Jorn-Thank you for the answer. I guess I had never really picked up on the difference. Technically, it would seem that even all the static jQuery functions could be "chainable" too, but I guess stylistically that's reserved for methods, when there's a capture-set of elements to chain/pass, not just wanting to save code space by being able to chain multiple static calls together.
I was trying to be lazy and call several static methods in a row, rather than saying "jQuery" each time. My bad. :) On Oct 9, 10:52 am, "Jörn Zaefferer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > None of the static jQuery methods are chainable, that is, return a > jQuery object. That rule applies only to instance methods. > > Instance: $().someMethod > Static: $.someMethod > > The plugin guide could be fixed to reflect that difference... > > Jörn > > > > On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 5:26 PM, Shade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I was playing around with the new XHR plugin system that will be out > > with 1.2.7/1.3, and I noticed something that seemed a little odd to > > me. > > > I was using the ajaxSetup() function to change my transport, but I > > wanted to chain off the end of that call, and it doesn't work, because > > apparently ajaxSetup doesn't return the "jQuery" object. > > > I had been reading and trying to diligently follow the Plugin > > Authoring guide here:http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Authoring > > > which says: "Your method must return the jQuery object, unless > > explicity noted otherwise." > > > Perhaps I'm missing something, and if so I apologize, but I would have > > expected ajaxSetup to be chainable since it's API definition doesn't > > *explicitly* say it isn't. Is this a misunderstanding on my part, a > > documentation deficiency, or a possible suggestable improvement to > > ajaxSetup? > > > Is there a reason why ajaxSetup shouldn't be chainable?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery Development" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
