Doesn't Mootools have some kind of equivalent to jQuery's 'noConflict'
method? In that way you don't need to overwrite the Magnolia $
function.
-- Hay
Internet developer, VPRO Digitaal
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Matteo Pelucco
<matteo.pelu...@tinext.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> I'm using Mootools as JS framework. Mootools is not scoped, so it defines $
> as a function. But it should not be a problem, because Magnolia defines its
> own $ function with these lines:
> *****************************
> if (typeof $ != 'function') {
> function $(element)
> {
> return document.getElementById(element);
> }
> }
> *****************************
>
> I'am a bit confused: this piece of code
>
> *****************************
> ...(head with mootools js declaration)
> <body ${bodyID} ${bodyClass}>
>
> <script type="text/javascript">
> alert($);
> alert(typeof $);
> </script>
>
> [#-- add Magnolia css and js: --]
> �...@cms.links /]
>
> <script type="text/javascript">
> alert($);
> alert(typeof $);
> </script>
> ...
> *****************************
>
> produced the following alert in IE7 // Chrome // Safari
>
> 1) <mootols $ function>
> 2) function
> 3) <magnolia $ function>
> 4) function
>
> but in Firefox
>
> 1) <mootols $ function>
> 2) function
> 3) <mootools $ function>
> 4) function
>
> Why this?
> The only way to let Magnolia & Mootols (but I think it is also with other
> $-based-not-scoped js libs) is to replace
>
> *****************************
> [#-- add Magnolia css and js: --]
> [...@cms.links /]
> *****************************
>
> with
>
> *****************************
> [#-- add Magnolia css and js: --]
> [...@cms.links /]
>
> [#-- Mootools 1.2.4 HACK, because Magnolia redefines $ function --]
> <script type="text/javascript">
> $ = function (a, b) {
> return document.id(a, b, this.document);
> }
> </script>
> *****************************
>
>
> PS: why not use something like "mgnl" as $ replacement?
>
> Matteo
>
>
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