Because the query using the to selector path to resolve the element may be a
made at a much later time, in a different session, on a different machine
etc.
I simply need to build an efficient path to an element to be able to
retrieve the element at anytime in the future (assuming that the dom
structure hasn;t changed).
2009/3/1 jQuery <jquery-dev@googlegroups.com>
> #4231: Add new "path" method which returns selector path to jQuery object
>
> -----------------------+----------------------------------------------------
> Reporter: strykker | Owner: john
> Type: feature | Status: new
> Priority: minor | Milestone: 1.3.3
> Component: selector | Version: 1.3.2
> Resolution: | Keywords:
> Need: Review |
>
> -----------------------+----------------------------------------------------
>
> Comment(by bentruyman):
>
> Why can't you just store the element you want to refer back to later in a
> variable? This is something I do quite often, that is, store pointers to
> DOM elements for later use.
>
> {{{
> var menu = {};
> menu.container = $('#myMenu').get(0);
> menu.buttons = $('a', menu.container).get();
> }}}
>
> This way you have direct pointers to the elements, and if their placement
> changes over time, these pointers still work -- whereas if you had a
> '''path''' method that generated a path for you, it would break if the
> elements moved.
>
> --
> Ticket URL: <http://dev.jquery.com/ticket/4231#comment:3>
> jQuery <http://dev.jquery.com>
>
>
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