DMS 2 Can I use the section ID when developing custom sections?

[ketri 7]

When users drag new section to their site the instance of the section will get a unique ID like so:

<section id="mediaboxuzxxph0" ...> 

Is it possible to use that section ID in the section php-template? I'd need to write a script that would do things only to this specific instance of the section, not all of them (so I cannot use a class) if there are several instances of this section on the same page. I hope I explained it clearly enough. 

At the moment my only solution is to create a random number variable and use  that both as a class for the section and in the script, so the script will only do it's magic for this instance of the section and not all of them.

 

Thanks!

[Danny+ 1,327]

Hi,

 

The simplest way would be to add a unique class to the section you wish to add the script to via the Custom styling classes field. Then you can use the script targeting the class that has been applied to the section.

[ketri 7]

Thanks Danny but that solution will not work unfortunately. I don't want users to have to insert new classes by themselves for this specific section because it will be a better user experience if it works automatically. So is there no way to use the ID of the instance of the section? 

[Danny+ 1,327]

If you do not clone the section then the sections ID should differ from the others and therefore, you should be able to use the ID. However, if you do not want users to add a class, how are you going to predict the ID of the other sections, as these IDs a unique to that section ?

[ketri 7]

Ahh I probably couldn't explain my needs clearly. Always a difficulty with these posts =) 

So I have a div in my section that should be interacted with. Let's say that clicking this div will change it's color. So in my section template I have a class for this div and a script that makes clicking this class change its color. It works until user adds another instance of the section. So I'd want to use the script in a way that would affect only this instance of the div, only this ID use has created. 

 

So I'd like to know if in the section template there is a php thingy that would output the ID of this instance. So can I make a section that would for example echo out the ID of this section? 

 

Then I could have

<div class="box"></div>

and

$('<php some code here to get the id of this instance of the section ?> .box').click(function(){
$(this).toggleClass('clicked');
});

[Danny+ 1,327]

Well as long as the user doesn't clone a section the ID should be unique and therefore, you can use it to target that specific section.