[RESOLVED] About the THIS element.

[amir786_z]

Hi there guys I wanted to know what is the "this" element in the following two codes and what it does?

<h1 onclick="this.innerHTML='Ooops!'">Click on this text!</h1>

<div onmouseover="mOver(this)" onmouseout="mOut(this)" style="background-color:#D94A38;width:120px;height:20px;padding:40px;">Mouse Over Me</div>

thanks.

[ReFreezed]

'this' is kind of a special variable and can reference different things in different places. However, in your cases here the 'this' variable refers to the HTML element in which the JavaScript code is located in.

So in your first code block 'this' refers to the h1 element, and in your second code block 'this' refers to the div element.

[amir786_z]

thanks for the reply