I have a string passed to this function, it's an ID of an element. I need it to become a jQ object, is this the correct way of doing it?
passed to function: myfunct('gluk')
myfunct = function(t) {
var target = $(['#' + t]);
target.someMethod();
};
When I use straight $('#gluk').someMethod(); it work fine but not through the function above...
Typically doing it that way would remove a lot of the advantages to jquery
Something like this might be a little nicer.
var myfunct = function(t){
var target = jQuery(t); //use jQuery in case you ever need noConflict()
//run typical commands
target.someMethod();
target.someMethod2();
//return jquery object for more
return target;
}
Then you can use myfunct('#id') or var obj = myfunct('#id'), height = obj.height();
If your main worry is having to add the # everytime then you can do it like this:
var myfunct = function(t){
var target = jQuery('#'+t); //use jQuery in case you ever need noConflict()
//run typical commands
target.someMethod();
target.someMethod2();
//return jquery object for more
return target;
}
"jQuery" , very easy to make $ alias useable in a noConflict situation
$ just in case I ever run into that situation. Good habit to have especially when using Joomla on a regular basis. This way if you coded it "fast" then had to use no conflict you would not have to go back through your code. Plus i hate the look of the code with $, looks untidy, but that's personal preference.jQuery(function($){ /* $ is insulated */})... a lot of extra work typeing jQUery when it's not needed(function($){ /*code */})(jQuery). 90% of the JS work I do has to deal with noConfict, so I just got in the habit of using jQuery rather then $ so I never accidentally have a conflict issue. To make this a little bit more of a learning comment, if you use a CMS it will typically use noConflict to make sure something like mootools can be used with jQuery, so using an anonymous function or similar would create issues when using both in your code.
$('#' + t).