MooTools upgrade: From 1.1 to 1.2

About

Well this is just a list of things that should be changed when porting a script from MooTools 1.1 to 1.2… It's quite possible that I forgot some… hence why this page is a wiki! Just add to it or correct it as you see fit.

Core

Differences

$pick

In 1.1

Pick takes 2 arguments one object to test and one default.

In 1.2

Pick can take any number of arguments to test, the last one being the default

Example:

// in 1.1
function say(msg){
    alert($pick(msg, 'no meessage supplied'));
}
 
// in 1.2
function say(infoMessage, errorMessage){
    alert($pick(errorMessage, infoMessage, 'There was no message supplied.'));
}

New in 1.2

• $arguments
• $empty
• $lambda
• $each
• $splat
• $try

Removed in 1.2

$native

removed in 1.2

Browser

Completely new in Mootools 1.2, it replaces the old window class. Here are some 1.1 to 1.2 equivalences:

1.1	1.2
window.ie	Browser.Engine.trident
window.ie6	Browser.Engine.trident4
windoe.ie7	Browser.Engine.trident5
window.gecko	Browser.Engine.gecko
window.webkit	Browser.Engine.webkit
window.opera	Browser.Engine.presto

The full doc for the Browser Hash can be seen here: http://docs.mootools.net/Core/Browser

Native

Array

Differences

Todo

New in 1.2

• Array.link
• Array.combine
• Array.empty
• Array.flatten
• Array.rgbToHex

Removed from 1.2

forEach

use Array.each instead

Array.copy

use $A instead

Array.remove

use Array.erase instead

$each

use Array.each instead

Function

New in 1.2

• Function.bindWithEvent
• Function.run

Removed from 1.2

Function.bindAsEventListener

removed, every addEvent callback now has an event

Number

No changes

String

Differences

Todo

New in 1.2

String.stripScripts
String.substitute

Hash

Hash is now a native in 1.2. It used to be a plugin in 1.1

Differences

1.1	1.2
Hash.keys	Hash.getKeys
Hash.values	Hash.getValues
Hash.merge	Hash.combine
Hash.hasKey	Hash.has

New in 1.2

Hash.hasValue
Hash.keyOf
Hash.include
Hash.map
Hash.filter
Hash.every
Hash.some
Hash.getClean
Hash.toQueryString

Event

In MooTools 1.2, Event has been split so that the Element related event methods are in Element.Event and the rest (more global event methods) are in the native Event class.

Methods that are now in the Native Event class:

• Event.stop
• Event.stopPropagation
• Event.preventDefault

Methods that are (still) in Element.Event:

• Element.addEvent
• Element.removeEvent
• Element.addEvents
• Element.removeEvents
• Element.fireEvent
• Element.cloneEvents