[SOLVED] Passing (this) in button onClick

[nomivg]

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<script>
function func(obj) {
alert(obj.id);
}
</script>

<form name="myForm" id="myForm">
<input type="button" id="myButton" name="myButton" value="GO" onClick="func(this);">
</form>

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When clicking on the GO button, this alert used to display "myButton" - the id of the object being passed. It works this way on Firefox. Today, this alert has started to display "myForm".

I am using I.E. 7.0.5730.11 and have been using it for at least a year.
What has caused this wierd change in behavior?

[jamiemac2005]

I don't see why this isn't working to be honest. Everything seems fine, have you tried with different attributes?(the value maybe), what are you going to do with it? maybe theres a different way to do what you want.

Cheers,
Jamey

[nomivg]

Thanks for responding.

It is just an abstract little piece from a larger program that stopped working. The button's onClick has been passing (this) to a function, which among other things, sets the object's disabled property to true. Instead of disabling the button it has started to disable the entire form, b/c it believes it is being passed the form object....

Did you try the little piece on your IE? It probably works OK for you, as it does for other people around me....But in my IE, it thinks it is being passed the form object. Frown.

[jamiemac2005]

Yeah, when i use this on IE or using IETab from firefox it works fine. I have no idea why it wouldn't be working.

Actually, have you closed the input tag? (from your example you haven't and that could explain your problem)

<input type="button" id="myButton" name="myButton" value="GO" onClick="func(this);" />

if you have then why don't you post the entirety of your code and i'll see if theres anything going on there.

Cheers,
Jamey

[nomivg]

Well, this might sound crazy - but yesterday I cleaned out a lot of viruses etc. that were plaguing my laptop, and now the script has once again started to display "myButton" as in days of yore (even without the close input tag). Thanks for bothering.

[jamiemac2005]

hmm, that is random haha...

Glad it's sorted,
Jamey