OK, I just fixed the IE 7 error by extending the cells as they are pushed onto the array:
getColumnCells: function(tableElement, columnId) { tableElement = $(tableElement); // extend the table element var rows = tableElement.rows; var cells = []; for (var i=0, len=rows.length; i<len; i++) { cells.push($(rows[i].cells[columnId])); } return cells; } On Apr 30, 3:00 pm, Mike van Lammeren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Also, RobG's getColumnCells() function works great as a drop-in > replacement for my function, but only in Firefox. IE 7 shows a > javascript error in Prototype's Enumerable class. > > On Apr 30, 2:51 pm, Mike van Lammeren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thanks to Justin and RobG for your comments! > > > To Justin: avoiding selecting every row in the table is a good idea, > > and should be a speed improvement. > > > To RobG: Why traverse the DOM instead of using the collections? No > > good reason -- I just didn't know about the collections, that's all! > > > I'm trying to incorporate both of your suggestions, but there is one > > problem I cannot solve. I'm unable to figure out how to extend the > > table collections, so that they recognize PrototypeJS methods. > > > If we use RobG's suggestion for getRowCells(), then the pluck() > > method, for instance, is no longer recognized. > > > I have made minor improvements to getRowCells(), and the PrototypeJS > > methods still work: > > > /** > > * @param element a table element > > * @param integer the requested row > > * @return array an array of table cell elements (<th> or <td> > > tags) > > **/ > > getRowCells: function(tableElement, rowId){ > > tableElement = $(tableElement); // extend the table element > > var tableRow = tableElement.tBodies[0].rows[rowId]; > > if(tableRow) > > { > > return ($(tableRow).descendants()).findAll(function(el){ > > return (el.tagName.toUpperCase() == 'TD' || > > el.tagName.toUpperCase() == 'TH') ? true : false; > > }); > > } > > return []; > > } > > > On Apr 29, 8:40 pm, RobG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Apr 30, 9:13 am, Mike van Lammeren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Here are some handy extensions to select table rows and columns: > > > > > var TableUtils = { > > > > /** > > > > * @param element a table element > > > > * @param integer the requested row > > > > * @return array an array of table cell elements > > > > **/ > > > > getRowCells: function(tableElement, rowIndex){ > > > > tableElement = $(tableElement); // extend the table element > > > > var tableRows = tableElement.down().childElements(); > > > > if(tableRows[rowIndex]) > > > > { > > > > return (tableRows[rowIndex]).descendants(); > > > > } > > > > return []; > > > > }, > > > > Why traverse the DOM when there are ready-to-use collections? > > > > getRowCells: function(tableElement, rowIndex) { > > > return tableElement.rows[rowIndex].cells; > > > } > > > > > /** > > > > * @param element a table element > > > > * @param integer the requested row > > > > * @return array an array of table cell elements > > > > **/ > > > > getColumnCells: function(tableElement, columnIndex){ > > > > tableElement = $(tableElement); // extend the table element > > > > var columnCells = []; > > > > var tableRows = tableElement.down().childElements(); > > > > tableRows.each(function(trEl, index){ // loop over each table > > > > row > > > > var tCells = trEl.descendants(); // table cells in row > > > > if(tCells[columnIndex]) > > > > { > > > > columnCells.push($(tCells[columnIndex])); // extend > > > > each tableElement > > > > } > > > > }); > > > > return columnCells; > > > > }} > > > > getColumnCells: function(tableElement, columnIndex) { > > > var rows = tableElement.rows; > > > var cells = []; > > > for (var i=0, len=rows.length; i<len; i++) { > > > cells.push(rows[i].cells[columnIndex]); > > > } > > > return cells; > > > } > > > > Incidentally, tableSection elements have a rows collection too, so > > > tableElement may not be the best choice of variable name. > > > > -- > > > Rob --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Spinoffs" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-spinoffs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-spinoffs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---