Thank you for the response Ken. It doesn't seem to update the div with 'manipulated'. Maybe its not suppose to? If not, how would I do that. Thanks!
On Apr 25, 3:54 pm, Ken Snyder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Travis wrote: > > I'm having some problems with a class I am creating. My end goal is > > to be able to instantiate a class and use its return value as a > > particular object. > > > So far, here's my code: > > > SomeDiv = Class.create ({...}); > > > Event.observe(window, 'load', function() { > > $('otherDiv').appendChild(new SomeDiv()); > > }); > > > Firebug says: "Node cannot be inserted at the specified point in the > > hierarchy" so my guess is that it is not creating the div object. Any > > suggestions? Thanks! > > Travis, > > Not sure exactly what functionality you're trying to achieve, but using > the "new" keyword will always return an object of that instance. > Element#appendChild requires that the argument given be a DOM Element. > You'll need to do something along these lines: > > SomeDiv = Class.create({ > initialize: function(msgNode) { > this.node = new Element("div"); > this.msg = $(msgNode); > // add some custom method to our node > this.node.manipulate = this.manipulate.bind(this); > // garbage collect > Event.observe(window, 'unload', function() { > this.node.manipulate = null; > }.bind(this)); > }, > manipulate: function(style, html) { > // do stuff to the node > this.node.setStyle(style); > this.node.update(html); > this.msg.update('manipulated'); > } > > }); > > Event.observe(window, 'load', function() { > $('otherDiv').appendChild(new SomeDiv().node); > > }); > > - Ken Snyder- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---