Question

My first plugin done with a proper architecture, but I’m stuck at how to apply an event listener to $(window).scroll to pin the globalMessage to the top of the window. The full plugin in progress can be seen here: https://gist.github.com/937792, but the pertinent bits are the init, below.

What is the best way to set up a window event listener that modifies a css property of the target element?

(function($){

    var methods = {
        init: function(options) {

            var $this = this;
            var opts = $.extend({}, $.fn.globalMessage.defaults, options);
            var data = $this.data('globalMessage');

            // init global data
            if ( ! data ) {
                $this.data('globalMessage', {
                    settings : opts
                });

                $(window).bind("scroll.globalMessage", function() {

                    // ----------
                    // HOW TO ACCESS both $this (defined outside this context)
                    // and the scrollTop value to change top css val?
                    //-----------
                    $this.css("top", $(window).scrollTop());

                });

                $this.bind('click.globalMessage', methods.hide);

            }

            return $this;
        },
        ...[other funcs]...
    }

    ...[main entry point etc]...

})(jQuery);

Answer 1

Passing vars in right way to events:

$(window).bind("scroll.globalMessage", {foo:'bar'}, function(e) {
   alert(e.data.foo); // alert 'bar'
});