Element.className does not respect user defined Class Name

[MarkHunte]

Hi ,

If I have named an element class name in the inspector, for example ** spaceButton**

And then try and get the class name of the element that triggered a hype function using:

element.className

the return will be HYPE_element spaceButton

Which means I have to keep using :
var theClassName = element.className.split("HYPE_element ")[1];

I know I could use a id which works as expected. But there I am finding issues with symbols and ids.
See this post :

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Exported Symbols do not include element ids or include all functions

Hi, If I copy and paste a Symbol to another Document or export /Import a symbol to another Document. The copy does not include any of the ids of any elements. They also only include hype functions that are called by a on mouse click action set in the action Panel. This means that I have to give all my Elements a class name and use that in any functions that do follow the symbol on export. To get around functions that are set for example as a on mouse over. I have to add a text element of…

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Is there any way to stop hype adding the extra class name..

[gasspence (Greg)]

@MarkHunte

var theClassName = element.className.split("HYPE_element ")[1];

That is a handy little piece of code, thanks Mark.