only when it's better stated in jquery! which is always!
On 11/30/06, Matt Stith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Remember not everything needs to look like jQuery. Or does it? On 11/30/06, Stephen Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > I know we're all fond of the elegance of chaining, but would it be the > least confusing to write it like: > > var gridControl = new Grid( '#grid' ) > > where: > > function Grid( dom_string ) { > > jQuery( dom_string ).each( function() { instantiate here... } ); > ... > } > > Remember not everything needs to look like jQuery. > > - Stephen > > Dave Methvin wrote: > > This will be a short thread--NOT! :-) > > > > > >> Controller set of methods is returned.. > >> > >> $('#grid').grid().data(data).drig().show() > >> $('#grid').grid().scrollToRow(6).drig().css("border", "1px") > >> > > > > Uh, drig()? So if I want to return to I was before scrollToRow(6), > should I > > use (6)woRoTllorsc? ;-) > > > > I don't know if this a good idiom; changing the object type within the > chain > > might be be too tricky. Also, would the plugin itself have a need for > > chained methods to change its internal state? Still, to make your > object > > chainable like that, I think your $().grid method would just need to > save > > its jQuery "this" in your Grid object before returning: > > > > jQuery.fn.grid = function() { > > var gridObject = // ... get your grid object ... > > gridObject.jQuery = this; > > return gridObject; > > } > > jQuery.fn.drig = function() { > > return this.jQuery; > > } > > > > As Jörn mentioned, you could still use $("#grid").grid() to create > and/or > > retrieve a Grid object, even if it wasn't chainable. It seems like > you'd > > want some way to determine whether it was a Grid creation or just > getting an > > existing object; you could have a separate $().createGrid() method or > maybe > > the $().grid() argument could be required on creation. (Also, should > the > > core should a standard way for plugins to associate object data with > an > > element, like it does with events?) > > > > Whatever results from this discussion should go to the plugins > authoring > > page on the wiki, http://jquery.com/plugins/Authoring/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > jQuery mailing list > > discuss@jquery.com > > http://jquery.com/discuss/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > jQuery mailing list > discuss@jquery.com > http://jquery.com/discuss/ > _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/
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