Hi Bensanlau, try
$('a').click(function(){ alert(*$(this)*); return false; }); Chandan Luthra Intelligrape Software Pvt. Ltd. Josh Billings<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/josh_billings.html> - "Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got." On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 15:33, Pierre Bellan <fcy...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I think that is because of the alert function. > It needs a string and maybe for an anchor object, jquery introduces a > toString method. > > With the console of firebug, there are no differences between anchor and > images > > Pierre > > > 2009/6/11 bensan...@gmail.com <bensan...@gmail.com> > > >> Hi all, >> >> I'm confused as to why when I have: >> >> $('a').click(function(){ >> alert(this); >> return false; >> }); >> >> the alert displays the URL defined in the href attribute, and not an >> object. >> >> Yet, if i call like say an image, it returns the object. >> >> Thanks >> ben >> > >