Preamble: I'm Italian, sorry for my bad English.
This is my problem:
I want to assign a function to a set of buttons.
I need to send a parameter to the function.
this is the code that I've tried:
function test(atxt) {
var buttons = $('.tblButton');
for (var i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++) {
buttons[i].onClick(sayHello(atxt));
}
}
function sayHello(txt){alert('hello' + txt)};
...getting the following error:
Uncaught TypeError: Object #<HTMLButtonElement> has no method 'onClick'
can you tell me where I went wrong and how can I fix it?
EDIT: I need iteration because I need the 'id of the button as a parameter of the function so i need to do buttons[i].onClick(sayHello(buttons[i].id))
Would this not work for your example: Do you have another reason for the iteration?
function test(atxt) {
$('.tblButton').on('click',function(){sayHello(atxt);});
}
function sayHello(txt){alert('hello' + txt)};
OR optionally if the elements are static and present:
function test(atxt) {
$('.tblButton').click(function(){sayHello(atxt);});
}
function sayHello(txt){alert('hello' + txt)};
Alternate approach: just change
to this style:
var txt = "fred";
var atext = "hello" + txt;
function sayHello(atext) {
alert(atext);
}
$('.tblButton').on('click', function() {
sayHello(atext);
});
//below here just to demonstrate
$('.tblButton').eq(0).click();//fires with the fred
txt = "Johnny";// new text
atext = 'hello' + txt;
$('.tblButton').eq(1).click();//fires the Johnny
see it working here:
http://jsfiddle.net/dFBMm/
SO based on your note:
this markup and code:
<button class="tblButton" id="Ruth">Hi</button>
<button class="tblButton" id="Betty">Hi again</button>
$('.tblButton').on('click', function() {
alert("Hello "+$(this).attr("id"));
});
$('.tblButton').eq(0).click();//fires with the Ruth
$('.tblButton').eq(1).click();//fires the Betty
http://jsfiddle.net/dFBMm/1/
buttons[i].onClick(sayHello(atxt));
Supposed to be
$(buttons[i]).on('click', function() { sayHello(atxt) });
If you want to get the current button id then I think you are looking for this..
for (var i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++) {
$(buttons[i]).on('click', function() { sayHello(this.id) });
}
If you want to iterate through all of the buttons then you have to do that with .each()
handler of the jquery:
$(function(){
$(".tblButton").each(function () {
$(this).click(function(){
alert($(this).attr('id'));
});
});
});
checkout the jsbin: http://jsbin.com/usideg/1/edit