I know we're all fond of the elegance of chaining, but would it be the
least confusing to write it like:
var gridControl = new Grid( '#grid' )
where:
function Grid( dom_string ) {
jQuery( dom_string ).each( function() { instantiate here... } );
...
}
Remember not everything needs to look like jQuery.
- Stephen
Dave Methvin wrote:
> This will be a short thread--NOT! :-)
>
>
>> Controller set of methods is returned..
>>
>> $('#grid').grid().data(data).drig().show()
>> $('#grid').grid().scrollToRow(6).drig().css("border", "1px")
>>
>
> Uh, drig()? So if I want to return to I was before scrollToRow(6), should I
> use (6)woRoTllorsc? ;-)
>
> I don't know if this a good idiom; changing the object type within the chain
> might be be too tricky. Also, would the plugin itself have a need for
> chained methods to change its internal state? Still, to make your object
> chainable like that, I think your $().grid method would just need to save
> its jQuery "this" in your Grid object before returning:
>
> jQuery.fn.grid = function() {
> var gridObject = // ... get your grid object ...
> gridObject.jQuery = this;
> return gridObject;
> }
> jQuery.fn.drig = function() {
> return this.jQuery;
> }
>
> As Jörn mentioned, you could still use $("#grid").grid() to create and/or
> retrieve a Grid object, even if it wasn't chainable. It seems like you'd
> want some way to determine whether it was a Grid creation or just getting an
> existing object; you could have a separate $().createGrid() method or maybe
> the $().grid() argument could be required on creation. (Also, should the
> core should a standard way for plugins to associate object data with an
> element, like it does with events?)
>
> Whatever results from this discussion should go to the plugins authoring
> page on the wiki, http://jquery.com/plugins/Authoring/
>
>
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