vdom.a ( ) disappeared

[Zeug-9]

In this new version vdom.a ( ) disappeared is this normal

[tosh]

I also noticed it yesterday. It got renamed to anchor. I also would expect it to stay available as a to stay consistent with the basic tags.

Maybe the behaviour of anchor is different from a?

[localvoid]

a tag is used either as links (href, title properties) or anchors (name property).

I've started to add elements that have commonly used properties as object properties instead of "attributes".

https://github.com/localvoid/liquid/blob/master/lib/src/vdom/elements/link.dart

link(href: 'url.html')

Initially I wanted to add this to "a" function, then I've started to write class VA extends VNode { ... }, and I don't like this VA that can appear in stack traces, I also don't like one letter top-level-declarations, it feels like I am doing something that is terribly wrong :) Then I've looked at dart api AnchorElement and just renamed it to anchor.

Alternative solutions:

• VAnchor class with function a to create it, add href/title/name properties to a
• remove link function and move href/title to anchor function

[Zeug-9]

anchor() replaces me very well a() thank you

[tosh]

I think it makes sense to keep support for 'a' so people don't have to re-learn when they already know html well. This also makes it easier to port existing markup.

That said, I also think it makes sense to 'clean up' html problems and to introduce idiomatic liquid basic components for often used things that map better to reality and intent and ignore legacy (like anchor & link?).