From 839390f820157f09108b9f34348456acc9d82256 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian McGonagill <bmcgonag@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2025 15:45:34 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] attempting to make product load better in drop down

---
 client/MenuItems/modalLinkProducts.js | 28 +++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client/MenuItems/modalLinkProducts.js b/client/MenuItems/modalLinkProducts.js
index 00326ff..8d777d3 100644
--- a/client/MenuItems/modalLinkProducts.js
+++ b/client/MenuItems/modalLinkProducts.js
@@ -18,17 +18,29 @@ Template.modalLinkProducts.onRendered(function() {
         dropdownOptions: 4,
     });
     
-    setTimeout(function() {
-        var instances = M.Modal.init(elems, {});
-        var instancese = M.FormSelect.init(elemse, {
-            dropdownOptions: 4,
-        });
-    }, 250);
+    this.autorun(() => {
+        if (this.subscriptionsReady()) {
+            // setTimeout(function() {
+                // var instances = M.Modal.init(elems, {});
+                var elemse = document.querySelectorAll('select');
+                var instancese = M.FormSelect.init(elemse, {
+                    dropdownOptions: 4,
+                });
+            // }, 250);
+        }
+    });
 });
 
 Template.modalLinkProducts.helpers({
     products: function() {
-        return Products.find({}, {sort: { prodName:1 }});
+        let prodInfo = Products.find({}, { sort: { prodName:1 }});
+        // return Products.find({}, {sort: { prodName:1 }});
+        if (!prodInfo) {
+            console.log("no product info yet.");
+        } else {
+            console.log("prod info found.");
+            return prodInfo;
+        }
     }
 });
 
@@ -79,4 +91,4 @@ Template.modalLinkProducts.events({
             } 
         }
     }
-});
+});
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