On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Andrea Giammarchi <
andrea.giammar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> wow, all this stuff sonds like a path finder AI algo a la "A*" (A Star) in
> a mono column grid with optional context as obstacle in the north direction
> ... did anybody of us think about some algo to quickly map the DOM in a 3D
> space? ... seriously, nested nodes are up in the Z scale, documentElement is
> the floor, and z-index a part, which is virtual, I would not be surprised if
> tomorrow somebody will splash down the DOM finding quickest way to relate
> nodes and distances ( sorry, I guess this glass of wine is not that good )
on a side note, I just implemented a 'visually closest' selector for the new
jQuery UI selectables, and yes, sometimes it is in fact needed :P
>
>
> Regards
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 2:39 PM, mike.helgeson <mike.helge...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> Alright, the context sounds good, pardon my confusion.
>>
>> On Jul 23, 2:59 pm, John Resig <jere...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > It will make the specific context
>> > > required anytime raw nodes are used
>> >
>> > Hmm... no it won't?
>> >
>> > $( event.target ).closest(".foo"); // will still work, starts at
>> > event.target. goes up to documentElement
>> > $( event.target, context ).closest(".foo") // starts at event.target,
>> > doesn't go higher than context
>> >
>> > The case of $(DOMElement, DOMElement) doesn't exist yet, thus it won't
>> be
>> > breaking any existing code. On the other hand, the case of $(String,
>> > DOMElement) will probably just run faster (since it'll be limited by the
>> > DOMElement context).
>> >
>> > --John
>>
>>
>
> >
>
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