Right,
I kind of figured the missing var out by accident, but thanks a lot
for helping out, it's a lot clearer now. I didn't know about that
$(this.form) constructor, I'll certainly try that as well.
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 12:26 AM, Richard D. Worth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ah, you're missing the var keyword. Compare your
>
> eachForm = $(this);
>
> to Dave Methvin's
>
> var $form = $(this);
>
> That's why you were always getting the last form element. No var keyword
> means global scope means no closure.
>
> - Richard
>
> On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 9:36 PM, Ariel Barreiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> I have a question, is there a way to reference the context in a way
>> such as $(this)?
>>
>> for example, let say I have this (using general selectors)
>>
>> $('.forms').each(function(i) {
>> // I want to iterate over all forms
>> // here $(this) is each form
>> $(':input', $(this)).change(function(){
>> // Here I want to do something with the input element as well as
>> with the form element, but $(this) would be the input element, can I
>> do something to reference to the form element?
>> });
>> });
>>
>> I am trying this but of course it doesn't work as eachForm ends up
>> being just the latest form
>>
>> $('.forms').each(function(i) {
>> // I want to iterate over all forms
>> eachForm = $(this);
>> $(':input', $(this)).change(function(){
>> doSomething($(this),eachForm);
>> });
>> });
>>
>> Thanks for any light in this,
>
>
> >
>
