domTT and prototype.js
James Abbott
I'm trying to ajaxify an existing webap which makes extensive use of
domTT for it's tooltips. In the interest of not reinventing wheels,
I'm trying to use the prototype library (from prototype.conio.net),
but simply including the prototype library (without trying to use any
of it's methods) alongside the domTT libraries breaks domTT. In
firefox 1.5.0.7, moving the mouse around over the active browser
window produces a stream of 'Hash is not a constructor' (domLib.js
line: 543) javascript errors, and the tooltips do not work.
The following minimal page is enough to cause the errors (pre tags excepted...)
<pre>
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="domTT/domLib.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="domTT/domTT.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="domTT/fadomatic.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/prototype.js"></script>
</head>
<body><h1>body</h1></body>
</html>
</pre>
Is there a known conflict between these two libraries, or should they
happily work alongside each other?
Cheers,
James
Dan Allen
name Hash for a top-level function. Until the next version of domTT,
which will resolve this issue, the solution is to replace all
instances of "new Hash" with "new domTT_Hash" in domTT.js and replace
"function Hash" with "function domTT_Hash" in domLib.js. That should
solve your problem.
/dan
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James Abbott
Thanks for your help,
James