Question

My.Awesome.Obj = function() {
    return {
        // PUBLIC PROPERTIES
        legendObj:  null,

        // PUBLIC METHODS
        init: function() {
            this.assignLegendClick();
        },

        assignLegendClick: function() {
            console.log('*** drawLegend()');
            var checkboxes = this.legendObj.find("input");
            checkboxes.each(function() {
                $(this).click(function() {
                    this.handleLegendClick();
                });
            })
        },

        handleLegendClick: function() {
            console.log('*** handleLegendClick()');
        },

        EOF: null
    };
}();

So I’m getting an error saying

handleLegendClick is not defined

I’m assuming this is a scope issue, but I’m not sure how to refer back to the parent object within the loop…

Answer 1

The problem is that this is the window when the click event handler is called.

You might do this :

My.Awesome.Obj = function() {
    var obj = {
        // PUBLIC PROPERTIES
        legendObj:  null,

        // PUBLIC METHODS
        init: function() {
            obj.assignLegendClick();
        },

        assignLegendClick: function() {
            console.log('*** drawLegend()');
            var checkboxes = obj.legendObj.find("input");
            checkboxes.each(function() {
                $(this).click(function() {
                    obj.handleLegendClick(); // <=== replace this with obj
                });
            })
        },

        handleLegendClick: function() {
            console.log('*** handleLegendClick()');
        },

        EOF: null
    };
    return obj;
}();