By the way, you'll have trouble if you use defaults like this:
$.fn.myPlugin1 = function(options) {
var myOptions = $.extend(defaults, options);
since that will actually extend the defaults object and your
"defaults" will be changed whatever was in "options" for the next time
you use the plugin.
Try
$.fn.myPlugin1 = function(options) {
var myOptions = $.extend( {}, defaults, options);
which creates a new object to accumulate the options.
Danny
On Mar 4, 2:13 pm, "Mike Alsup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If you want to use two different functions in the chain then you need
> to define two plugin functions:
>
> // wrap it all in a closure so you can share private data easily
> (function() {
>
> $.fn.myPlugin1 = function(options) {
> var myOptions = $.extend(defaults, options);
> // do stuff
>
> };
>
> $.fn.myPlugin2 = function(options) {
> var myOptions = $.extend(defaults, options);
> // do stuff
>
> };
>
> var defaults = {
> def1: 'default1',
> def2: 'default2',
> ...
> defx: 'defaultx'
>
> };
> })();
> On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Leanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Ok, I'm really trying to wrap my head around this, and it's irritating
> > me. I've checked out the following pages:
>
> > http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Authoring
> > http://www.learningjquery.com/2007/10/a-plugin-development-pattern
>
> > And they help some but there's one problem I'm running into.
>
> > I have:
>
> > $.fn.myPlugin = function(options) {
> > $.myPlugin.defaults = $.extend($.myPlugin.defaults, options);
> > return(this);
> > };
>
> > $.myPlugin = {
> > defaults: {
> > def1: 'default1',
> > def2: 'default2',
> > ...
> > defx: 'defaultx'
> > },
>
> > myFunc: function() {
> > var options = $.myPlugin.defaults;
> > //do something here, anything really
> > },
>
> > myFunc2: function() {
> > var options = $.myPlugin.defaults;
> > //do something here, again, anything
> > }
> > };
>
> > Now, I want to do something like this:
>
> > jQuery().myPlugin({def1: 'other_def1', def2: 'other_def2'}).myFunc();
>
> > Can I?
>
> > Because it's not working. It tells me that jQuery().myPlugin({def1:
> > 'other_def1', def2: 'other_def2'}) is not a function.
>
> > However, if I change it so that myFunc is $.fn.myFunc = function()
> > { }, then I can, but I have to do it as:
>
> > jQuery().myPlugin({def1: 'other_def1', def2:
> > 'other_def2'}).myPlugin.myFunc();
>
> > Which I don't like.
>
> > None of the tutorials or documentation I can find is clear on this
> > point, though they do refer to the functions in $.myPlugin as being
> > user-accessable... and they are, but only if I do $.myPlugin.myFunc.
> > I can't chain. And I want to be able to do that.
