Fix bug with object properties named "type". Fixes #183

Add setOption method (only works for `show_errors` currently). For #242
Make window.jsoneditor accessible from demo.html to help with debugging.

Author: jdorn

bower.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "json-editor",
-  "version": "0.7.11",
+  "version": "0.7.12",
   "authors": [
     "Jeremy Dorn <[email protected]>"
   ],

demo.html

@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ <h2>Code</h2>
             schema: schema,
             startval: startval
         });
+        window.jsoneditor = jsoneditor;
 
         // When the value of the editor changes, update the JSON output and validation message
         jsoneditor.on('change',function() {

dist/jsoneditor.js

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-/*! JSON Editor v0.7.11 - JSON Schema -> HTML Editor
+/*! JSON Editor v0.7.12 - JSON Schema -> HTML Editor
  * By Jeremy Dorn - https://github.com/jdorn/json-editor/
  * Released under the MIT license
  *
- * Date: 2014-09-28
+ * Date: 2014-10-05
  */
 
 /**
@@ -307,6 +307,8 @@ JSONEditor.prototype = {
     this.callbacks = this.callbacks || {};
     this.callbacks[event] = this.callbacks[event] || [];
     this.callbacks[event].push(callback);
+    
+    return this;
   },
   off: function(event, callback) {
     // Specific callback
@@ -329,13 +331,29 @@ JSONEditor.prototype = {
     else {
       this.callbacks = {};
     }
+    
+    return this;
   },
   trigger: function(event) {
     if(this.callbacks && this.callbacks[event] && this.callbacks[event].length) {
       for(var i=0; i<this.callbacks[event].length; i++) {
         this.callbacks[event][i]();
       }
     }
+    
+    return this;
+  },
+  setOption: function(option, value) {
+    if(option === "show_errors") {
+      this.options.show_errors = value;
+      this.onChange();
+    }
+    // Only the `show_errors` option is supported for now
+    else {
+      throw "Option "+option+" must be set during instantiation and cannot be changed later";
+    }
+    
+    return this;
   },
   getEditorClass: function(schema) {
     var classname;
@@ -378,10 +396,15 @@ JSONEditor.prototype = {
       if(self.options.show_errors !== "never") {
         self.root.showValidationErrors(self.validation_results);
       }
+      else {
+        self.root.showValidationErrors([]);
+      }
 
       // Fire change event
       self.trigger('change');
     });
+    
+    return this;
   },
   compileTemplate: function(template, name) {
     name = name || JSONEditor.defaults.template;
@@ -687,10 +710,10 @@ JSONEditor.prototype = {
           }, []);
         }
         // Type should be intersected and is either an array or string
-        else if(prop === 'type') {
+        else if(prop === 'type' && (typeof val === "string" || Array.isArray(val))) {
           // Make sure we're dealing with arrays
-          if(typeof val !== "object") val = [val];
-          if(typeof obj2.type !== "object") obj2.type = [obj2.type];
+          if(typeof val === "string") val = [val];
+          if(typeof obj2.type === "string") obj2.type = [obj2.type];
 
 
           extended.type = val.filter(function(n) {
@@ -2104,9 +2127,9 @@ JSONEditor.defaults.editors.string = JSONEditor.AbstractEditor.extend({
     var self = this;
 
     if(this.jsoneditor.options.show_errors === "always") {}
-    else if(!this.is_dirty) return;
-    
+    else if(!this.is_dirty && this.previous_error_setting===this.jsoneditor.options.show_errors) return;
 
+    this.previous_error_setting = this.jsoneditor.options.show_errors;
 
     var messages = [];
     $each(errors,function(i,error) {

dist/jsoneditor.min.js

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "json-editor",
   "title": "JSONEditor",
   "description": "JSON Schema based editor",
-  "version": "0.7.11",
+  "version": "0.7.12",
   "main": "dist/jsoneditor.js",
   "author": {
     "name": "Jeremy Dorn",

package.json

@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ JSONEditor.prototype = {
     this.callbacks = this.callbacks || {};
     this.callbacks[event] = this.callbacks[event] || [];
     this.callbacks[event].push(callback);
+    
+    return this;
   },
   off: function(event, callback) {
     // Specific callback
@@ -131,13 +133,29 @@ JSONEditor.prototype = {
     else {
       this.callbacks = {};
     }
+    
+    return this;
   },
   trigger: function(event) {
     if(this.callbacks && this.callbacks[event] && this.callbacks[event].length) {
       for(var i=0; i<this.callbacks[event].length; i++) {
         this.callbacks[event][i]();
       }
     }
+    
+    return this;
+  },
+  setOption: function(option, value) {
+    if(option === "show_errors") {
+      this.options.show_errors = value;
+      this.onChange();
+    }
+    // Only the `show_errors` option is supported for now
+    else {
+      throw "Option "+option+" must be set during instantiation and cannot be changed later";
+    }
+    
+    return this;
   },
   getEditorClass: function(schema) {
     var classname;
@@ -180,10 +198,15 @@ JSONEditor.prototype = {
       if(self.options.show_errors !== "never") {
         self.root.showValidationErrors(self.validation_results);
       }
+      else {
+        self.root.showValidationErrors([]);
+      }
 
       // Fire change event
       self.trigger('change');
     });
+    
+    return this;
   },
   compileTemplate: function(template, name) {
     name = name || JSONEditor.defaults.template;
@@ -489,10 +512,10 @@ JSONEditor.prototype = {
           }, []);
         }
         // Type should be intersected and is either an array or string
-        else if(prop === 'type') {
+        else if(prop === 'type' && (typeof val === "string" || Array.isArray(val))) {
           // Make sure we're dealing with arrays
-          if(typeof val !== "object") val = [val];
-          if(typeof obj2.type !== "object") obj2.type = [obj2.type];
+          if(typeof val === "string") val = [val];
+          if(typeof obj2.type === "string") obj2.type = [obj2.type];
 
 
           extended.type = val.filter(function(n) {

src/core.js

@@ -382,9 +382,9 @@ JSONEditor.defaults.editors.string = JSONEditor.AbstractEditor.extend({
     var self = this;
 
     if(this.jsoneditor.options.show_errors === "always") {}
-    else if(!this.is_dirty) return;
-    
+    else if(!this.is_dirty && this.previous_error_setting===this.jsoneditor.options.show_errors) return;
 
+    this.previous_error_setting = this.jsoneditor.options.show_errors;
 
     var messages = [];
     $each(errors,function(i,error) {

src/editors/string.js

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-/*! JSON Editor v0.7.11 - JSON Schema -> HTML Editor
+/*! JSON Editor v0.7.12 - JSON Schema -> HTML Editor
  * By Jeremy Dorn - https://github.com/jdorn/json-editor/
  * Released under the MIT license
  *
- * Date: 2014-09-28
+ * Date: 2014-10-05
  */
 
 /**