jQuery remove selected option from this

first post here, I come in peace :) I've searched but can't quite find what I'm after.

I am trying to manipulate the selected option of a select box. Can someone please explain why this works:

$('#some_select_box').click(function() {
  $('#some_select_box option:selected').remove();
});

but this doesn't:

$('#some_select_box').click(function() {
  $('this option:selected').remove();
});

I just want to use "this" instead of spelling out the id of the select box - can someone point me in the right direction for the correct syntax? It's driving me mad because it looks like it should be really simple. And I'm sure开发者_如何学JAVA it is to someone, but not me, cos its the end of the day and I'm brain-fried... Any pointers much appreciated.

Cheers

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this isn't a css selector. you can avoid spelling the id of this by passing it as a context:

$('option:selected', this).remove();

http://api.jquery.com/jQuery/

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 $('#some_select_box').click(function() {
     $(this).find('option:selected').remove();
 });

Using the find method.

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This should do the trick:

$('#some_select_box').click(function() {
  $('option:selected', this ).remove();
});

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This is a simpler one

$('#some_select_box').find('option:selected').remove().end();

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$('#some_select_box option:selected').remove();