[thelist] Javascript addEventListener fail

[Matt Warden]

On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Barney Carroll
<barney.carroll at gmail.com> wrote:
> Here is the problematic line of script:
>
> th3s[i].addEventListener('click', 'changeTab('+i+')', false);
>
> This is inside a for loop, and the event needs to be evaluated — which I
> can't seem to make it do. Firebug tells me that it "could not convert
> JavaScript argument" on this line.

Are you just trying to get a reference to the element that triggered
changeTab()? You do not need to pass in 'i' for that.

http://mattwarden.com/sandbox/getidfromeventhandler.js

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