I like where you are going with that. Please elaborate a bit on your idea of what would constitute loading and unloading.
Mike, where you been? -Trey On Mar 12, 9:11 am, Daniel Friesen <[email protected]> wrote: > After a bit of thought I just thought about one. > A __load and __unload for when the plugin is loaded and unloaded. This > will allow for the plugin to do extension type stuff and be able to unload. > > Assuming jQuery.css.addHook and jQuery.css.removeHook for adding and > removing css hooks (an extensibility feature that ideally will get into > jQuery after John does his $.attr and $.curCSS refactor) > > (function(jQuery) { > > function cssCallback(elem, name, value, force) { > ... > > } > > jQuery.addPlugin('obscureCompat', { > __load: function() { > jQuery.css.addHook(cssCallback); > }, > __unload: function() { > jQuery.css.removeHook(cssCallback); > } > > }); > })(jQuery); > > ~Daniel Friesen (Dantman, Nadir-Seen-Fire) > > tres wrote: > > Thanks for the feedback, Daniel. > > > I see what you mean about jQuery.options instead of jQuery.fn.options. > > My reasoning for this, though, is by putting it on .fn you can assign > > different options to different elements instead of setting it globally > > for the plugin. This way options are persistent and can be changed on > > the fly. > > > I did think about giving the ability to assign a plugin to jQuery and > > not just jQuery.fn, but couldn't find a very graceful way to implement > > it as I just wanted to get the .fn working first. Could add a third, > > boolean, argument called addToFn and default it to true since it is > > the most likely case. > > > "Magic" methods can also be supported. Say you want to execute a > > function when the object is constructed, or when the options are > > changed. This isn't currently documented, but '__construct' works,and > > others would be fairly easy to implement. > > > Another idea would be to have an argument in jQuery.addPlugin to pass > > in an object of default options which would automatically apply > > options to the passed objects using jQuery.fn.options. > > > That said, I'm trying to keep a good balance of simplicity and > > extensibility, so more features isn't necessarily the right answer. > > > Anybody have anymore ideas or want to collaborate? > > > Thanks, > > -Trey > > > On Mar 5, 1:34 pm, Daniel Friesen <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> I think it could do with the ability to handle methods on jQuery itself > >> instead of being limited to just jQuery.fn, perhaps a second > >> object/function to addPlugin; > > >> Likewise I'd prefer jQuery.options over jQuery.fn.options; > > >> ~Daniel Friesen (Dantman, Nadir-Seen-Fire) [http://nadir-seen-fire.com] > >> -Nadir-Point & Wiki-Tools (http://nadir-point.com) (http://wiki-tools.com) > >> -MonkeyScript (http://monkeyscript.org) > >> -Animepedia (http://anime.wikia.com) > >> -Narutopedia (http://naruto.wikia.com) > >> -Soul Eater Wiki (http://souleater.wikia.com) > > >> [email protected] wrote: > > >>> There has been a lot of activity about plugin authoring and how it can > >>> be more structured and extensible. I've posted a couple of comments on > >>> some threads and sent an email to John, but I thought I'd create a new > >>> thread since I haven't had any feedback yet. John, I understand you > >>> probably get a lot of email and are very busy. > > >>> I've written a plugin that I'd like to get feedback on from you guys. > >>> It's still evolving, but should be stable in what it currently is > >>> designed to do and I have found it invaluable when authoring larger, > >>> more advanced plugins. It would be nice to see similar functionality > >>> built into jQuery as I think others would also find it useful. > > >>> Link:http://plugins.jquery.com/project/plugin-authoring > > >>> Cheers, > >>> Trey --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
