Hello Stackoverflow users,
I have a question regarding an JQ UI widget im trying to make.
I have a _create command with the following:
this.findinput = this.element.children('input:text')
.addClass('ui-search-input ui-widget ui-state-default ui-background-none ui-corner-left')
.wrap('<div class="ui-position-wrapper" />')
.bind('focusin focusout',this._checkval)
.bind('keyup',this.inputchanged);
As you can see i bind some function to the input field, so i can manipulate the text and layout.
But my problem is that the function is for some reason overwriting the globa object ‘this’ and its variables.
How can i keep them inside the functions?
(The reason i use functions is so i can acces them from outside the widget)
inputchanged: function(e) {
$ target = $ (e.target);
if (($ target.val()).length != 0) {
this.element.children('.ui-search-reset').children().addClass('ui-icon').removeClass('ui-helper-hidden');
} else {
this.element.children('.ui-search-reset').children().addClass('ui-helper-hidden').removeClass('ui-icon');
}
},
returns: this.element is undefined and i cant acces this.options either?
Also if i bind a function to a “tr” in a table, and press the “td” it sets the “td” as the target object instead of the “tr”, which where the one binded – why is this? 
Im quite new to jQuery so this might be stupid questions, or i might be doing it wrong – please let me know if that is the case!
