In a plugin `this` refers to the current jQuery instance, it's not your "own" object. Also most plugins return this jQuery instance, this is what enables chaining.
If you want namespaces check this: http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev/browse_thread/thread/b2f784b7575456dc/0cd276379f8a2f7d?show_docid=0cd276379f8a2f7d But having a custom object is another story: http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-en/browse_thread/thread/9dc9be1cc298cbdd Maybe the nicest way is how jQuery UI solves it: it stores the instance of the actual widget with $.data: http://docs.jquery.com/Core/data So when you call e.g $(el).tabs('enable') (which also returns a jQuery object) it accesses the instance, that is associated with the element: var inst = $(this).data('tabs'); and then calls the enable method: inst['enable']; The easiest is if you just return your own custom object in the plugin but the downside is that breaks chaining. On Jan 8, 5:06 pm, WoutervD <woutervandon...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello there, > > I would like to know how i can access properties of a jQuery object > instance. > I have the following > javascript:http://paste.pocoo.org/show/U9Gsy68MKP9LvvAvqGI6/ > > I would like to access the instance from my HTML file and pass value's > > <script type="text/javascript"> > jObject.sValue = "a value :)"; > </script> > > How can I do this? > > The way jQuery is written confuses me a little (just started using it)
