Question

I have a plugin that looks like this:

(function($) {
    $.fn.plugin_name = function(options) {

        var $this = $(this);

        var defaults = {
            // some defaults
        };

        options = $.extend({}, defaults, options);

        var work = {
            action_1: function() {
                // do something
            },
            action_2: function(output) {
                alert('hello world');
            }
        }

        that.submit(function(e) {
            e.preventDefault();
            work.action_1();
        });

        return $this;
    }
})(jQuery);

It’s being used like any traditional jquery plugin, by being attached to a page element like so:

$('#search-form').plugin_name({
    // overide options
});

My question is, how can I execute the work.action_2() function that’s deeply nested inside the plugin? I would like to call it manually from the javascript console in firebug.

Answer 1

My question is, how can I execute the work.action_2() function that’s deeply nested inside the plugin?

You can’t, it’s outside of your scope!

you can’t reach private function variables, just like you can’t reach my functions…