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