One of the things we do very frequently is assign unique IDs to elements for faster access later. Of course, this is really simple and I'm wondering whether it would make a good addition to the Element suite of methods:
Element.Methods.assignId = function(element) { element= $(element); if (!element.id) element.id= "uniqeId_" + (arguments.callee._nextUniqueId+ +); return element.id; } Element.Methods.assignId._nextUniqueId=0; This can then be used as follows: this.myElement= $(e).assignId(); . . . var e= $(this.myElement) I don't know whether this would be useful for anyone else, but I know we'd use it. -- Jeff Watkins UI Engineer, Online Apple Store --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-core@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-core?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---