How do I run client-side code after a new collection item has been added to a Meteor view?

Question

In my template, I call a server-side method to add an item to a collection. This collection is displayed on the page. Once the new item is rendered, I want to focus it for the u

Answer 1

One option may be observeChanges? Can you try this?

in the rendered function do following

Template.postsAdmin.rendered = function(){

   var query = Posts.find({}); //your query
   var handle = query.observeChanges({
       added: function (id, user) {
          //code to set focus???
       }
   });
}

This code runs whenever there is a new item addeded to minimongo which matches your query.

Make sure to show the template after you load the data.

docs link http://docs.meteor.com/#/full/observe_changes