Thanks everyone. I found a solution for my situation.
On Dec 6, 9:16 am, "Dan Switzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Will,
>
> > Does anyone know of a way to use class like objects in event handling
> > using jQuery?
>
> > For Example,
>
> > <input type='button' value='Button' onclick='Record.show()' />
>
> > where .show() is a method of the Record object. This would be really
> > cool to be able to reuse the method name .show() but with different
> > objects verses just coding a huge list of functions that are hard to
> > organize and end up with long names.
>
> You can always build objects around jQuery elements. Depending on your
> needs, you might be able to get by with just caching your jQuery
> objects:
>
> Record = $("#some_div");
>
> Now, Record:show() would show the record.
>
> I generally find building full OO-based objects out of everything a
> bit overkill, since the majority of operations your doing is just to
> change the state of a DOM element (or elements.)
>
> -Dan
