in that particular bit of code, it's useless (since he did not use it :) ).
but let me point you to an example where passing the event to the function is useful, see this tutorial :http://docs.jquery.com/ Tutorials:AJAX_and_Events (down the page) $(document).ready(function() { $('body').click(function(event) { if ($(event.target).is('h3')) { $(event.target).toggleClass('highlighted'); } }); }); hope this helps, Alexandre On 24 jan, 10:44, Pickledegg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In one of the tutorials on this page: > > http://docs.jquery.com/Tutorials:jQuery_For_Designers > > in this bit of code, (on the starred line), the 'event' is passed to > the function that toggles the .thebody class. > > I don't understand what this 'event' is and why is it passed on this > line and not any of the others.. > > Can someone possibly explain what its there for please? thanks. > > // When the page is ready > $(document).ready(function(){ > $(".article .thebody").hide(); > $("#container .article ul") > .prepend("<li class='readbody'><a href='' title='Read the > article'>Read Body</a></li>"); > > ******** $(".actions li.readbody a").click(function(event) > { ********* > $(this).parents("ul").prev(".thebody").toggle(); > > // Stop the link click from doing its normal thing > return false; > }); > });
