[jQuery] Re: Masked Input Plugin RC1a

[Felix Geisendörfer]

Thanks for that plugin : ). Call / apply are ones best friends when working with JS. Incredibly powerful stuff when used right. One of my favorite uses apply is to use it on a new array instance to force 'arguments' variable to behave like a real array and re-route function arguments based on the first value passed into the array: Sample: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $.fn.task = function(fct) {     var r = $.fn.task.fn[fct].apply(this[0], [].slice.call(arguments, 1));     return r === undefined ? this : r; }; $('tr[td]').task('field', 'value'); -> calls $.fn.task.fn.field(value) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anyway, keep up the good work and thanks for the improvement, -- Felix -------------------------- My latest blog posts: My Business: http://www.fg-webdesign.de Josh Bush wrote: Hey guys and gals. I learned about the .call() functionality today and decided to modify the behavior of the optional mask completed function. Now you don't need to specify an parameter when you define your function; you can simply use "this". Before: $("#product").maskedinput("99/99/9999",{completed:function(input) {alert("You typed the following: "+input.val());}}); Now: $("#product").maskedinput("99/99/9999",{completed:function() {alert("You typed the following: "+this.val());}}); It's not a necessary change, I just wasn't happy with forcing the user to add a param to their functions. It seemed a bit kludgey to me. The new version is up at: http://digitalbush.com/projects/masked-input-plugin and also at the official jQuery plugin repository: http://jquery.com/plugins/project/maskedinput Thank You Josh