1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/haunt/static/js/comment-reaction.js b/haunt/static/js/comment-reaction.js
index fb5bfaf..db980b3 100644
--- a/haunt/static/js/comment-reaction.js
+++ b/haunt/static/js/comment-reaction.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ function encodeAsFormData(obj) {
   return urlEncodedDataPairs.join('&');
 }
 
-function postReaction(reaction) {
+function postReaction(reaction, callback) {
   let xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
   xhr.open('POST', "/api/comment/react", true);
 
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ function postReaction(reaction) {
   xhr.onload = function(data) {
     switch (xhr.status) {
     case 200:
+      callback();
       break;
     case 429:
       alert("Failed -- you can react at most once an hour.");
@@ -113,6 +114,10 @@ window.addEventListener("load", () => {
           postReaction({
             "id": reactButton.getAttribute("data-react-to-id"),
             "reaction": button.innerHTML
+          }, () => {
+            let reactAcknowledgement = document.createElement("span");
+            reactAcknowledgement.innerHTML = "successfully reacted!"
+            reactButton.replaceWith(reactAcknowledgement);
           });
           emojiPicker.remove();
         });