Ah, (this), I'm a newbie to that in jQuery.
Thanks.
Charlie Griefer wrote:
>
> <input type="button" id="addButton1" class="myButton" />
> <input type="button" id="addButton2" class="myButton" />
>
> <script type="text/javascript">
> $(document).ready(function() {
> $('.myButton').click(function() {
> alert($(this).attr('id'));
> // alert(this.id) <-- should also work
> }
> });
> </script>
>
> Notice that I added a class="myButton" to each button element, and set the
> listener for $('.myButton').click(), which listens for a click event on
> any
> element that matches that selector.
>
> Within the function triggered by the click event, $(this) or this are both
> references to the element that triggered the click.
>
> On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 12:35 PM, CoffeeAddict <dschin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> I understand that I can use the .click() method on a hyperlink element.
>> But
>> how do I know which element was clicked? First I have to gain reference
>> to
>> the hyperlink's ID.
>>
>> So lets say I have a page of hyperlinks like this in view source:
>>
>> ...someurl somebutton
>> ...someurl somebutton
>> ...someurl somebutton
>> ...someurl somebutton
>>
>> when a user clicks addButton1, how do I know it's addButton1 that was
>> referenced so that I can now apply a .click() event on it?
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