+",") >= 0){
states = states.replace(code+",","");
origin.val(states);
} else {
states = states.replace(code,"");
origin.val(states);
}
}
$('#omap').vectorMap('set', 'colors', highlight);
}
});
I use to have to click each state to clear it. But I wrote a script to clear all in one click.
function search_map_clear(field, map) {
var states = $('#search_' + field + '_states');
var sel_states = states.val();
var highlight2 = [];
$.each(sel_states.split(','), function (i, code) {
highlight2[code] = '#f4f3f0';
$('#' + map).vectorMap('set', 'colors', highlight2);
});
states.val("");
}
This will change all colors back to the original color, but apparently it does not clear the selectedRegions
because after clearing if I select any other state all the states that I changed back to original color show back up.
My Question is:
How can I clear the selected states so were I can select different ones without clicking on every state that was selected prior
UPDATE
I have been able to run this command from the console and I can select and deselect states... But it will not deselect a state that was clicked on to select.
$('#omap').vectorMap('select', 'ar');
$('#omap').vectorMap('deselect', 'ar');
I need to clear out the states that have been clicked on...
Here is my jsFiddle that will show you what is happening: