Richard, thank you very very much - I realise, looking up through the code again, that I was being a bit thick with that last message!
On Mar 27, 3:01 pm, "Richard D. Worth" <[email protected]> wrote: > Set a new value when it's in a new place > > $item.data("location", "newValue") > > - Richard > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Paul Hutson > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > Richard, > > > Fantastic - just what I was looking for! > > > I now know where the item starts.. however, when it gets to the new > > location.. how do I reassociate the item with it's new home.. it seems > > to copy across the information. > > > I'm using the following code to move the item : > > > // Move to Cargo function > > function MoveToCargo($item) { > > var $Hanger = $('#Hanger'), $Cargo = $('#Cargo'); > > $item.fadeOut(function() { > > $item.appendTo($Cargo).fadeIn(); > > $item.data("location") == "Cargo"; //this was how > > I've been trying > > to reassociate it.. but no joy. > > }); > > }; > > > Any ideas? > > > Tia, > > Paul > > > On Mar 27, 11:02 am, "Richard D. Worth" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Something like this, perhaps? > > > > $("#draggable").draggable({ > > > start: function() { > > > $(this).data("location", "RIGHTBOX"); > > > }}); > > > > $("#droppable").droppable({ > > > drop: function(event, ui) { > > > alert(ui.draggable.data("location")); > > > } > > > > }); > > > > - Richard > > > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 4:58 AM, Paul Hutson < > > [email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Thanks for the reply Shedokan.. I'm not quite sure I'm following you > > > > though. ... when I say the origin, I want to - upon clicking on an > > > > item, assign it with a start location variable (scope, or something > > > > else.. with say a value of "RIGHTBOX") then when I drop it somewhere I > > > > want to be able to read that variable back... > > > > > Any ideas on that front? > > > > > TIA, > > > > Paul Hutson > > > > > On Mar 26, 11:44 pm, Shedokan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > If your'e calling it inside a function of the draggable so you can > > use > > > > > $(ui.draggable).draggable('option', 'scope') because there is no > > > > > ui.draggable > > > > > > alose if you mean that you want to get the left and top position you > > > > > can use ui.offset. > > > > > > On 26 מרץ, 16:57, Paul Hutson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > As a bit of an addon... the thing I really want to do is find out > > > > > > draggable objects origin location is. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery UI" 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/jquery-ui?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
