How to get the object which fired the event in jquery?

In javascript, we have event.srcElement that gives us the element on which some event is occured. Is the开发者_开发知识库re any way by which we can get this object in jQuery.

Also,

function myFun(){
  alert ( $(this) ); // what do this object represent? Is it what i need ?
}

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Short answer: If you're inside an event handler then yes, this is what you care about most of the time.

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Inside an event handler this refers to what you're after or if needed access the event object passed in, for example:

$(".element").click(function(e) {
  //this is the element clicked
  //e.target is the target of the event, could be a child element
});

For example if your click handler was actually on a parent and you clicked something inside, the anchor in this case:

<div id="parent"><a href="#">Test</a></div>

With this handler:

$("#parent").click(function(e) {
  //this is the <div id="parent"> element
  //e.target is the <a> element
});