Using '$(this)' In A Function

Question

I am creating a menu that opens and closes using jQuery. In simple terms, it works like this:

function open_menu() {
    $(this).next(\'ul.sub-menu\').css(\'         


        

Answer 1

The this that you refer to in open_menu is the context of the open_menu function, not the click handler of the link. You need to do something like this:

open_menu(this);

function open_menu(that) {
    $(that).next(...