Depends how your plugin is set up.
If you didn't implement the chaining techniques, then chances are you
only have one instance. But if you did implement chaining, you *should*
have multiple instances.
Do you have something like this line in your plugin?
return $(this).each( function () {
// plugin code goes here....
});
If you can post your code, we can help more. OR, you can go to the
#jquery channel on IRC and use a pastie (www.pastie.org) to get some
more interactive help...
Hope that helps some.
Shawn
howardk wrote:
Is there a way of instantiating multiple instances of a plugin on the
same page?
What I have essentially is an animated effects plugin, and I want to
be able to invoke separate instantiations of it, doing something like
the following:
<script>
$( '#effect_1' ).animEffect( { name: 'jumper', color: 'ff0000', fps:
30 } );
$( '#effect_2' ).animEffect( { name: 'round-the-moon', color:
'ffff00', fps: 40 } );
</script>
<div id='effect_1'></div>
<div id='effect_2'></div>
I'm still fairly new to javascript. As far as I can tell though, it
looks like it can't be done, since as far as I can see, each plugin
invocation is really calling the same function object over and over
again (thereby overwriting whatever instance or local variables might
have been set in a prior invocation).
Is this correct? Is there a way of doing this, or am I out of luck?
Howard
