Question

i wrote a function that takes a string as input.

function ajaxLoad(targetBox, loadUrl) {
   $("div." + targetBox).css("opacity",0.25);
}

so normally i call this function like this.
ajaxLoad("commentListBox", "some url");

However right now, i have the problem that I need to pass a object i retrieve via a parent selector. so this is not a string but an object.

var box = $(this).parent().parent().toString();
ajaxLoad(box, "some url"); // is a syntax error

How can I handle this?

if i console.log(box);it says [OBJECT]

Answer 1

If you’re using class, try:

var box = $(this).parent().parent()[0].className;
ajaxLoad(box, "some url");

If Id, try:

function ajaxLoad(targetBox, loadUrl) {
   $("div#" + targetBox).css("opacity",0.25);
}

var box = $(this).parent().parent()[0].id;
ajaxLoad(box, "some url");