Another option would be to use the metadata plugin:
http://plugins.jquery.com/project/metadata
- Richard
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 7:59 AM, AMP <ampel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Good one,
> Thanks
>
> On Aug 24, 4:02 pm, James <james.gp....@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Since "region" is not a valid HTML attribute, other ways is to set an
> > ID on the element and use that as a reference to data stored elsewhere
> > (e.g. a Javascript array or object).
> > Depending on whether you have a lot of data or not. Assuming you have
> > many onclicks on your page, here's another way to do it.
> >
> > <script>
> > // JS object
> > var myData = {id1:'US', id2:'Europe', id3:'Antarctica'};
> >
> > $("div.clickme").click(function() {
> > var id = this.id; // 'id1' or 'id2' or 'id3'
> > alert(myData.id); // 'US' or 'Europe' or 'Antarctica'
> > // alert(myData[id]); // same as above});
> >
> > </script>
> >
> > <div id="id1" class="clickme">Text 1</div>
> > <div id="id2" class="clickme">Text 2</div>
> > <div id="id3" class="clickme">Text 3</div>
> >
> > On Aug 23, 2:40 pm, AMP <ampel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > This is the way I was thinking so could you give me another example
> > > without attributes (Just so I could learn a different way).
> > > Thnaks
> >
> > > On Aug 23, 8:05 pm, MorningZ <morni...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > MANY ways to do this, with this being one of them
> >
> > > > <button id="parsetablebutton" region="<?php echo $Region ?>">Some
> > > > Text</button>
> >
> > > > then
> >
> > > > $("#parsetablebutton").click(function() {
> > > > var region = $(this).attr("region"); //<<-- the value from
> > > > PHP
> >
> > > > });
> >
> > > > again, that's just one way of many
> >
> > > > On Aug 23, 6:04 pm, AMP <ampel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > > I was using this:
> > > > > onClick="parsetable('<?php echo $Region ?>')"
> >
> > > > > but now I want to use the JQuery:
> > > > > $("#parsetablebutton").click( function() {
> >
> > > > > How do I pass the parameter to the function?
> > > > > Would I set an attribute and read it with[att=XXX] where the
> attribute
> > > > > is the echo'd $Region or is there a better way?
> > > > > Thanks- Hide quoted text -
> >
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