Handy little shortcut for OpalRB, adds #to_element method (and #to_e via an alias) to String.

string.rb

class String
    def to_element
        Element.find("#{self}")
    end
    alias :to_e :to_element
end

# Now you can do:
el = "#cool-stuff".to_e
# vs
el = Element.find("#cool-stuff")