Question

I have the following code:

$(function () {
        var target = $('span.slider') //can I make the variable apply to the target span?

        target.mousedown(function() { 
              sliding = true 
        })
        $(document).mouseup(function() {
             sliding = false 
        })
        $(document).mousemove(function(e) { 
            if(sliding){ 
              target.css('left', e.pageX) //do I isolate here?
            }
        })  
    })

There are four ‘span.slider’ in my html. How do I modify this jquery so that the functionality only applies to the target span.slider? The code above moves all four spans, and I completely understand why it does. I am having trouble targeting it to just the span the user wishes to move.

Answer 1

Try this:

$(function() {
    var target = $('span.slider'); //can I make the variable apply to the target span?
    var targetToMove;
    target.mousedown(function() {
        sliding = true;
        targetToMove = $(this);
    });
    $(document).mouseup(function() {
        sliding = false;
    });
    $(document).mousemove(function(e) {
        if (sliding) {
            targetToMove.css('left', e.pageX); //do I isolate here?
        }
    });
})​;​