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Gerald Bishop
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Should arrow functions work with the "this" keyword in jQuery?

The code on lines 25 to 27 of app.js do not seem to work with the this keyword:

https://w.trhou.se/dn6vvff3ll

I can only get it to work if I change the ()=> arrow function to a function declaration, i.e., using the function keyword or by changing the this keyword to event.target and inserting event as a parameter.

Can I change my code to get the arrow function to work with the this keyword?

Thanks

josephweiss2
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the link doesn't work, can you Passover your code? that will make it better to see what's the problem. Thanks

Gerald Bishop
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josephweiss2 sorry I accidentally deleted the snapshot. Here is the code that doesn't work:

$('ul').on('dblclick', 'li', ()=> {
  $(this).toggleClass("strike");
});

As Steven says, the ()=> needs to be changed to function() for it to work with the this keyword.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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This is a better solution than converting the function so you can use "this":

$('ul').on('dblclick', 'li', e => {
  $(e.target).toggleClass("strike");
});

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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This is not related to jQuery. Arrow functions just don't bind "this" like conventional functions do. For more details, see this MDN page on Arrow function expressions.

But for event handlers, passing the event object to a parameter is the "best practice" approach anyway.