[jQuery] jQuery Form Plugin target confusion

[Iasthaai]

I'm using the jQuery form plugin and specifying my target as so:

$(function() {
    var _options = {
        target: $( this ),
        beforeSubmit: function(data, set, options) {
          alert( $(set).attr( 'action' ) );
        }
    }
    $( '.form' ).ajaxForm( _options );
});


I've also tried using just the 'this' keyword. Anyway, when I use this
it freezes the browser... My goal is to make the response target
wrapper the same form that I'm submitting (basically a refresh of the
newly updated form). I can't just leave the form as is due to some
extra bits of JS that aren't form elements that will be reset when the
response is loaded.

Am I specifying my target incorrectly for what I want to achieve?

PS: I've changed my target to the specificy form using an id and also
I set the target to $( '.form' ) which posts the response in ALL of my
forms, so I know that it is working, just not with the 'this' keyword
for some reason.