Any Javascript object with 'length' and 'splice' should format as an array. If not please report a bug. jjb
On Jan 2, 11:09 am, Danny <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks; that makes sense. But Firebug also changed the way it displays > true arrays. Arrays of simple types like [1,2,3] are listed; arrays > that contain objects are displayed as "Object". console.dir() helps, > but it was nice to have it all in one line. > > Danny > > On Jan 2, 12:46 pm, John J Barton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > jQuery('div') is not an array. It has length but not splice. So > > Firebug does not format it as an array. > > > In Javascript, the line between what is an array and what is not an > > array is unclear. After many versions the current test in Firebug > > requires an array to have 'length' and 'splice'. Earlier versions of > > Firebug only required 'length', but that caused some objects to be > > formatted as arrays that did not have numerical indexes. > > > jjb > > > On Jan 1, 10:10 pm, Danny <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Has anyone else using jQuery noticed that Firebug before 1.2 would > > > treat console.log(jQuery('div')) as an array and list all the matched > > > elements on the console, so you could mouse over the list and > > > highlight the elements, or right-click and scroll into view etc., but > > > now it just lists "Object length=13" and you need to click on that, > > > then you get a vertical list that you need to scroll through. The old > > > way was more helpful, I think. > > > > Workaround: console.log.apply(console, jQuery('div').get()) comes > > > close to reproducing the old behavior. > > > > I'll crosspost this on the jQuery list. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Firebug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/firebug?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
