Get the id of a the item that is clicked

Question

I have this html code:

FOO
FOO2


        

Answer 1

Try with this:

$('b.edit').click(function(e){ //When you use an event is better
                               //send the event variable to the 
                               //binding function.
    var id = e.target.id; //get the id of the clicked element.
   /*do your stuff*/
    $('.editP').focus();
});