I would like a jQuery function to know which link was clicked to call it, i.e. I would like the link's id value to be passed to the jQuery function.

Is this possible? If so what is the neatest way to do it.

I would like a jQuery function to know which link was clicked to call it, i.e. I would like the link's id value to be passed to the jQuery function.

Is this possible? If so what is the neatest way to do it.

• javascript
• jquery
• argument-passing

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Sure. Inside the click() event handler you can refer to the element clicked by this.

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

or

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

$("a").click(function() { 
   var linkid = $(this).attr("id");

   // use linkId here
});

Don't forget to cancel default behaviour, or you won't achieve nothing.

$("a").click(function(e) {
   e.preventDefault();
   var linkid = $(this).attr("id");
   //do whatever here
});

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

i can say this same..