events and parameters

[oeyvind toft]

myObj.onmouseover = someFunction;

How can I set up this so myObj can send parameters to the function ?

Oeyvind

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[Michael Winter]

On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 21:08:59 +0200, oeyvind toft <oe******@online.no>
wrote:

myObj.onmouseover = someFunction;

How can I set up this so myObj can send parameters to the function ?

An element doesn't "send" anything to its event listeners. The browser
calls listeners directly, using the element to obtain a reference for use
with the this operator.

As for calling a function with arguments, you'll have to introduce an
intermediate function which is called as the listener. It can then call
someFunction, in turn. For example,

myObj.onmouseover = function(e) {
someFunction(
this, // reference to myObj
e || event // event object
);
};

creates an anonymous function which is added as the mouseover listener for
myObj. When called, the this operator will refer to myObj, and on
DOM-compliant browsers, e will be the event object.

Hope that helps,
Mike

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[oeyvind toft]

Thanks Michael

Just what I was looking for...

Oeyvind

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