Hi Bob,
On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 18:53 -0700, bob wrote:
> I am having a problem with the way RJS generates code. Say I have
> html like this:
>
> <div id="parent">
> <div id="child1"></div>
> <div id="child2"></div>
> </div>
>
> and RJS code like this:
>
> parent = page["parent"]
> parent.down('#child1').highlight
> parent.down('#child2').highlight
>
> the generated JS code becomes:
>
> $("1").down("#a").highlight().down("#b").highlight();
>
> which is incorrect, because the second down() starts from within
> #child1, whereas it should have started from within #parent.
>
> By not declaring the "parent" variable
I think maybe the problem you're having results from declaring a
variable, and perhaps naming a DOM element, 'parent'. parent is a
Javascript property; as in:
window.parent
Try using a different name and see if the problem persists.
HTH,
Bill
> and use page["parent"] for
> every highlight() call it would work, but it's not very DRY. I could
> also append a bunch of up() and down() in a long chain, but the code
> gets messy difficult to follow.
>
> I was wondering if there are any good ways to generate code that are
> correct, clean, and DRY?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Bob
> >
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