prototype & scriptaculous js lib loading error...

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I am trying to incorporate a js widget into my webapp...

the html file widget is running fine in my browsers (FF3, Safari 3...) , the js lib loading is defined as folloing :

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/ prototype.js"></script> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/ scriptaculous.js?load=effects"></script> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/ os.js"></script>

I tried to run it into my Rails app as it (just changing the directory, and adding the dragdrop.js I need)

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="javascripts/ prototype.js"></script> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="javascripts/ scriptaculous.js?load=effects"></script> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="javascripts/ scriptaculous.js?load=dragdrop"></script> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="javascripts/ os.js"></script>

I got it, BUT there is one js error in the console (so a button is not displayed..)

Error : Element.display is not a function

which is on the line trying to display the button ,

Element.display(this.forwardElement, this.navScrollIndex <= this.items.length - (this.setSize+1));

I already have seen this kind of error, and I wonder if it's not linked to scriptaculous lib loading ?

any clue ?

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Got it, the widget is using Prototype 1.6.0 where the display function IS defined :

  display: function(element, bShow) {     if(bShow) { Element.show(element); } else { Element.hide(element); }   },

but my Rails app is using Protoype 1.6.0.2 where this function IS NOT defined, is it a bug or not ??

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Got it, the widget is using Prototype 1.6.0 where the display function IS defined :

display: function(element, bShow) { if(bShow) { Element.show(element); } else { Element.hide(element); } },

but my Rails app is using Protoype 1.6.0.2 where this function IS NOT defined, is it a bug or not ??

Well it's not in the prototype api docs. There's nothing stopping you just sticking that function in though.

Fred