1. Correct me if I'm wrong. But this scenario won't catch an element with the
class "name1 name2":
el.getParent('.name1')
This is looking for the exact name. So, this won't work as the method I'm
looking for....?
2. For the method Sanford provided - parentWithClassById(id) - I'm concerned
about some potential speed issues on a page with potentially thousands of
elements (and potentially in a loop). Maybe some clarification with some
methods would help.
$$('.theClass') ?= document.getElements('.theClass') ?=
document.getElements('[class=theClass]')
Aren't all of these equivalent? Is there a big difference in speed for each of
them? AND, the $$() method only acts on the whole document - you can't get
descendants from a particular element with it, correct? Also,
parentWithClassById() won't work if the element doesn't have an id.
Thanks for letting me pick your brains. BTW, I'm using MT 1.2.5.
~Philip
On Jan 9, 2011, at 6:04 PM, Philip Thompson wrote:
> Ok I guess I've misunderstood how el.getParent() actually works. I thought it
> only found the immediate parent (with optional selector). Welp thanks for
> clarifying. This should work as needed...
>
> Happy coding.
>
> ~Philip
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 9, 2011, at 2:10 AM, אריה גלזר <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 8:33 AM, Philip Thompson <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> This won't work. I'm not just looking for the immediate parent - I'm looking
>> for any parent/grandparent/great grandparent/etc that may have that class.
>>
>> 1st of all, sanfords concept will work perfectly fine for this use case
>> 2nd -why not do el.getParent('.foo')?
>>
>> --
>> Arieh Glazer
>> אריה גלזר
>> 052-5348-561
>> http://www.arieh.co.il
>> http://www.link-wd.co.il
>>
"innerHTML is a string. The DOM is not a string, it's a hierarchal object
structure. Shoving a string into an object is impure and similar to wrapping a
spaghetti noodle around an orange and calling it lunch."
