Thanks Ross and David… the code seems to be working great now. Stuart.
On Mar 9, 10:16 pm, David Pollak <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Stuart Roebuck > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Once again, thanks for all of this. I will now go away and > > contemplate it all. > > > On the face of it, as a newby, this JavaScript DSL adds another layer > > of complexity to using Lift with JavaScript. Is there an option to > > use mostly raw JavaScript? What are the advantages / disadvantages? > > JsRaw("my JavaScript Here") > > The disadvantage is type-safety/having the compiler help you. > > I wrote most of the JavaScript helpers (or at least wrote the core stuff and > other followed my pattern.) A few months back, there was a discussion about > changing that stuff around. I'd like to see Lift's JavaScript helper be a > lot more composable than they are now... like the Lift-json stuff and also > integrate better with Lift-json. But I don't see that happening with Lift > 2.0 unless there's a huge block of time/effort that someone wants to throw > at the issue. > > > > > > > > > Sorry, I thought I'd get my moneys worth from you and then try to put > > something onto the wiki. > > > Best, > > > Stuart. > > > On Mar 9, 5:35 pm, Ross Mellgren <[email protected]> wrote: > > > That's why I factored this as a JQueryNodeSeq, so you can pass anything > > to dialog (I've used JQuery, and figured you'd need to pass something in > > there ;-) > > > > JQueryNodeSeq(ns) ~> JsFunc("dialog", JsObj("autoOpen" -> JsTrue, "width" > > -> 500, ..., "close" -> AnonFunc(JsVal("this") ~> JsFunc("destroy")))) > > > > >>> case class JQueryNodeSeq(ns: NodeSeq) extends JsExp with JQueryLeft > > with HtmlFixer { > > > > JsExp is the basic trait of the JavaScript DSL. Anything that can go into > > a JavaScript expression should have this trait. > > > JQueryLeft is a trait used by the JQuery portion of the JavaScript DSL to > > indicate that you can chain JQuery calls onto this. > > > HtmlFixer is a trait that provides fixHtml > > > > >>> override def toJsCmd = "jQuery(" + JsStr(fixHtml("NodeSeqDialog", > > ns)).toJsCmd + ")" > > > > fixHtml takes the given NodeSeq and does all the appropriate magics to > > process lift: tags and then converts the NodeSeq to valid XHTML. > > > > >>> } > > > > And don't forget the security implications! > > > > Hope that helps, > > > -Ross > > > > On Mar 9, 2010, at 12:30 PM, Stuart Roebuck wrote: > > > > > Thanks for that amazingly quick response! > > > > > I only wish I understood the proposed solution! :-) > > > > > So (confession time) I simplified things a little, the actual > > > > JavaScript is… > > > > > var theDialog = $(…).dialog( { autoOpen: true, width: 500, modal: > > > > true, close: function() { theDialog.destroy; }; } ) > > > > > How do I assemble this, or is there any documentation / examples you > > > > can point me to. > > > > > Thanks very much, > > > > > Stuart. > > > > > On Mar 9, 5:14 pm, Ross Mellgren <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Whoops, I meant Str(fixHtml(...)) not JsStr(fixHtml(...)) > > > > >> -Ross > > > > >> On Mar 9, 2010, at 12:14 PM, Ross Mellgren wrote: > > > > >>> Try this (I haven't tested it, so there could be lurking bugs): > > > > >>> case class JQueryNodeSeq(ns: NodeSeq) extends JsExp with JQueryLeft > > with HtmlFixer { > > > >>> override def toJsCmd = "jQuery(" + JsStr(fixHtml("NodeSeqDialog", > > ns)).toJsCmd + ")" > > > >>> } > > > > >>> Then JQueryNodeSeq(ns) ~> JsFunc("dialog") > > > > >>> -Ross > > > > >>> On Mar 9, 2010, at 12:06 PM, Stuart Roebuck wrote: > > > > >>>> I'm trying to produce a web page with editable content. > > > > >>>> When the user clicks an edit button on a line it uses jQuery to > > > >>>> display a modal dialog which allows fields of that line to be > > edited. > > > > >>>> I can easily produce a snippet to produce the lines using the > > backend > > > >>>> data and an XHTML template and binding etc. > > > > >>>> However, I also want the template to include the template for the > > > >>>> dialog. So I want the ajax button callback to send JavaScript to > > > >>>> instantiate the jQuery UI dialog based on the template and bindings. > > > > >>>> To build this I need to assemble a JsCmd containing the NodeSeq that > > > >>>> comes from the XHTML sequence and the bindings. > > > > >>>> In short, if this was straight jQuery I would have some JavaScript > > of > > > >>>> the form: > > > > >>>> $(<div title="Dialog Title">theFormNodeSeq</div>).dialog() > > > > >>>> But in my case theFormNodeSeq comes from a NodeSeq that was > > assembled > > > >>>> from part of the XHTML template and the bindings and the end result > > > >>>> needs to be a JsCmd. > > > > >>>> So I'm trying to do something like: > > > > >>>> JsCmds.Run("$(" + theFormNodeSeq.toString + ").dialog()") > > > > >>>> But I need to address escaping issues with the HTML and I also need > > to > > > >>>> pre-process any "<lift:… />" commands in theFormNodeSeq. > > > > >>>> Any advice (please)? > > > > >>>> -- > > > >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Lift" group. > > > >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<liftweb%[email protected] > > > > > . > > > >>>> For more options, visit this group athttp:// > > groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en. > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Lift" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<liftweb%[email protected] > > > > > . > > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > > groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Lift" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<liftweb%[email protected] > > > > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en. > > -- > Lift, the simply functional web frameworkhttp://liftweb.net > Beginning Scalahttp://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890 > Follow me:http://twitter.com/dpp > Surf the harmonics -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lift" group. 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