Thanks for the pointer. I just comment on the issue. Are there problems that I am unaware of about allowing the plugins to be extended? Not sure I see the logic in preventing this.
Alex On Feb 4, 9:26 pm, Danilo Tuler <[email protected]> wrote: > Alex, > > Same issue I had some time ago:https://github.com/twitter/bootstrap/pull/989 > > Danilo > > Em 04/02/2012, às 16:03, Alex <[email protected]> escreveu: > > > > > > > > > I figured out how to do this and realized that part of my problem is > > that there is no standard way to pass arguments into the plugin > > methods if one wants to extend a method. For example, changing the > > function for the modal as below (adding the arg functionality), allows > > me to extend the standard plugins with methods that accept additional > > parameters. Obviously, I can simply fork the existing code, but I > > wonder if: > > > a) there is a better way to do what I want (I am new to plugins so I > > may be missing something obvious) > > b) if this type of code could be added to all plugin functions so that > > they can be more easily extended without having to modify the plugin > > code. > > > $.fn.modal = function (option) { > > var args = arguments[1] || {}; // capture the arguments passed in > > return this.each(function () { > > var $this = $(this) > > , data = $this.data('modal') > > , options = typeof option == 'object' && option > > if (!data) $this.data('modal', (data = new Modal(this, > > options))) > > if (typeof option == 'string') data[option](args) // pass in > > the args > > else data.show() > > }) > > } > > > On Feb 2, 11:00 am, Alex <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I would like to add some functionality to the Bootstrap plugins > >> without actually modifying the plugins. I am new to working with > >> JQuery plugins and quite get it to work. My code looks like this: > > >> $.extend($.fn.modal, { > >> showFooterMessage: function (message) { > >> alert("Hey"); > >> } > >> }); > > >> $(this).closest(".modal").modal("showFooterMessage"); > > >> But the error is that the object has no showFooterMessage so obviously > >> I am extending it incorrectly. Can anyone suggest the appropriate > >> approach? > > >> Thanks, > >> Alex
