That is a great help! Thanks, L
Lance Speelmon Scholarly Technologist On Jul 30, 2009, at 7:03 AM, Vidar Ramdal wrote: >> Speelmon, Lance Day wrote: >>> >>> As a Sling newbie, could someone help me understand when >>> currentNode gets >>> initialized in an esp file? The following script shows that >>> currentNode is >>> undefined in the $(document).ready context, but is defined later >>> (?) within >>> the <h1> tags. Thanks, L > > 2009/7/29 Branden Visser <[email protected]>: >> 'currentNode' is only accessible through server-side JavaScript. >> >> Your first access of currentNode is client-side, and therefore is >> undefined. > > As Branden says, currentNode is a server-side variable, but it's > sometimes handy to have the full object available client side. To do > so, you can include currentNode's JSON rendering: > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" > "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd";> > [...] > <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"> > // Client-side javascript > var currentNode = <% // Server-side javascript: > sling.include(currentNode.path + ".json"); > %>; > // Client-side javascript > alert("currentNode: " + currentNode.path); > > </script> > [...] > > -- > Vidar S. Ramdal <[email protected]> - http://www.idium.no > Akersgata 16, N-0158 Oslo, Norway > +47 21 531941, ext 2070
