[Prototype-core] Element.build and element.build

[timcharper]

Hey everyone,

I'm wondering if this has already been thought of or not, but I have a
simple idea that could really improve dynamic creation of elements in
prototype.

Here's the methods:

Element.addMethods({
  build: function(element, type, options, style) {
    newElement = Element.build(type, options, style);
    element.appendChild(newElement);
    return newElement;
  }
});

Element.build = function(type, options, style)
{
  e = $(document.createElement(type));

  $H(options).each(function(pair) {
    eval("e." + pair.key + " = pair.value" );
  });

  if (style) $H(style).each(function(pair) {
    eval("e.style." + pair.key + " = pair.value" );
  });

  return e;
};

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It changes this:

my_div = $(document.createElement("div"));
my_h1 = $(document.createElement("h1"));
my_h1.innerHTML = "Hello there!";
my_text = $(document.createElement("p"));
my_text.innerHTML = "Hello, here is some text";
my_text.style.fontSize = "25px";
my_div.appendChild(my_h1);
my_div.appendChild(my_text);


into this:

my_div = Element.build("div");
my_div.build("h1", { innerHTML: "Hello there!" } );
my_div.build("p", { innerHTML: "Hello, here is some text" },
{ fontSize: "25px"});

Would such an enhancement be welcomed by the prototype core team?

Tim


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