Multiple instances of (this) referring to different elements in jQuery

So I decided to combine multiple html files into a single file, hiding and showing divs instead of linking each page. I also combined all of the different scripts into a single tag.

However, not all of the code runs anymore - specifically functions referring to "(this)" - is this because it can o开发者_C百科nly be used once per page?

Thanks.

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no. "this" depends on the context of the javascript in question. no combination of JS files will ever affect the context of "this". "this" only has meaning inside of a function or method. placing methods or function next to each other in no way nests them inside of each other.

what is more likely to have happened is a polluted global namespace. if, for example, two files contain a variable named var link then whichever code appears later will take precedence.

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No. this refers to the DOM element invoked. In the jQuery realm this is utilised with the jQuery constructor function $() to become $(this), which basically lets you utilise jQuery functionality on an invoked DOM element.

I suspect you have some other conflicting issues.

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You could use jQuery.proxy function to change the this scope of any of your functions.