Sweet thanks! That's pretty neat how you can wrap it again in
jquery ...
On Nov 18, 12:06 pm, "Hector Virgen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> event.target returns a native dom element. You can then wrap that element
> with $() to use all of jQuery's methods.
> var element = event.target;
> $(element).attr('id'); // returns the id of the element
> element.getAttribute('id'); // also returns the id in native javascript, but
> does not work in IE (of course...)
>
> I hope this helps! :)
>
> -Hector
>
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Mark Steudel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Thanks that worked great. I don't have much experience working with
> > events, and I'm having troubles finding out how to access various
> > properties of the event.target, do you have suggestions/links? I guess
> > I'd like to know the id and the name, thanks!
>
> > On Nov 18, 10:53 am, "Hector Virgen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > An event object is always passed as the first argument to the function,
> > > which contains the information you need.
> > > $('#form').submit(function(event)
> > > {
> > > // Get the element that fired the event
> > > var element = event.target;
>
> > > });
>
> > > For more info check out the Events guide:
> >http://docs.jquery.com/Events_(Guide)
>
> > > -Hector
>
> > > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 10:47 AM, Mark Steudel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
>
> > > > Hi I have a form that has two submit buttons I am utilizing the
> > > > following ajaxSubmit code:
>
> > > > $("#form").submit( function() {
> > > > $(this).ajaxSubmit({
> > > > target: '#response'
> > > > });
>
> > > > return false;
> > > > }
> > > > );
>
> > > > Inside the submit function is there a way to figure out which button
> > > > was clicked? I tried doing something like
>
> > > > $(this).attr("id")
>
> > > > but it gives the id of the form, not the button ....
>
> > > > TIA
