Question

Plugin:

(function( $ ){

  $.fn.myplugin = function( options ) {  

    var mymethod = function(){
      // I want to be able to access "this" here ('.element')

      return this; 
    };

    return this.each(function() {        
      // $('.element', this).mymethod(); <- how to do this?
    });

  };
})( jQuery );

I want to call mymethod like this:

$('.element').mymethod();

Is this possible?

Basically it needs to keep the chaining so I can further call other functions…

Answer 1

If you haven’t already done so, I would highly recommend checking out the jQuery plugin authoring page. http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Authoring

The best way to call a specific method would be by going

$( '#foo' ).myPlugin( 'myMethod' );

The way you would achieve something like that would be like this, ( note: all taken from the jQuery plugin authoring site )

( function ( $ ) {

    var methods = {
        init : function( options ) {

            // Init function here

        },
        destroy : function( ) {

            // Teardown function here

        }
    };

    $.fn.myPlugin= function( method ) {

if ( methods[method] ) {
  return methods[method].apply( this, Array.prototype.slice.call( arguments, 1 ));
} else if ( typeof method === 'object' || ! method ) {
  return methods.init.apply( this, arguments );
} else {
  $.error( 'Method ' +  method + ' does not exist on jQuery.myPlugin' );
}    


};

})( jQuery );