Not quite, but has the same effect (hence the copy) for every component processed, it 'adds' the child components to the end of the processing que. So it searches layer by layer
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 10:29 AM, AchipA<[email protected]> wrote: > > @massimo: thanks for the clarification, I just remember seeing > copy.copy-s there which mislead me. But does it work recursively ? > > @johnmc: I'm talking about server-side helpers, not browser-side html > elements > > On Jun 10, 3:21 am, JohnMc <[email protected]> wrote: >> If form -- >> >> $('form').find('#whatever').... >> >> works as well, though slower >> >> On Jun 9, 5:48 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > it returns the actual helper, not a copy. >> >> > On Jun 9, 4:41 pm, AchipA <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > Err... I was under the impression div.element only works on direct >> > > child nodes and even there it returns just a copy on the helper (not >> > > the reference to the actual one). Been quite a while since I looked in >> > > html.py, so I might be wrong, though... >> >> > > On Jun 9, 10:33 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > > It is there already: >> >> > > > form.element(_id='something')['_class']='red' >> >> > > > On Jun 9, 2:58 pm, AchipA <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > > > Another idea while I wait for some of my computations to finish. >> > > > > Javascript can access HTML elements in different ways. With web2py >> > > > > helpers, this can get a bit cumbersome. How about a generic >> > > > > getHelperById method for the base helper class so it goes through >> > > > > it's >> > > > > components and fetches the helper with the required id, saving us >> > > > > plenty of for cycles/recursion and introspection ? It might >> > > > > especially >> > > > > be useful adressing stuff like FORMs (like getting a particular INPUT >> > > > > element which might be embedded into layers and layers of helpers >> > > > > inside that FORM). > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
