Re: Using Javascript->link Inside An Element

2010-06-08 Thread calvin
I know, it sucks. I think I did manage to achieve a similar result in a very roundabout way in one of my older applications, but it's not really worth the hassle; Cake just isn't set up for it. On Jun 8, 7:15 am, Dima wrote: > My original implementation did exactly what you describe but I was > h

Re: Using Javascript->link Inside An Element

2010-06-08 Thread Dima
My original implementation did exactly what you describe but I was hoping that it could be done otherwise. Guess not. Thanks, Dima On Jun 7, 8:12 pm, calvin wrote: > You only use echo when you're linking them inline. So you would never > have something like: > > echo $javascript->link($scriptna

Re: Using Javascript->link Inside An Element

2010-06-07 Thread calvin
You only use echo when you're linking them inline. So you would never have something like: echo $javascript->link($scriptname, false); It would either be: echo $javascript->link($scriptname); or: $javascript->link($scriptname, false); Unfortunately, you can't use the $scripts_for_layout varia

Re: Using Javascript->link Inside An Element

2010-06-07 Thread Dima
vekija, thanks a ton for your help!! I added echo in front of all 4 of the lines in nav_menu.cpt. I was immediately able to see the style sheets kick in; however, when I look at page source, it still doesn't show those files in the page header and is not displaying correctly. Am I using the corr

Re: Using Javascript->link Inside An Element

2010-06-07 Thread vekija
you have to "echo" those :) echo $javascript->link('mootools-for-dropdown', false); On Jun 7, 8:43 pm, Dima wrote: > I'm pretty new to CakePHP so it is likely that my issue is rather > simple to fix.  I have a custom element which I created called > nav_menu.cpt.  I call this element from defaul

Using Javascript->link Inside An Element

2010-06-07 Thread Dima
I'm pretty new to CakePHP so it is likely that my issue is rather simple to fix. I have a custom element which I created called nav_menu.cpt. I call this element from default.cpt using: element('nav_menu'); ?> For my element to work properly, I need to import 3x .js files and 1x .css file; I ha