Objects question about accessing elements

[moltm4785]

A bit of background I am working with the jquery.ui sortable and have run against a bump. When you do the below code you get the following: 0:[object HTMLUListElement]. I need to know how you are supposed to access this objects elements. I don't understand the 0 part for the name. I've tried .item(0) but that errors the page out.
 

	$(function() {
		$('#sort1, #sort2').sortable({
			connectWith : '.sort',
			receive : function(event, ui) {
				$.each(ui.sender, function(name, value) {
					alert(name + ': ' + value);
				});
			}
		});
	});

 

 

 

 

 

[haku]

$.sortable() is not a jQuery function. Which likely means this is a plugin. If so, then you need to go to the plugin developer, as it is unlikely that any of us will know the internals of this fucntion.

[ignace]

@haku It's not a plugin, like he said it's from jQuery UI. http://jqueryui.com/sortable/

 

@OP Read the documentation at http://jqueryui.com/sortable/#connect-lists and at http://api.jqueryui.com/sortable/ and be sure to click on view source.

 

This is how it should work.

	$(function() {
		$('#sort1, #sort2').sortable({
			connectWith : '.sort'
		});
	});

What is it that you want to do exactly?

[moltm4785]

 

@haku It's not a plugin, like he said it's from jQuery UI. http://jqueryui.com/sortable/

 

@OP Read the documentation at http://jqueryui.com/sortable/#connect-lists and at http://api.jqueryui.com/sortable/ and be sure to click on view source.

 

This is how it should work.

	$(function() {
		$('#sort1, #sort2').sortable({
			connectWith : '.sort'
		});
	});

What is it that you want to do exactly?

 

What I am trying to do is once you have activated sortable there is a piece called recieve which is an event that is triggered when the connected sortable list accepts something once that is activated you get function(event, ui) the ui has a element in it called sender so ui.sender and sender in itself has an element that is an object that is the sender itself but when you use a loop of $.each(ui.sender, function(name, sender) to see each element in it all it gives is 0:object but I dont' understand how to access this object outside of the $.each since when I do a loop on say ui it stats each piece like sender:object and a view others wchich means to access each you do ui.element like ui.sender. but ui.sender.something is what I'm confused on because all i have is a 0: here and not sure how to grab that. I tried .item(0) this errors out the page and i tried .0 that errors out the page .id gives null of course because the ui.sender.element where element is still technically an object. Hope this helps you understand what I am looking for.

[haku]

@haku It's not a plugin, like he said it's from jQuery UI. http://jqueryui.com/sortable/

You mean the jQuery plugin, jQuery UI?

 

I did miss that he had said it's from that plugin though.

[moltm4785]

I get that but in any instance when you have an object don't they always state there name? So how do you access this one since its this. The item I am trying to work with is sender.

 

 

ui

Type: Object

 

• helper
  Type: jQuery
  The jQuery object representing the helper being sorted
• item
  Type: jQuery
  The jQuery object representing the current dragged element
• offset
  Type: Object
  The current absolute position of the helper represented as { top, left }
• position
  Type: Object
  The current position of the helper represented as { top, left }
• originalPosition
  Type: Object
  The original position of the element represented as { top, left }
• sender
  Type: jQuery
  The sortable that the item comes from if moving from one sortable to another

[moltm4785]

Nevermind I figured it out, when your talking about a type jquery everything is accessed by index so ui.sender[0] gives the object as being an li object which then allows for ui.sender[0].id which gives that li objects id.