he [MooTools](http://www.mootools.net) ( My Object Orientated Tools ) JavaScript framework is a pretty sweet piece of software. It's goal is to make developing with JavaScript easier. It provides large set of tools for building complex JavaScript applications. There are a lot of hidden [goodies](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nOVQDMOvvE) tucked away in the framework that kick off one of those ["AHa!" moments](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_effect). One of those goodies is the toElement method on classes. One of those goodies is the **toElement** method on classes.

The Class' method, toElement, works in tandem with the MooTools document.id ( $ ) method. In most cases, Classes center around a DOM element for some reason