Rails repeats Webpacker packages if I go backwards (OwlCarousel, DataTables)
Hello there.
I've got a Rails app that repeats packages if I go back to the page that's supposed to render them.
For instance, my OwlCarousel with two images will multiply and have the carousel navigation superimposed on top of the previous one.
#app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>CRISPR Citrus</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1">
<%= csrf_meta_tags %>
<%= csp_meta_tag %>
<%= stylesheet_link_tag 'application', media: 'all', 'data-turbolinks-track': 'reload' %>
<%= stylesheet_pack_tag 'application', media: 'all', 'data-turbolinks-track': 'reload' %>
<%= javascript_pack_tag 'application', 'data-turbolinks-track': 'reload' %>
</head>
<body>
<%= yield %>
</body>
</html>
#app/javascript/packs/application.js
import Rails from "@rails/ujs"
import Turbolinks from "turbolinks"
import * as ActiveStorage from "@rails/activestorage"
import "channels"
require("jquery");
import '@popperjs/core'
//Owl Carousel
import "../js/owlcarousel"
Rails.start()
Turbolinks.start()
ActiveStorage.start()
#app/javascript/js/owlcarousel.js
import 'owl.carousel/dist/assets/owl.carousel.css';
import 'owl.carousel';
import "owl.carousel/dist/assets/owl.theme.default.min.css"
$( document ).on('turbolinks:load', function() {
$(function () {
$('.owl-carousel').owlCarousel(
{
items: 1,
loop: true,
autoplay: true
}
);
});
})
#owl carousel is simply called like this:
<div class="owl-carousel owl-theme owl-theme-dark">
<%= image_tag "tmp/test_genotyping.png", alt:"", width:""%>
<%= image_tag "tmp/test_genotyping.png", alt:"", width:""%>
</div>
I think maybe OwlCarousel has a way to destroy itself before reloading, which I could add in owlcarousel.js but I think that would be a way to "patch" an ongoing issue. Is this supposed to happen?