You can also do: $aMenus.each(Element.hide);
this way, each item of the array will get passed into a Element.hide () call, no need for the extra inline function definition. Best, Thomas Am 19.10.2006 um 00:00 schrieb Keith Davis: > > Never mind. It was just a typo. It should have been > submenu_reporting. Duh. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christophe > Porteneuve > Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 4:34 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Rails-spinoffs] Re: Using array.each with Element.hide > > > Hey Keith, > > First, you might want not to name your variables with leading $'s. > It's > not idiomatic JS. Basically, $-vars are the realm of PHP :-) > Perusing your > script a first time, I was confused as to the language context :-D > > Keith a écrit : >> function ShowMenu($sMenu){ >> >> var $aMenus = new Array(); >> $aMenus = ['submenu_reports', > 'submenu_forms', >> 'submenu_tickets']; > > First, you can put this in one line: your new Array() never gets used. > >> $aMenus.each( function($s){Element.hide($s); > }) >> >> Element.show($sMenu); >> >> } >> >> The error I get it is style is null or not an object. If I swap out >> Element.hide for alert, it works fine. > > Where do you get this? The final show line? Then we'd have to > know what is > being passed to your ShowMenu function... If it's in the anonymous > function > (hide calls), double-check the IDs in your array against the actual > DOM of > your page. > > > -- > Christophe Porteneuve a.k.a. TDD > "[They] did not know it was impossible, so they did it." --Mark Twain > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- Thomas Fuchs wollzelle http://www.wollzelle.com questentier on AIM madrobby on irc.freenode.net http://www.fluxiom.com :: online digital asset management http://script.aculo.us :: Web 2.0 JavaScript http://mir.aculo.us :: Where no web developer has gone before --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-spinoffs -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
