It's definitely better than writing "if .. observe" every time.
I usually use:
Event.observe(elementInQuestion, eventName, handler);
which silently fails when element doesn't exist.
Otherwise, a slightly shorter:
element.observe(eventName, handler);
- kangax
On Apr 28, 1:29 pm, Matthew C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have some code that creates several observers for elements on a
> page. Due to my application logic, those elements may or may not be
> there. So I was wrapping them in conditional logic. To make that logic
> easier I implemented the following:
>
> Object.extend(Event, {
> observe_if_present: function(element,eventName,handler) {
> Object.isElement(element) ?
> Event.observe(element,eventName,handler) : false
> }
>
> })
>
> First of all, is this a good idea? Is there a better way to initialize
> observers for elements that may or may not exist?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt
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