On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 1:51 AM, Josh Nathanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Now why is this not working with a href?
>> I have just no clue.
>
> My guess is that the context doesn't resolve correctly when you do
> "javascript:" in the href, so when you do "this.parentNode", it probably
> thinks "this" is the window object, which doesn't have a parent node. Thus
> it returns undefined.
>
> When you do "onclick" it knows the context is that "a" node so it works
> properly.
>
> Also, if you are getting into jQuery, I'd suggest learning a little bit
> about "unobtrusive javascript", that is, not putting your event handler code
> inline. This helps you keep your html markup and your JS code separated.
what do you mean by: "not putting your event handler code inline"
And my javascript code is in a seperate .js file. but i have to call
it somewhere in the html and that's what you see in the href and
onclick. And i will take a look at that "unobtrusive javascript" but
any suggestions for good docs about that?
>
> -- Josh
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <jquery-en@googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 4:13 PM
> Subject: [jQuery] Re: Why do i keep getting: test is not defined!
>
>
>>
>> Thanx for the fast reply!
>> I just now found why it was not working..
>>
>> With this it works:
>> <a onclick="removeItem('something', this.parentNode);">click</a>
>>
>> with this not (will give the freaking error):
>> <a href="javascript:removeItem('something', this.parentNode);">click</a>
>>
>> Now why is this not working with a href?
>> I have just no clue.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 1:08 AM, Josh Nathanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Your function is fine, however when you *call* the function removeItem,
>>> you'll need to pass in two arguments -- otherwise obj will be undefined:
>>>
>>> removeItem('myitem'); // obj is undefined
>>> removeItem('myitem', myobject); // obj is defined
>>>
>>> -- Josh
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> To: <jquery-en@googlegroups.com>
>>> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 4:02 PM
>>> Subject: [jQuery] Why do i keep getting: test is not defined!
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> hey,
>>>>
>>>> function removeItem(name, obj)
>>>> {
>>>> var answer = confirm("Are you sure you want to delete: " + name + "?")
>>>> var test = obj;
>>>>
>>>> if (answer)
>>>> {
>>>> $(test.parentNode.parentNode).fadeOut("slow");
>>>> }
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> the code is simple and still not working.. the issue is that i try to
>>>> call a variable in a if that wasn't made there.. but how can i resolve
>>>> that?
>>>> Why is javascript not working how you would expect it to work :S i
>>>> know Java and PHP well and things like this are no issue in them.
>>>>
>>>> o and in this code i already put obj in test.. i've tried it with obj
>>>> first but that gave the same error as in the title.
>>>>
>>>> Thanx.
>>>
>>>
>
>
