On Sunday, 28 October 2012 22:06:35 UTC, Walter Lee Davis wrote:
>
> I use elm to stand for element, and evt to stand for event. It's just a
> habit I have, to keep clear in my head what I am dealing with when I use an
> observer or an iterator.
>
I see - that seems like a very good habit for
I use elm to stand for element, and evt to stand for event. It's just a habit I
have, to keep clear in my head what I am dealing with when I use an observer or
an iterator.
If I am iterating over a collection of elements with each, I will usually write
this:
$$('.foo').each(function(elm){
On Sunday, 28 October 2012 20:32:34 UTC, Walter Lee Davis wrote:
>
> Okay, that means that 'this' inside the Ajax.Updater is not set to what
> you think it is. Try this:
>
> Much cleaner and fewer global variables are massacred.
>
Hey, thanks! Both of those work. But I don't understand what "
Okay, that means that 'this' inside the Ajax.Updater is not set to what you
think it is. Try this:
function get_word(elm)
{
new Ajax.Updater
(
'output',
'mylist.php',
{
method: 'get',
parameters: { word: $(elm).readAttribute("id") }
On Sunday, 28 October 2012 15:53:37 UTC, Walter Lee Davis wrote:
> What does Firebug say your request looks like? What does your server
> respond with?
>
TypeError: $(this).readAttribute is not a function
parameters: { word: $(this).readAttribute("id") }
There's no change to the calling pag
On Oct 28, 2012, at 12:05 PM, donnek wrote:
> On Sunday, 28 October 2012 15:53:37 UTC, Walter Lee Davis wrote:
> I'm pretty sure your problem is right here. There's no attr() method in
> Prototype. Try readAttribute() instead, and you appear to have everything
> right besides.
>
> Thanks, Wal
On Sunday, 28 October 2012 15:53:37 UTC, Walter Lee Davis wrote:
>
> I'm pretty sure your problem is right here. There's no attr() method in
> Prototype. Try readAttribute() instead, and you appear to have everything
> right besides.
>
Thanks, Walter, but unfortunately changing that line to:
On Oct 28, 2012, at 4:15 AM, donnek wrote:
> I'm new to Prototype, and I'm trying to use AJAX to update divs inthe
> background, pulling data from a database. I've got Ajax.Updater to work with
> the output of a form, but I'm having difficulty with adpting it for use with
> a link. Basically
