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JavaScript AJAX Basics (retiring) AJAX and APIs Adding jQuery

Howard Goldstein
Howard Goldstein
9,399 Points
Posted by Howard Goldstein
Howard Goldstein
9,399 Points

$(this) doesn't seem to be working

I'm having trouble getting the code here to work. Here's what I have.

$(document).ready(() => {
  $('button').click((event) => {
    $('button').removeClass('selected');
    $(this).addClass('selected');
  });               
});

The click is occuring and the removeClass function is working. (if I add perform $('button').addClass('selected') in the console, the buttons get selected and if I click then all the buttons get deselected), but the addClass isn't working. With a bit of troubleshooting it seems like $(this) is selecting the whole window and not the button.

Any ideas?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,198 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,198 Points

One of the differences between "arrow" functions and conventional functions is that arrow functions do not establish a value for "this". But for handlers you can use "event.target" instead.

See the details on all the differences on the Arrow Funcitons documentation page.

Howard Goldstein
Howard Goldstein
9,399 Points
Howard Goldstein
Howard Goldstein
9,399 Points

Got it. Really helpful. Thanks.