hi,

when you observe
Event.observe('button-' + this.id, 'click', this.add);
a new anonymous add fucntion is created.
To be sure it will be binded to this,
Event.observe('button-' + this.id, 'click',
this.add.bindAsEventListener(this));


On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Jangla <[email protected]> wrote:

> Here's some castly cimplified code of what I'm trying to do:
>
> var myClass = Class.create({
>  initialize : function() {
>    this.id = 0;
>    this.type = 'Undefined';
>    this.assignedAudienceTypes = [];
>    this.title = 'Untitled';
>    this.add();
>    return this;
>  },
>  add : function(renderTo) {
>    this.setId();
>    var containerDiv = document.createElement('div');
>    containerDiv.writeAttribute('class', 'element-container');
>    renderTo.appendChild(containerDiv);
>    containerDiv.writeAttribute('id', 'element-container-' + this.id);
>
>    var buttonDiv = document.createElement('div');
>    buttonDiv.writeAttribute('class', 'button-container');
>    renderTo.appendChild(buttonDiv);
>    buttonDiv.writeAttribute('id', 'button-' + this.id);
>
>    Event.observe('button-' + this.id, 'click', this.add);
>  },
>  setId : function(){
>    if ( $$('.element-container').length ) {
>      this.id = $$('.element-container').length - 1;
>    }
>  }
> });
>
> The basic idea is that I'm creating some html elements on the page
> which contain a button which will add another new one to the page.
>
> My code above is clearly wrong (I'm just setting out with full on
> prototype coding) but I'm struggling to understand how to correct it.
> For a start, while the setId function works first time round, second
> time around "this" doesn't refer to the object but to the button
> element that was clicked.
>
> Any pointers greatly appreciated :)
>
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