I have a class (or function-containing object; I've heard that there is no such thing as a Javascript class) called Foo, with an event handler that is attached to a click event. When the event handler is called, I want to modify a property of my class Foo. Normally, I would use the this
keyword, but in the event handler, the this
reference is set to the reference to the html element. Here is my code:
function Foo() {
this.num=0;
$('element').click(this.eventHandler);// jQuery to attach an onclick event to my element.
this.eventHandler=function() {
this.num++;// This doesn't work.
// Normally, "this" would refer to my instance of Foo,
// but as an event handler, "this" refers to the html element.
}
}
So my question is: how do I get a reference to my instance of Foo into my event handler so that I can modify its properties (like num
)?
You need to bind the function's context; otherwise this
will be the global object:
$('element').click($.proxy(this.eventHandler, this));
In a modern browser you can also use Function.prototype.bind
:
$('element').click(this.eventHandler.bind(this))
function Foo() {
var _self = this;
this.num=0;
$('element').click(this.eventHandler);// jQuery to attach an onclick event to my element.
this.eventHandler=function() {
_self.num++;
}
}
use a reference _self = this
defined in the outer scope
function Foo() {
this.num=0;
$(document).on('click', 'element', this, this.eventHandler);
this.eventHandler=function(e) {
var _this = e.data;
_this.num++;
}
}
1) Use JQuery on() method to attach event listeners. 2) Use a reference _this for accessing parent class.
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