OK so in jQuery;
I have a selecter $("#gmap")
I want to do alot of code in context of my selector. I have always been lazy and used .each() even though there is only one of them.
$("#gmap321654987789").each(function(){
$(this).....
});
Is this particuarly effitiant? I hate code that doesn't feel 'right'.
Is there a mechanism for say... or something similar.
$("#gmap321654987789").this(function(){
$(this).....
});
Just cache the object and work with it like normal:
var $gmap = $('#gmap321654987789'); // Get your jQuery object
console.log($gmap);
console.log($gmap.text());
well if there is only one one them (should be because you are selecting by id) you can just chain methods $("#gmap").val("new").attr('someattr','')
.etc
You could just:
var myElement = $("#gmap321654987789");
myElement....
You can also try "with" in JS so you focus on the properties of your object.
try this (untested)
(function($){
$.fn.me = function(func) {
func.call(this[0]);
return this;
}
})(jQuery);
and use with:
$("#gmap321654987789").me(function(){
this.innerHTML = 'edited';
}).css('border')....
Maybe a function pattern? Perhaps you could cut your implementation down to one or more methods, or even just a single parametrised method.
$.fn.doThingsToAMap = function() {
$(this).doThis();
$(this).doThat();
return this;
};
$("#gmap321654987789").doThingsToAMap();