Hi Everyone - There's been some rabble-rousing concerning the destructive nature of jQuery (it's ok, rousing is a good thing ;-)). I claimed that it'd be easy to have it exist as a plugin. Well, it took me all of 10 minutes, but here it is:
jQuery.fn._pushStack = jQuery.fn.pushStack; jQuery.fn.pushStack = function(){ var ret = jQuery.fn._pushStack.apply( jQuery(this), arguments ); ret.prevObject = this; return ret; }; jQuery.fn.end = function(){ return this.prevObject || jQuery([]); }; You can see a demo (requires Firebug) here: http://john.jquery.com/jquery/test/destruct.html So, if the destructive nature of jQuery bothers you - and you can't wait for jQuery 2.0, then just stick the above code in the header of your site (after jQuery) and you'll be good to go. Enjoy! --John _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/