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Elizabeth
Elizabeth

Reputation: 61

Basic JS Question, Arrow Function with a callback using parameters in addEventListener

I have a basic function here. I want to be able to pass parameters into it. However, it is being called by the addEventListener. Now, after reading on here and researching I got it to work so that if I put the TOP option in - it works. When I use the bottom option, just below it -it does not work. (Not if I want to use parameters). I just am wondering a basic explanation as to why the arrow function with a callback can take parameters, how is this going round exactly? Not sure I am explaining my question well.

for (i = 0; i < dots.length; i++) {
  dots[i].addEventListener('click', (e) => imgChoose(e, i));
}

for (i = 0; i < dots.length; i++) {
  dots[i].addEventListener('click', imgChoose);
}

var i = 0;

function imgChoose(e, i) {
  var test = dots[i].className;
  console.log(e);
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 123

Answers (1)

Nicholas Tower
Nicholas Tower

Reputation: 84957

It's got nothing to do with arrow functions specifically, you can use normal functions too. What matters is that when addEventListener calls your function, it will pass in exactly one parameter: the event. If you want to then call a function with two parameters you can, but you must write that code yourself.

Here's how it would look with a regular function:

dots[i].addEventListener('click', function (e) { imgChoose(e, i) });

P.S.: as written, you have a single variable i which is being used for all the click callbacks. So they're all going to use the final value of i, which will be equal to dots.length. You should create i in the initialization of your loop, and make sure to use let, not var.

for (let i = 0; i < dots.length; i++) {

Upvotes: 3

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