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<h1 id="withattr-attrname-callback-">withAttr(attrName, callback)</h1>
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<li><strong><a href="withAttr.html">m.withAttr</a></strong><ul>
<li><a href="#description">Description</a></li>
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<li><a href="#how-it-works">How it works</a></li>
<li><a href="#predictable-event-target">Predictable event target</a></li>
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<h3 id="description">Description</h3>
<p>Returns an event handler that runs <code>callback</code> with the value of the specified DOM attribute</p>
<pre><code class="lang-javascript">var state = {
value: &quot;&quot;,
setValue: function(v) {state.value = v}
}
var Component = {
view: function() {
return m(&quot;input&quot;, {
oninput: m.withAttr(&quot;value&quot;, state.setValue),
value: state.value,
})
}
}
m.mount(document.body, Component)
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<h3 id="signature">Signature</h3>
<p><code>m.withAttr(attrName, callback, thisArg?)</code></p>
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<th>Argument</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Required</th>
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<td><code>attrName</code></td>
<td><code>String</code></td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>The name of the attribute or property whose value will be used</td>
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<td><code>callback</code></td>
<td><code>any -&gt; undefined</code></td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>The callback</td>
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<td><code>thisArg</code></td>
<td><code>any</code></td>
<td>No</td>
<td>An object to bind to the <code>this</code> keyword in the callback function</td>
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<td><strong>returns</strong></td>
<td><code>Event -&gt; undefined</code></td>
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<td>An event handler function</td>
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<h3 id="how-it-works">How it works</h3>
<p>The <code>m.withAttr</code> method creates an event handler. The event handler takes the value of a DOM element&#39;s property and calls a function with it as the argument.</p>
<p>This helper function is provided to help decouple the browser&#39;s event model from application code.</p>
<pre><code class="lang-javascript">// standalone usage
document.body.onclick = m.withAttr(&quot;title&quot;, function(value) {
console.log(value) // logs the title of the &lt;body&gt; element when clicked
})
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<p>Typically, <code>m.withAttr()</code> can be used in Mithril component views to avoid polluting the data layer with DOM event model concerns:</p>
<pre><code class="lang-javascript">var state = {
email: &quot;&quot;,
setEmail: function(email) {
state.email = email.toLowerCase()
}
}
var MyComponent = {
view: function() {
return m(&quot;input&quot;, {
oninput: m.withAttr(&quot;value&quot;, state.setEmail),
value: state.email
})
}
}
m.mount(document.body, MyComponent)
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<h3 id="predictable-event-target">Predictable event target</h3>
<p>The <code>m.withAttr()</code> helper reads the value of the element to which the event handler is bound, which is not necessarily the same as the element where the event originated.</p>
<pre><code class="lang-javascript">var state = {
url: &quot;&quot;,
setURL: function(url) {state.url = url}
}
var MyComponent = {
view: function() {
return m(&quot;a[href=&#39;/foo&#39;]&quot;, {onclick: m.withAttr(&quot;href&quot;, state.setURL)}, [
m(&quot;span&quot;, state.url)
])
}
}
m.mount(document.body, MyComponent)
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<p>In the example above, if the user clicks on the text within the link, <code>e.target</code> will point to the <code>&lt;span&gt;</code>, not the <code>&lt;a&gt;</code>.</p>
<p>While this behavior works as per its specs, it&#39;s not very intuitive or useful most of the time. Therefore, <code>m.withAttr</code> uses the value of <code>e.currentTarget</code> which does point to the <code>&lt;a&gt;</code>, as one would normally expect.</p>
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<h3 id="attributes-and-properties">Attributes and properties</h3>
<p>The first argument of <code>m.withAttr()</code> can be either an attribute or a property.</p>
<pre><code class="lang-javascript">// reads from `select.selectedIndex` property
var state = {
index: 0,
setIndex: function(index) {state.index = index}
}
m(&quot;select&quot;, {onclick: m.withAttr(&quot;selectedIndex&quot;, state.setIndex)})
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<p>If a value can be both an attribute <em>and</em> a property, the property value is used.</p>
<pre><code class="lang-javascript">// value is a boolean, because the `input.checked` property is boolean
var state = {
selected: false,
setSelected: function(selected) {state.selected = selected}
}
m(&quot;input[type=checkbox]&quot;, {onclick: m.withAttr(&quot;checked&quot;, state.setSelected)})
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