Thanks for the help guys, its appreciated :)
On Jun 22, 5:50 pm, Tom Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yeah--your first example looks like it would have some scoping
> issues. The second example binds the result of pushDom rather than
> the function reference, so that's now what you want.
>
> How 'bout (not tested):
>
> icon.each(function (el, i) { //use "for" or "each", as you prefer
> el._myIndex = i // or, if el is an id and not an element reference,
> then $(el). _myIndex = i;
> Event.observe(el, 'mousemove', pushDom);
>
> });
>
> function pushDom(evt) {
> var el = Event.element(evt);
> // index is in el._myIndex
> // ... do stuff
>
> }
>
> If you would rather determine the index programatically (e.g. if it's
> subject to change), some variation of the following might work for
> you (untested):
>
> var i = el.previousSiblings().match(someCssSelector).length;
>
> TAG
>
> On Jun 22, 2007, at 10:35 AM, SlashEMc2k wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Whats the best method of passing the position 'i' and event 'e' to a
> > function within Event.Observe?
>
> > At the moment when I mouse move and activate the pushDOM function I am
> > retrieving the last position in the loop and not the current position.
>
> > Here are some of the things I have tried with no luck..
>
> > ======== Example 1 ============
>
> > for (var i=0;i<icon.length;i++) {
> > Event.observe(icon[i], 'mousemove', function(e) { pushDOM(e, i) },
> > false);
> > }
>
> > function pushDOM(e, elementNum) {
> > ... do stuff ...
> > }
>
> > ======== Example 2 ============
> > for(var i=0; i<icon.length; i++) {
> > Event.observe(icon[i], 'mousemove', pushDOM(i), false);
> > }
>
> > function make_handler(elementNum) {
> > return function(e) {
> > ... do stuff ...
> > }
> > }
>
> > ======== Example 3 ============
> > I`m not too sure how to use the .each function to loop through, but
> > have seen some people use this method:
>
> > $$('a.icon').each(function(icons) {- Hide quoted text -
>
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