Hi, you need to bind the listener function to your object:
$('box').addEventListener("click",this.takeAction.bindAsEventListener(this),false);
more details:
http://api.prototypejs.org/language/function/prototype/bindaseventlistener/
On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 7:13 PM, Doc Torbin wrote:
> I have the following snippet of code which illustrates a problem that
> I'm having. I have an event listener within a class that I'd like to
> have be "self aware". I'd like it to be able to call another function
> within the Class but I haven't found the right method to have it do
> so. Please advise:
>
>
>
>
> src="../prototype.js">
>
>#box{position:fixed;width:100px;border:3px solid
> #000;background-
> color:#00ff00;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;text-
> align:center;padding:50px 25px;cursor:pointer;}
>
>
>var MyOBJ = new Class.create();
>MyOBJ.prototype = {
>initialize: function(){
>try{
>
> $('box').addEventListener("click",this.takeAction,false);
>}
>catch(error){alert(error);}
>},
>takeAction: function(event){
>alert("I got to this function
> without issue.");
>this.anotherAction();
>},
>anotherAction: function(){
>alert("I won't get here.");
>}
>}
>
>document.observe("dom:loaded", function(){
>var spriteOBJ = new MyOBJ();
>});
>
>
>
>BOX
>
>
>
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