[jQuery] Re: getting the id of a clicked object

[Kean]

This is even better.

jQuery(function($){
   $("a.clicker").click(function() {
     alert(this.id);
   });
});

On Dec 29, 7:21 pm, Kean <shenan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Try this then
>
> jQuery(function($){
>   $("a[class=clicker]").click(function() {
>     alert(this.id);
>   });
>
> });
>
> On Dec 29, 4:27 pm, buttman <nbvf...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > That doesn't work. When I do
>
> > alert(this.id)
>
> > in that function, nothing comes up. Additionally, "alert(this)" just
> > displays the url.
>
> > On Dec 29, 7:16 pm, Mike Alsup <mal...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > I have a bunch of anchors that look like this:
> > > > ############
> > > > < a href="" class="clicker" id="click_1">click here</a>
> > > > < a href="" class="clicker" id="click_2">click here</a>
> > > > < a href="" class="clicker" id="click_3">click here</a>
> > > > #############
>
> > > > The my jquery code looks like this:
>
> > > > #############
> > > > $("a[class=clicker]").click(function() {
> > > >     do_something(id);})
>
> > > > #############
>
> > > > do_something() needs the id of the button clicked. So if I clicked on
> > > > the second anchor, I need "click_2" to be passed to do_something().
> > > > How di I do this in jQuery?
>
> > > $("a[class=clicker]").click(function() {
> > >     var id = this.id;
> > >     do_something(id);
>
> > > });