I'm wondering is possible somehow to prevent this keyword to be transformed into _this inside fat arrow callback (=>)?
For example:
class someClass
someMethod: ->
$(document).on 'click', '.myclass', (e) =>
# doing things with right context this, it's ok
@anotherMethod()
@oneMoreMethod()
# but here I need jQuery ``this`` pointing to element
$el = $ this # this is transformed into ``_this`` :(
Maybe I missed some option or operator?
UPDATE
I know about the trick like self = this, but I thought CS has something more elegant..
That's the whole purpose of =>.
Use $(e.currentTarget) to get a handle to the element that would have been this. This is not the same as $(e.target) which you have already rejected.
And no, CoffeeScript can't have anything more elegant way to handle this. You can only have one context for a function. Bound functions aren't unique to CoffeeScript, they're a feature of JavaScript, and the solution is for the calling code to provide another way of accessing the element, which jQuery does with e.target and e.currentTarget.
The purpose of the => fat arrow as opposed to the skinny arrow -> is to prevent changing the context of this. You have multiple options here. One option is to store a reference to this inside a variable, such as the following.
self = @
method: -> @ is self # true
self = @
method: => @ is self # false
class someClass
someMethod: ->
self = @
$(document).on 'click', '.myclass', (e) ->
# self (by default) refers to your class
# @ refers to the jquery object (context)
