@TJ
Yeah. I sort of noticed that.
I like the observeAll mechanism. Very reusable.
In PHP, I could ...
if (!!fn || fn = function(){...}) {
fn();
}
sort of thing. Basically assign a value to a variable and evaluate the
assignment. For closures, this is always true.
Could this be done in JS?
On 23 December 2010 15:21, T.J. Crowder <t...@crowdersoftware.com> wrote:
> @Richard:
>
>> Maybe something like ...
>>
>> ['keyup', 'click', 'focus', 'blur'].each(function(eventName){
>> $('filter').observe(eventName, function(evt){
>> this.fire('check:filter');
>> });
>>
>> });
>
> That creates four identical functions (one for each event). Not
> necessarily a problem, but...
>
> @Walter: How 'bout *really* not repeating yourself: ;-)
>
> // In your bag of tricks
> Element.addMethods({
> observeAll: function(element, eventNames, handler) {
> if (!(element = $(element))) return;
> eventNames = typeof eventNames === "string" ? $w(eventNames) :
> eventNames;
> eventNames.each(function(eventName) {
> Event.observe(element, eventName, handler);
> });
> return element;
> }
> });
>
> // Then in this specific case:
> $('filter').observeAll(['keyup', 'click', 'focus', 'blur'],
> function(evt) {
> this.fire('check:filter');
> });
>
> // Or:
> $('filter').observeAll('keyup click focus blur', function(evt) {
> this.fire('check:filter');
> });
>
> // Or even:
> var filter = $('filter');
> filter.observeAll(
> 'keyup click focus blur',
> Element.fire.curry(filter, 'check:filter'));
>
> FWIW,
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> www / crowder software / com
>
> On Dec 23, 10:02 am, Richard Quadling <rquadl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 22 December 2010 18:16, Walter Lee Davis <wa...@wdstudio.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > I have a quick filter for hiding list items until only matches show. I want
>> > to cover all the various ways that a user might interact with the search
>> > field, so I write this lovely:
>>
>> > $('filter').observe('keyup', function(evt){
>> > this.fire('check:filter');
>> > });
>> > $('filter').observe('click', function(evt){
>> > this.fire('check:filter');
>> > });
>> > $('filter').observe('focus', function(evt){
>> > this.fire('check:filter');
>> > });
>> > $('filter').observe('blur', function(evt){
>> > this.fire('check:filter');
>> > });
>>
>> > Is there any way to write this more clearly, as in with fewer lines of
>> > code?
>>
>> > I'm using 1.6.latest, haven't tried the new 1.7 goodies yet. Would that
>> > help?
>>
>> > Walter
>>
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>> Maybe something like ...
>>
>> ['keyup', 'click', 'focus', 'blur'].each(function(eventName){
>> $('filter').observe(eventName, function(evt){
>> this.fire('check:filter');
>> });
>>
>> });
>>
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