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Re: using 'this' to reference an 'a' element

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JeffG <jeffgutsell@fuse.net> wrote on 23 feb 2015 in comp.lang.javascript:

> On Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 5:20:59 PM UTC-5, JeffG wrote:
>> I am developing an HTML5 site and recently was surprised and puzzled by
>> a problem I encountered when passing a "this" object to a function. I
>> would like to understand what is happening here. 
>> 
>> I want to use the "this" object to get the parent element.
>> 
>> This code works:
>> HTML:
>> <li><a href="#" onclick="MyFuc(this, 'anID');void(0);"> ...
>> Script:
>> function MyFunc(alink, anelem) {
>>    var ParElem = alink.parentNode;
>>    //...
>> }
>> This code does NOT work:
>> HTML:
>> <li><a href="javascript:MyFuc(this, 'anID');void(0);"> ...
>> 
>> I've attempted to test what's different, and it seems that "this" is
>> referencing something other than the "a" element. 
>> 
>> Help!
> 
> Thank you very much. This helps a lot

It seems by the quoting you thanking yourself.

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Evertjan.
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using 'this' to reference an 'a' element JeffG <jeffgutsell@fuse.net> - 2015-02-19 14:20 -0800
  Re: using 'this' to reference an 'a' element "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-02-19 23:40 +0100
  Re: using 'this' to reference an 'a' element JeffG <jeffgutsell@fuse.net> - 2015-02-23 11:12 -0800
    Re: using 'this' to reference an 'a' element "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-02-23 21:59 +0100

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