In other words, change: .observe('click', deleteThis());
To: .observe('click', deleteThis); You're passing deleteThis() as the value of your callback, which isn't a function, but the return value of calling it. -Fred On Jul 1, 2008, at 2:09 PM, Matt Foster wrote: > > Looking at this brief snippet I see one potential error, You're > executing your callback, try sending just the reference. > > > > > On Jul 1, 11:21 am, elduderino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>>> var newCopy = new Element('div', { 'id' : obj.id, 'class' : >>>> 'de_small' }).update(obj.innerHTML).observe('click', deleteThis()); --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Spinoffs" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-spinoffs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-spinoffs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---