jQuery plugin call function from function

Question

How can I call a function of jQuery plugin from inside of the same object. I use exact suggested solution http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Authoring#Plugin_Methods. From external code I can call this way:

$('div').tooltip("myMethod", an_attr);

But how can I call the same from inside especially form event when 'this' is not the object of plugin.

var methods = {
 var $this = $(this);
 init : function( options ) {
 $this.click(function(){
 $this.fn2("myMethod", an_attr); //is it right way?
 });
 },
 fn2 : function() {
 //but how can I call the myMethod. here ?
 },
 myMethod : function() {...

• gen_Eric: You don't need to wrap this in $(), it's already a jQuery object.
• pimvdb: Could you elaborate what this should be and what you want to call, in what order?

Answer 1

In fn2 to invoke myMethod you could do the following:

...
fn2: function() {
 methods.myMethod();
}
...

To be sure that myMethod has the same context as all of the others, you could do:

...
fn2: function() {
 methods.myMethod.call(this);
}
...

More details on call() here.

A JS Fiddle here.

• Tomas Randus: thank you, it works fine. Is there any way to reach DOM node without sending this by the 'call'.
• Ed .: I suppose one answer might be to change each of your functions in methods to always require the jQuery object are the first parameter, and change the line methods[method].apply(this, ...) to ensure the first argument is also this (the jQuery object), then you have the collection of DOM nodes available to you using jQuery.each. An alternative is to use $.proxy...