this refers to different objects depending on where we are in the
code...
(function($) {
$.fn.myPlugin = function() {
// here "this" refers to the jQuery object on which the myPlugin
method was called upon
this.each(function() {
// here "this" refers to the matched elements in the jQuery object...
in your example, you matched every DIV element, so "this" refers to
each node in the DOM tree that has
type = ELEMENT_NODE
nodeName = "DIV"
alert(this.id)
$.get("return.php",function(data) {
// here "this" refers to the options object for the AJAX request
you may print it out with this code:
for (prop in this) {
$("div").append(prop + " = " + this[prop] + "<br>");
}
alert(this.id);
//do something with "this" & the
"data"
});
});
return this;
};
})(jQuery);
