Typo in my JS snippet... there should be no quotes around document Event.observe(document, 'click', function(event) { console.log('You clicked on: ', event.element()); });
-Hector On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Hector Virgen <djvir...@gmail.com> wrote: > event.element() may not necessarily return $('object_id'). It returns the > element that fired the event, which can be a child element of > $('object_id'). > For example: > > Event.observe('document', 'click', function(event) > { > console.log('You clicked on: ', event.element()); > }); > > If you look at the console log, it will show the element you clicked on, > not the document. > > As for speed, I would imagine that event.element() is faster than > $('object_id') because even.element() is just accessing a property, instead > of searching the dom for a node. But I could be wrong on this :) > > -Hector > > > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Dave L <dly...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Im wondering, what is the difference between the following: >> >> $('object_id').observe('click', function(event){ >> element = event.element() >> } >> >> VERSUS >> >> $('object_id').observe('click', function(event){ >> element = $('object_id) >> } >> >> Is there a difference in speed? Is one better than the other in >> another way? >> >> >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---