link_to_remote 'this'

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You should be able to do this:

link_to_remote(task.id_description,       {:update => {:success => "div1", :failure => "div2"},       :url => {:action => :some_action, :id => id},       :id => id,       :before => "Element.show('spinner')",       :complete => "Element.hide('spinner'); some_function('# {id}')"})

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Isn't that just going to pass in the value of the variable 'id'?

'this' actually references an object in the DOM and thats what I need from the function_to_remote so I can then manipulate it and other objects in relation to its position within the DOM.

Thanks

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Hey Ben,

So when I put my code snippet in my app, this is the rendered html:

Ruby: <% id = "user_#{@user.id}" %> <%= link_to_remote(@user.login,         :update => {:success => "div1", :failure => "div2"},         :url => {:action => :some_action, :id => :some_id},         :before => "Element.show('spinner')", :complete => "Element.hide('spinner'); some_function('#{id}')",         :html => {:id => id}) %>

HTML: <a onclick="Element.show('spinner'); new Ajax.Updater ({success:'div1',failure:'div2'}, '/content/some_action/some_id', {asynchronous:true, evalScripts:true, onComplete:function(request) {Element.hide('spinner'); some_function('user_1006137')}}); return false;" id="user_1006137" href="#">test@test.com</a>

Is this what you are looking for?