> lets go back to basic JavaScript.
> take this example
>
> var display = function() { // create namespace display
>
> return {
>
> hide : function(o) { // add function hide to namepsace
> var obj = document.getElementById(o);
> if(obj.style.display != 'none') {
> obj.style.display = 'none'
>
> }
> },
>
> show : function(o) { // add function show to namespace
> var obj = document.getElementById(o);
> if(obj.style.display = 'none') {
> obj.style.display = 'block'
>
> }
> }
> };
> }();
>
> function init() {
> display.hide("mydiv");
> setTimeout("display.show('mydiv'), 1000);}
>
> window.onload = init;
>
> it is a more object orientated way of scripting
>
> as you can see i created my own namespace called display
> then i assigned two function to it
> display.hide
> and
> display.show
>
> so you can say your are creating your own namespae with it's own set of
> functions.
> the cool thing is if i create a namespace that controls sideshow behavior i
> can reuse my display namespace for the hide show transitions.
>
> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 7:08 PM, expresso <dschin...@...> wrote:
>
> > I have yet another syntax question.
>
> > I know that : can be used for specifying things like filters, but what
> > does it do in this case:
>
> >    $jc.fn.extend({
>
> >        setup: function() {
> >            this.first     = null;
> >            this.last      = null;
> >            this.prevFirst = null;
> >            this.prevLast  = null;
> >            this.animating = false;
> >            this.timer     = null;
> >            this.tail      = null;
> >            this.inTail    = false;
>
> >            if (this.locked)
> >                return;
>
> >            this.list.css(this.lt, this.pos(this.options.offset) +
> > 'px');
> >            ...rest of code here
> >        },
>
> > so what is the syntax setup:    an attribute?