* Brian Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-12-01 09:05]:
> > Hi,
> >
> >> Controller set of methods is returned..
> >>
> >> $('#grid').grid().data(data).drig().show()
> >> $('#grid').grid().scrollToRow(6).drig().css("border", "1px")
> >>
> >> A controller object is returned..
> >>
> >> var grid = null
> >> $("grid").grid({
> >> data: data,
> >> onComplete: function(controller) { grid = controller }
> >> })
> >> grid.srollToRow(6)
> >>
> >> What is best practice?
> >
> > How about the Idea to have a jQuery-function that returns the controller
> > object:
> >
> > $('#grid').grid({data:data}).show().gridController().scrollToRow(6);
> >
> > That way the function that creates the grid does not break the chain, but
> > there is a function that returns a controller object. You don't
> > necessarily
> > need a way to come back to jQuery if you do it that way, because you can
> > chose to get the controller Object later in the queue.
> >
> > You should think if you want a controller object that can handle mutliple
> > grids at the same time:
> >
> > $('.allmygrids').grid({data:data}).show().gridController().scrollToRow(6);
> >
> > If not, then gridController() needs to take a parameter to know which of
> > the
> > grids you mean:
> >
> > $('.allmygrids').grid({data:data}).show().gridController(42).scrollToRow(6);
> How about overriding $.end() in the grid plugin, so that it returns the
> original jquery object if it's run on the grid controller?
>
> Of course, you'd have to remember to make $.end() behave normally if run
> elsewhere. Or, you could just create an $.endGrid() function for the
> controller, and not worry about messing with $end() at all.
I'm now growing partial to this convention...
$("div.grid").grid()
.data(gridData).
.columns(2, 3, 7)
.select()
.sortable()
.grid()
.rowHeight(22)
.jQuery()
.show()
.css("width", "500px)
Which is where you return control by naming the object that you wish
to recover.
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