replacing inline event handlers

I'm trying to replace some inline event handlers in some code I wrote...

So I wrote a function that attaches the events in an external JS file...this has worked for me before, but this time, I've noticed that the variable "num" in my JS always evaluates to "8"....I'd tried passing "num" as a parameter in my anonymous functions, but that just caused "num" to evaluate to something like "[event object]" (if memory serves me)...

I need "num" to evaluate as a number between 1-8, inside my anonymous functions, depending on the iteration of the for loop...here is the code and thanks for any help:

The markup:
<div id="menu">
<img id="logo" src="name_image.jpg" alt="" />
<h2 style="top:92px" id="cat1" class="fade1"><a href="<? echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>?div=1">********</a></h2>
<h2 style="top:116px" id="cat2" class="fade1"><a href="<? echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>?div=2">********</a></h2>
<h2 style="top:140px" id="cat3" class="fade1"><a href="<? echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>?div=3">********</a></h2>
<h2 style="top:164px" id="cat4" class="fade1"><a href="<? echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>?div=4">********</a></h2>
<h2 style="top:188px" id="cat5" class="fade1"><a href="<? echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>?div=5">********</a></h2>
<h2 style="top:212px" id="cat6" class="fade1"><a href="<? echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>?div=6">********</a></h2>
<h2 style="top:236px" id="cat7" class="fade1"><a href="<? echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>?div=7">********</a></h2>
<h2 style="top:260px" id="cat8" class="fade1"><a href="<? echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>?div=11">********</a></h2>
</div>And the JS:
function configMenuLinks()
{
var menuDiv = document.getElementById('menu');
var menuLinks = menuDiv.getElementsByTagName("a");
var num = 0;

for (i=0; i<menuLinks.length; i++)
{
num = i + 1;
menuLinks[i].onclick = function()
{
if (num == menuLinks.length)
showTransDivs('div11');
else
showTransDivs('div'+num);
return false;
}
menuLinks[i].onmouseover = function()
{
alert('cat'+num);
linkFade('cat'+num,1);
}
menuLinks[i].onmouseout = function()
{
linkFade('cat'+num,2);
}
}
}

function zxcEventAdd(zxco,zxct,zxcf) {
if ( zxco.addEventListener ){ zxco.addEventListener(zxct, function(e){ zxco[zxcf](e);}, false); }
else if ( zxco.attachEvent ){ zxco.attachEvent('on'+zxct,function(e){ zxco[zxcf](e); }); }
else {
var zxcPrev=zxco["on" + zxct];
if (zxcPrev){ zxco['on'+zxct]=function(e){ zxcPrev(e); zxco[zxcf](e); }; }
else { zxco['on'+zxct]=zxco[zxcf]; }
}
}


var zxcEvt=0;

function zxcAddEvt(zxc,zxcfun,zxcevt){
zxc['zxcaddEvt'+zxcEvt]=window[zxcfun];
zxcEventAdd(zxc,zxcevt,'zxcaddEvt'+zxcEvt);
zxcEvt++;
}
// the function event(NO 'on')
// the funtion 'this' is the object and parameter 0 the event
//zxcAddEvt(object,'zxcMseUp','mouseup');
// e.g.
//function zxcMseUp(zxcevt){
// this.tagName is the object
// zxceven is mouseup
//}

// + the event type call cannot be duplicated for the object

VW, no offense, but you need to work on creating more comprehensive object and variable names...Especially if you're not including any kind of helpful comments or instructions with your code...I'm not going to even bother trying to understand the code or see how I could apply it to my problem, because of the extra effort (and some level of ESP) it would take to do that.

Other ideas:

Use a RegExp to get the number from the end of "this.href".

Or traverse up the parent chain to the H2 and get the number from its ID.

It looks like you have some DIVs named 'div1', 'div2', etc. And I assume these correspond to 'cat1', 'cat2', etc. So let the divs have IDs like 'divcat1' etc. Then ...

showTransDivs('div' + this.parentNode.id)

:)

'num' is always 8 because that was its value at the completion of the 'for' loop. The event listeners are called "later" - so at that time num == 8.

VW, no offense, but yo

no offece taken.

I will put you on my ignore list so I dont wast any more time on you

Vic, rather than taking offense (despite claiming otherwise), why not try to consider whether the guy has a valid point?
Tbh, I too have felt that your in-script naming policy makes the scripts seem more obtuse, complex and intimidating than they are.

If the purpose of storing and publishing your scripts is to communicate them to others, then you undermine that and do yourself a disservice by presenting them in such a seemingly 'obfuscated' way.


You also do yourself no favours by choosing to ignore those offering constructive criticism.

Relax VW, it's just constructive criticism....what good is offering help if you don;t explain your code, or write it in a manner that other coders can't understand and read it?

Here is the answer, Mike was on the right track:

function assignMenuEvents(num,obj,numLinks)
{
obj.onclick = function()
{
if (num == numLinks)
showTransDivs('div11');
else
showTransDivs('div'+num);
return false;
}
obj.onmouseover = function()
{
linkFade('cat'+num,1);
}
obj.onmouseout = function()
{
linkFade('cat'+num,2);
}
}

function configMenuLinks()
{
var menuDiv = document.getElementById('menu');
var menuLinks = menuDiv.getElementsByTagName("a");
var num = 0;

for (i=0; i<menuLinks.length; i++)
{
num = i + 1;
assignMenuEvents(num,menuLinks[i],menuLinks.length);
}
}