New data_id parameter added as shorthand for using {data:{id:'xxx'}}

Docs/InlineEditor.md

@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ InlineEditor Method: constructor {#InlineEditor:constructor}
 
 ### Options:
 * url			- (*string, optional*) url to send the save request to
-* data			- (*object, optional*) extra data to send along with the save request
+* data			- (*object, optional*) extra data to send along with the save request.
+* data_id		- (*string, optional*) Sohrthand method to pass in {data:{id:'xxx' }} on the object
 * empty_msg		- (*string, optional*) the message to show when the element is empty. You can use html.
 * hide_buttons	- (*bool, optional*) hides the 'save' and 'cancel' buttons, use ENTER to submit, ESC to cancel.
 * format		- (*string, optional*) A format code of the type Nx where x is the number of decimal places to format with. Only use this if the data type is numerical.

Source/InlineEditor.js

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ var InlineEditor = new Class({
 		// set defaults...
 		this.options = options || {};
 		this.options.url = this.options.url || this.element.get('data-url');
+		this.options.data_id = this.options.data_id || this.element.get('data-id');
 		this.options.data = this.options.data || {};
 		this.options.empty_msg = this.options.empty_msg || this._empty_msg;
 		this.options.onSuccess = this.options.onSuccess || $empty;
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ var InlineEditor = new Class({
 		// set up the data to send to the server.
 		var request_data = $H({'value':new_value});
 		request_data.combine(this.options.data);
-		request_data.include('id', this.element.get('data-id')); // if 'id' already exists it will not be overwritten
+		request_data.include('id', this.options.data_id); // if 'id' already exists it will not be overwritten
 
 		var save_req = new Request({
 			'url': this.options.url,

Test/simpletest.html

@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@
 				$('color-target').setStyle('background-color', new_value);
 			}
 		});
+
+		new InlineEditor('jsonpost', {
+			url: 'api/edittest.php',
+			method: 'POST',
+			data_id: '12'
+		});
 	}
 }
 
@@ -116,6 +122,8 @@
 
 <div class='editable' data-format='N3'>123456.12345</div>
 
+<div id='jsonpost'>hello, world</div>
+
 </div>
 
 </body>