There's no reason why Josh's code wouldn't work (closure = good!)
I suggest just trying it :-)
On Oct 8, 5:18 pm, Wayne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Right, but that trigger doesn't work in the context of the anonymous
> function. Unless, I'm missing something you changed.
>
> -Wayne
>
> On Oct 8, 3:43 pm, "Josh Nathanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Ok, I think I see what's happening -- you have something like this:
>
> > $("whatever").click(function() {
> > $.ajax({ blah blah..
>
> > So you just need to do this:
>
> > $("whatever").click(function() {
> > var trigger = this;
> > $.ajax({
> > success: function() {
> > // do whatever with 'trigger'
> > }
> > });
>
> > });
>
> > -- Josh
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Wayne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "jQuery (English)" <jquery-en@googlegroups.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 12:15 PM
> > Subject: [jQuery] Re: AJAX Success Callback referring to $(this)
>
> > OK. I haven't tried this yet, but how is this any different? Even
> > though you're moving the ajax call inside of another function, aren't
> > you abstracting the same logic out by calling the anonymous function
> > inside of success? Maybe I'm not understanding what "trigger" and
> > "trigger condition" are supposed to represent, but I assumed that was
> > related to my isNaN(r) logic.
>
> > Thanks,
> > -Wayne
>
> > On Oct 8, 12:36 pm, "Josh Nathanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > "this" referenced in the success callback will refer to the jQuery object
> > > when you do an ajax call.
>
> > > You might want to put the ajax call within another function that can also
> > > receive information about the triggering element:
>
> > > doAjax: function( trigger ) {
> > > jQuery.ajax({
> > > // etc.
> > > success: function() {
> > > if ( trigger condition ) {
> > > // do stuff
> > > }
> > > }
> > > });
>
> > > }
>
> > > $("triggeringelement").click(function() {
> > > doAjax( this );
>
> > > });
>
> > > -- Josh
>
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Wayne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: "jQuery (English)" <jquery-en@googlegroups.com>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 7:49 AM
> > > Subject: [jQuery] AJAX Success Callback referring to $(this)
>
> > > > I've been looking for this quite a bit, today, and haven't quite found
> > > > what I'm looking for, so maybe someone can point me in the right
> > > > direction.
>
> > > > I'm performing an AJAX request, and I pass an anonymous function as
> > > > the success callback, upon which I will want to do some DOM
> > > > modification to the element that triggered the AJAX event. Ordinarily,
> > > > $(this) would work fine for doing this, but it seems that $(this)
> > > > points instead to something besides a DOM element.
>
> > > > First, what does $(this) point to when you're inside the AJAX Success
> > > > callback.
>
> > > > Second, what is considered the best practice for accessing the
> > > > triggering element after a successful AJAX query?
>
> > > > Any help is appreciated,
> > > > Wayne
