or this
<a href="#" rel="foobarbaz">show details</a> $("a").click(function(){ var rel = $(this).attr('rel'); } now you have passed foobarbaz to jquery. WalterGR wrote:
I want to take advantage of jQuery's cross-browser Event object, but via an onclick event handler. For example: <a href="#" onclick="showTextNearThisLink(convertToJQueryEvent(event), 'foobarbaz');">show details</a> Is something like this possible? I may be thinking about the problem wrong. I understand that event handlers are usually wired up on $(document).ready, but I need to send additional information ('foobarbaz' above) to the event handler. Thanks, WalterGR