Open CmdrDats opened 10 years ago
so like deftemplate and defsnippet but the node already exists in the dom?
That almost nails it, yes, but without actually attaching the idea of a def'd var at all, just return a copied dom node value that can be passed around.
It might be the composition of two ideas - copying a dom node, and then performing an at
on that. But I'm not sure what the implications are regarding the css selectors?
I've had a browse through the enfocus source code and it seems like you'd have to copy the node and physically insert it into the dom for the css at
to work?
yes it has to be part of the dom for the transforms to be possible.
I'm trying to figure out how to write something where I can use a hidden html tag in my dom as a template, copy the node, manipulate it and then insert it at another point. In my specific instance, I have a chat window and a template hidden 'response' div that I'd like to copy.
Ideally, I'd be able to define the transforms and selection without actually providing the data or root node yet (the root node is important, since I could have multiple chats on a page, each with different templates)
I imagine the code looking something like:
the result of
ef/snippet
in this example would compose with something like:Is there already a way to achieve this? If not, would it be a feasible thing to go about implementing? Also, there's the issue of removing the 'hidden' style - I'm happy in my case to always assume a 'display:none' style (and in ef/snippet, always remove it), but I'm not sure that's universally a good idea?