Check which element has been clicked with jQuery

Question

I am trying to use an \'if\' statement to determine which element was clicked.

Basically I am trying to code something along the lines of:

if (the el         


        

Answer 1

The basis of jQuery is the ability to find items in the DOM through selectors, and then checking properties on those selectors. Read up on Selectors here:

http://api.jquery.com/category/selectors/

However, it would make more sense to create event handlers for the click events for the different functionality that should occur based on what is clicked.