jQuery: this.attr() not a function?

Question

I'm not quite sure if I'm not using this in the correct scope or what, but I have a script that basically captures a link click and causes the page to fade out before going to the linked page. However, if the link is a JavaScript onclick, the script fails.

Here's my code:

<script type="text/javascript">      pageObj = {         init: function(){             $("body").fadeTo("slow", 1);         },         redirectPage: function(redirect){             window.location = redirect;         },         linkLoad: function(location){             $("body").fadeOut(1000, this.redirectPage(location));         }     };      $(document).ready(function() {         pageObj.init();          $("a").click(function(e){             e.preventDefault();             if (this.attr('onclick') !== undefined) {                 eval(this.attr('onclick').val());             } else {                 var location = this.href;                 pageObj.linkLoad(location);             }         });     });  </script> 

As you can see, I'm trying to do a check to see if the link has the onclick attribute, and then call the onclick function if it exists. How can I achieve this?

Answer 1

Use: $(this).attr instead of this.attr

This forces it into the context of jQuery.