Documentation bug: Inconsistent description of the "thisArg" value among methods that accept a function argument

[anonymous]

The documentation for the attr() method ​http://api.jquery.com/attr/ states:

function(index, attr) A function returning the value to set. this is the current element. ...

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The documentation for the addClass() method ​http://api.jquery.com/addClass/ doesn't give any such statement, but shows a code example using this as an apparent reference to the current element.

$("ul li:last").addClass(function() {
  return "item-" + $(this).index();
});

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The docs for other methods such as append() and prepend() that allow a function passed to determine the value set, have no mention whatsoever of this as a reference to the current DOM element.

If it is jQuery's intention to provide this as a means of referencing the current DOM element in such functions, then please update the documentation for such methods in order to make it officially supported behavior.

[kswedberg]

Thanks for the ticket. I've updated the documentation. Let me know if there is anything I've missed.

[anonymous]

Replying to kswedberg:

Thanks for the ticket. I've updated the documentation. Let me know if there is anything I've missed.

Thank you kswedberg. I'll take a quick look, but I'd guess you have it covered.

I don't have time to do another bug report right now, so I'm just going to mention it here.

With respect to the jQuery() function's context parameter, a selector string is not listed as a valid option. I don't really care about this one, but it was just mentioned on StackOverflow, so I thought I'd let you know.

​http://api.jquery.com/jquery/

Thanks again for the quick updates in response to this and the other report 10053.

patrick