Okay thanks for the details of how it works, makes sense now.
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Aaron Newton <[email protected]> wrote: > consider the values stored on an element semi-private. Yes, you could > overwrite something already there, but MooTools itself stores things on > elements. You should only know about the values you put in there. > > On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Trevor Orr <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I ended up just storing a Hash in it. I just thought that Element >> store/retrieve would have been a Hash. >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Aaron Newton <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Why not store an object? >>> >>> var myStuff = { >>> ...everything you want... >>> } >>> >>> myElement.store('stuff', myStuff); >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Trevor Orr <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> So I can store and retrieve an unknown quantity and list of values for >>>> elements. No a big if it's not there I can use the method mentioned in the >>>> other discussion, just would rather not have to. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Aaron Newton <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> What is the use case here? What's the value in finding all the stored >>>>> values? >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Trevor Orr <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Yeah I saw that and was hoping that it was just a undocumented thing >>>>>> or something I missed in the docs, I have done that a few times. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Sanford Whiteman < >>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> > So we have these great functions to Store/Retrieve/Eliminate data >>>>>>> for >>>>>>> > elements, am I just missing something in the docs (again) or is >>>>>>> there no way >>>>>>> > to retrieve all the keys/data stored in an element? If not is >>>>>>> there a >>>>>>> > reason? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> While not a full answer, certainly the same question + a >>>>>>> workaround >>>>>>> approach here: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/mootools-users/browse_thread/thread/f539dafadfc915a7 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- Sandy >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
