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I've created a Javascript object via prototyping. I'm trying to render a table dynamically. While the rendering part is simple and works fine, I also need to handle certain client side events for the dynamically rendered table. That, also is easy. Where I'm having issues is with the "this" reference inside of the function that handles the event. Instead of "this" references the object, it's referencing the element that raised the event. See code. The problematic area is in ticketTable.prototype.handleCellClick = function() : function ticketTable(ticks) { // tickets is an array this.tickets = ticks; } ticketTable.prototype.render = function(element) { var tbl = document.createElement("table"); for ( var i = 0; i < this.tickets.length; i++ ) { // create row and cells var row = document.createElement("tr"); var cell1 = document.createElement("td"); var cell2 = document.createElement("td"); // add text to the cells cell1.appendChild(document.createTextNode(i)); cell2.appendChild(document.createTextNode(this.tickets[i])); // handle clicks to the first cell. // FYI, this only works in FF, need a little more code for IE cell1.addEventListener("click", this.handleCellClick, false); // add cells to row row.appendChild(cell1); row.appendChild(cell2); // add row to table tbl.appendChild(row); } // Add table to the page element.appendChild(tbl); } ticketTable.prototype.handleCellClick = function() { // PROBLEM!!! in the context of this function, // when used to handle an event, // "this" is the element that triggered the event. // this works fine alert(this.innerHTML); // this does not. I can't seem to figur

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