Hi all,
Just wanted to let you all know that the jQuery adapter has been
updated to include the kind of sweet jQuery functionality that Mike
is talking about in this email. Head on over and give it a shot if
you haven't already.
http://mjijackson.com/2008/01/22/shadowbox-js-media-viewer-1-0-beta/
Thanks,
Michael
On Jan 25, 2008, at 4:20 PM, Mike Alsup wrote:
I'm putting the finishing touches on a media viewer application that I
coded up recently (think Thickbox). It can be used with jQuery or any
other library. I created an adapter for jQuery, and I thought that
somebody on this list might be interested.
Michael,
I really love what you've done with shadowbox. But I dislike
having to add specific markup to drive the behavior. And as a
jQuery user I really want to invoke it like this (for example):
$('a[href$=swf]').shadowbox();
So if you're open to suggestion, I'd love to see a minor
modification. Here's what I changed to make it more amendable to
the jQuery calling style.
1. Added this method to shadowbox.js (just below the current
"setup" fn):
Shadowbox.setup2 = function(links){
for(var i = 0, len = links.length; i < len; ++i)
setupLink(links[i]);
};
2. Added this to shadowbox-jquery.js:
jQuery.fn.shadowbox = function() {
Shadowbox.setup2(this);
};
Now I can call it like this without having to change any markup
anywhere, so it becomes a drop-in replacement:
$(function() {
var options = { /* whatever */ };
Shadowbox.init(options);
$('a[href$=swf]').shadowbox();
});
Of course there are more restrictions than one might expect from a
traditional jQuery plugin (like not being able to pass options on a
per-call basis), but it's a pretty minor change. Food for thought.
Mike
