1.6.1rc3 added Element.clone (which calls cloneNode).
On Aug 25, 5:46 pm, Matt Foster <[email protected]> wrote:
> Good luck with this, let us know if it works out.
>
> Quick glance at your code I can see an obvious error...
>
> > var newElement = element.clone(true); //clone the node
>
> Element doesn't have a clone method. The native DOM element does have
> a cloneNode method though.
>
> --
>
> http://positionabsolute.net
>
> On Aug 25, 2:15 pm, watermark86 <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I'm using 1.6.1rc3 to have access to Element.storage. I need to write
> > a function that deep clones an element and copies the Element.observe
> > events as well as the Element.Storage items with it. I've managed to
> > write the code that can copy one or the other.
>
> > The problem comes in when I try to do both (copy the storage items and
> > the events.) I suppose due to Event.observe using the Element.storage
> > item, I can't seem to have the items that I've stored with
> > Element.store to copy while maintaining the Event.observe events that
> > I've copied.
>
> > I can copy the observe events or the element.store events, but not
> > both. Below is some terrible code for review. Thanks for any help or
> > insults.
>
> > deepClone: function(element) {
> > //deep clone node
> > var newElement = element.clone(true); //clone the node
>
> > //stop observing because of IE BS
> > newElement.stopObserving();
>
> > //copy the item
> > var registry = Element.retrieve(element,
> > 'prototype_event_registry');
> > if (!Object.isUndefined(registry)) {
> > registry.each( function(pair) {
> > var eventName = pair.key, responders = pair.value;
> > responders.each( function(r) {
> > Element.observe(newElement, eventName,
> > r.handler);
> > });
> > });
> > }
>
> > //for all of the descendants, copy the event handlers
> > var srcdecend = element.descendants();
> > var dstdecend = newElement.descendants();
> > var numdecend = srcdecend.length;
>
> > for(var i = 0; i < numdecend; ++i) {
> > //stop observing because of IE BS
> > dstdecend[i].stopObserving();
> > //copy the registry
> > var registry = Element.retrieve(srcdecend[i],
> > 'prototype_event_registry');
> > if (!Object.isUndefined(registry)) {
> > registry.each( function(pair) {
> > var eventName = pair.key, responders =
> > pair.value;
> > responders.each( function(r) {
> > Element.observe(dstdecend[i],
> > eventName, r.handler);
> > });
> > });
> > }
> > }
>
> > return newElement;
> > }
--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
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 [email protected]
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
[email protected]
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
