Ad multiple Buttons to event listener

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Hello

I was wondering if it's possible to add multiple buttons to an event listener with a for loop? I have looked for similar solutions but don't think I quite understand them...

Essentially I have a number of buttons with consecutive instance names (e.g. but1, but2, but3 etc.) and want to assign them all to the same event listener. Something like:

for (i=1; i<5; i++) {
this.but[i].addEventListener("click", fl_MouseClickHandler.bind(this));
}

I have two arrays lined up to match this numbering and it would be great if I could return the entries from those arrays once the relevant button is clicked on also. Something like:

function fl_MouseClickHandler(e)
{
for(i = 1; i < 5; i++){

if(e.currentTarget.name == but[i]){
var myVal = this.myArray[i]; //pull my array values

}

}

Hope that makes sense!

Thanks

}

[JoãoCésar · Accepted solution]

Hi.

In bracket notation, the dynamic property is a string. So your first code should be like this:

for (i = 1; i < 5; i++) {
    this["but" + i].addEventListener("click", fl_MouseClickHandler.bind(this));
}

I hope it helps.

Regards,

JC

[avid_body16B8]

If I have several buttons I make an array and use forEach() but I know others have different ways of doing it. This is for Animate  HTML5/CANVAS.

// code in frame 1 
var root = this;
function useButtons(button, t) {
	button.addEventListener("click", answerQuestion.bind(this));
	function answerQuestion() {
		// your code here
	}
}

[root.Btn1, root.Btn2, root.Btn3, root.Btn4, root.Btn5].forEach(useButtons);

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Thanks very much to both of you. Working lovely now and much appreciated 😀