jQuery Document Ready and Function Scope

Question

I want to provide helper functions that allow various components of a complex jQuery-based UI to hide or show a loading div (used when an Ajax call is initiated fro

Answer 1

Right after posting, I realized what I had done wrong.

function showLoading() {
    loadingControl.show();
}

should be

showLoading = function() {
    loadingControl.show();
}