Question

I am trying to use a feature in jquery 1.4.4 (.live on "change" for selects) though if I simply replace it in fogbugz I get various errors in the rest of the code. so the question is: will you guys change your jquery to the latest? or do you know of how i can "push" a javascript state, do my calls to 1.4.4, then restore the javascript state (which would include restoring the 1.3.2 that you guys use)

thanks

Answer 1

You should be able to accomplish this using

<script src="path/to/jquery_1.4.4"></script>
<script>
(function(jQuery, $){

   // Your code, using jQuery 1.4.4

})(jQuery, $);

// Let the rest of FogBugz use the 1.3.2 versions of $ and jQuery    
$.noConflict(true);
</script>

From http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.noConflict/:

...we can free up the jQuery name as well by passing true as an argument to [noConflict]... if we need to use multiple versions of the jQuery library on the same page

Answer 2

Our selects predate JQuery by quite a few years. We haven't yet had the time or engineering resources to make them JQuery-compliant, so you might have some difficulty. If you let us know what you're trying to accomplish, we might have a workaround for you.

Answer 3

This won't directly address your question, but here are two things that may help.

First, in regards to hiding a field, see http://fogbugz.stackexchange.com/questions/6877/unable-to-configure-dropdown-person-custom-fields-per-project-category/6884#6884. Dropdowns aren't hideable yet, but they should be soon.

Next, to detect the transition into edit mode, you can add this bit of JS:

$(window).bind("BugViewChange", function() { whatever });

That should make it easier to find fields that aren't present when the page is first rendered, and is exactly how the custom fields plugin accomplishes its work.