Bugfix. Endless spinner when trying to log in

after rendering the registration form.

docs/CHANGES.md

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## 3.0.1 (Unreleased)
 
+- Bugfix. Endless spinner when trying to log in after rendering the registration form. [jcbrand]
 - #585 Duplicate contact created due to JID case sensivity [saganshul]
 - #628 Fixes the bug in displaying chat status during private chat. [saganshul]
 - #628 Changes the message displayed while typing from a different resource of the same user. [smitbose]

spec/register.js

@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@
             _converse.connection._connect_cb(test_utils.createRequest(stanza));
 
             expect(registerview.getRegistrationFields).toHaveBeenCalled();
-            expect(_converse.connection.connected).toBeTruthy();
 
             stanza = $iq({
                     'type': 'result',

src/converse-controlbox.js

@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@
                     $sibling.removeClass('current');
                     $tab.addClass('current');
                     $tab_panel.removeClass('hidden');
-                    if (_converse.connection.connected) {
+                    if (!_.isUndefined(_converse.chatboxes.browserStorage)) {
                         this.model.save({'active-panel': $tab.data('id')});
                     }
                     return this;
@@ -446,6 +446,7 @@
                             jid = Strophe.getBareJidFromJid(jid).toLowerCase()+'/'+resource;
                         }
                     }
+                    _converse.connection.reset();
                     _converse.connection.connect(jid, password, _converse.onConnectStatusChanged);
                 },
 

src/converse-core.js

@@ -1908,6 +1908,7 @@
                         "Either when calling converse.initialize, or when calling " +
                         "_converse.api.user.login.");
                 }
+                this.connection.reset();
                 this.connection.connect(this.jid.toLowerCase(), null, this.onConnectStatusChanged);
             } else if (this.authentication === _converse.LOGIN) {
                 var password = _converse.connection.pass || this.password;
@@ -1926,6 +1927,7 @@
                 } else {
                     this.jid = Strophe.getBareJidFromJid(this.jid).toLowerCase()+'/'+resource;
                 }
+                this.connection.reset();
                 this.connection.connect(this.jid, password, this.onConnectStatusChanged);
             }
         };
@@ -2006,6 +2008,7 @@
                 this.roster.off().reset(); // Removes roster contacts
             }
             this.chatboxes.remove(); // Don't call off(), events won't get re-registered upon reconnect.
+            delete this.chatboxes.browserStorage;
             if (this.features) {
                 this.features.reset();
             }

src/converse-register.js

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     // Other necessary globals
     var $ = converse.env.jQuery,
         _ = converse.env._;
-    
+
     // Add Strophe Namespaces
     Strophe.addNamespace('REGISTER', 'jabber:iq:register');
 
@@ -60,6 +60,17 @@
 
             ControlBoxView: {
 
+                switchTab: function (ev) {
+                    var _converse = this.__super__._converse;
+                    var result = this.__super__.switchTab.apply(this, arguments);
+                    if (_converse.registration_domain &&
+                            ev.target.getAttribute('data-id') === "register" &&
+                            !this.model.get('registration_form_rendered')) {
+                        this.registerpanel.fetchRegistrationForm(_converse.registration_domain);
+                    }
+                    return result;
+                },
+
                 renderLoginPanel: function () {
                     /* Also render a registration panel, when rendering the
                      * login panel.
@@ -69,14 +80,9 @@
                     if (_converse.allow_registration) {
                         this.registerpanel = new _converse.RegisterPanel({
                             '$parent': this.$el.find('.controlbox-panes'),
-                            'model': this
+                            'model': this.model
                         });
                         this.registerpanel.render().$el.addClass('hidden');
-                        
-                        if (_converse.registration_domain) {
-                            this.registerpanel.renderRegistrationRequest('');
-                            this.registerpanel.fetchRegistrationForm(_converse.registration_domain);   
-                        }
                     }
                     return this;
                 }
@@ -119,6 +125,7 @@
                 },
 
                 render: function () {
+                    this.model.set('registration_form_rendered', false);
                     this.$parent.append(this.$el.html(
                         tpl_register_panel({
                             'default_domain': _converse.registration_domain,
@@ -158,7 +165,6 @@
                      *    (Strophe.Request) req - The current request
                      *    (Function) callback
                      */
-                    _converse.log("sendQueryStanza was called");
                     var conn = _converse.connection;
                     conn.connected = true;
 
@@ -176,13 +182,16 @@
                     if (register.length === 0) {
                         conn._changeConnectStatus(
                             Strophe.Status.REGIFAIL,
-                            __('Sorry, the given provider does not support in band account registration. Please try with a different provider.')
+                            __("Sorry, the given provider does not support in "+
+                               "band account registration. Please try with a "+
+                               "different provider.")
                         );
                         return true;
                     }
                     // Send an IQ stanza to get all required data fields
                     conn._addSysHandler(this.onRegistrationFields.bind(this), null, "iq", null, null);
                     conn.send($iq({type: "get"}).c("query", {xmlns: Strophe.NS.REGISTER}).tree());
+                    conn.connected = false;
                     return true;
                 },
 
@@ -234,31 +243,34 @@
                         return;
                     }
                     $form.find('input[type=submit]').hide();
-                    this.renderRegistrationRequest(__('Cancel'));
-                    this.fetchRegistrationForm(domain);
+                    this.fetchRegistrationForm(domain, __('Cancel'));
                 },
 
-                fetchRegistrationForm: function(domain_name) {
+                fetchRegistrationForm: function (domain_name, cancel_label) {
                     /* This is called with a domain name based on which, it fetches a
                      * registration form from the requested domain.
                      *
                      * Parameters:
                      *      (Domain name) domain_name - XMPP server domain
-                     */ 
+                     */
+                    this.renderRegistrationRequest(cancel_label);
                     this.reset({
                         domain: Strophe.getDomainFromJid(domain_name),
                         _registering: true
                     });
                     _converse.connection.connect(this.domain, "", this.onRegistering.bind(this));
-                    return false; 
+                    return false;
                 },
 
-                renderRegistrationRequest: function(cancel_label) {
-                    var form_help = document.querySelector('.form-help');
-                    $(form_help).after(tpl_registration_request({
-                        cancel: cancel_label,
-                        info_message: _converse.__('Requesting a registration form from the XMPP server')
-                    }));
+                renderRegistrationRequest: function (cancel_label) {
+                    var form = this.el.querySelector('#converse-register');
+                    utils.createElementsFromString(
+                        form,
+                        tpl_registration_request({
+                            cancel: cancel_label,
+                            info_message: _converse.__('Requesting a registration form from the XMPP server')
+                        })
+                    );
                     if (!_converse.registration_domain) {
                         var cancel_button = document.querySelector('button.button-cancel');
                         cancel_button.addEventListener('click', this.cancelRegistration.bind(this));
@@ -325,7 +337,9 @@
                      * Parameters:
                      *      (XMLElement) stanza - The IQ stanza received from the XMPP server.
                      */
-                    var $form= this.$('form'),
+                    this.model.set('registration_form_rendered', true);
+
+                    var $form = this.$('form'),
                         $stanza = $(stanza),
                         $fields, $input;
                     $form.empty().append(tpl_registration_form({
@@ -416,15 +430,18 @@
                      */
                     if (ev && ev.preventDefault) { ev.preventDefault(); }
                     _converse.connection.reset();
+                    this.model.set('registration_form_rendered', false);
                     this.render();
                     if (_converse.registration_domain) {
-                        this.renderRegistrationRequest(__('Retry'));
                         document.querySelector('button.button-cancel').onclick = 
-                            _.bind(this.fetchRegistrationForm, this, _converse.registration_domain); 
+                            _.bind(
+                                this.fetchRegistrationForm, this,
+                                _converse.registration_domain, __('Retry')
+                            );
                     }
                 },
 
-                submitRegistrationForm : function (ev) {
+                submitRegistrationForm: function (ev) {
                     /* Handler, when the user submits the registration form.
                      * Provides form error feedback or starts the registration
                      * process.
@@ -456,6 +473,7 @@
                             iq.c($input.attr('name'), {}, $input.val());
                         });
                     }
+                    this.model.set('registration_form_rendered', false);
                     _converse.connection._addSysHandler(this._onRegisterIQ.bind(this), null, "iq", null, null);
                     _converse.connection.send(iq);
                     this.setFields(iq.tree());

src/templates/login_tab.html

@@ -1 +1 @@
-<li><a class="current" href="#login-dialog">{{{label_sign_in}}}</a></li>
+<li><a class="current" data-id="login" href="#login-dialog">{{{label_sign_in}}}</a></li>

src/templates/register_panel.html

@@ -2,13 +2,11 @@
     <span class="reg-feedback"></span>
     <label>{{{label_domain}}}</label>
     {[ if (default_domain) { ]}
-    	<label>{{{default_domain}}}</label>
+    	{{{default_domain}}}
     {[ } ]}
     {[ if (!default_domain) { ]}
     	<input type="text" name="domain" placeholder="{{{domain_placeholder}}}">
-    {[ } ]}
-    <p class="form-help">{{{help_providers}}} <a href="{{{href_providers}}}" class="url" target="_blank" rel="noopener">{{{help_providers_link}}}</a>.</p>
-    {[ if (!default_domain) { ]}
-    	<input class="pure-button button-primary" type="submit" value="{{{label_register}}}">
+        <p class="form-help">{{{help_providers}}} <a href="{{{href_providers}}}" class="url" target="_blank" rel="noopener">{{{help_providers_link}}}</a>.</p>
+        <input class="pure-button button-primary" type="submit" value="{{{label_register}}}">
     {[ } ]}
 </form>

src/templates/register_tab.html

@@ -1 +1 @@
-<li><a class="s" href="#register">{{{label_register}}}</a></li>
+<li><a class="s" data-id="register" href="#register">{{{label_register}}}</a></li>

src/templates/registration_request.html

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<span class="spinner login-submit"/>
+<span class="spinner login-submit"></span>
 <p class="info">{{{info_message}}}</p>
 {[ if (cancel) { ]}
 	<button class="pure-button button-cancel hor_centered">{{{cancel}}}</button>

src/utils.js

@@ -444,5 +444,21 @@
             return !(utils.contains(attr, query)(item));
         };
     };
+
+
+    utils.createElementsFromString = function (element, html) {
+        // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9334645/create-node-from-markup-string
+        var frag = document.createDocumentFragment(),
+            tmp = document.createElement('body'), child;
+        tmp.innerHTML = html;
+        // Append elements in a loop to a DocumentFragment, so that the browser does
+        // not re-render the document for each node
+        while (child = tmp.firstChild) {  // eslint-disable-line no-cond-assign
+            frag.appendChild(child);
+        }
+        element.appendChild(frag); // Now, append all elements at once
+        frag = tmp = null;
+    }
+
     return utils;
 }));