Using selectors and $(this) in Jquery Ajax response

Question

I am wondering how I use Jquery selectors within the Ajax response. My site has a feed and each main block has a unique ID, but I dont want to uniquly ID every div thats wit

Answer 1

Since the function is an AJAX callback, you can use the context setting:

$.ajax({
    // ...
    context: this,
    success: function(msg) {
        // Here, 'this' refers to the same object as when ajax() was called.
        var containerId = $(this).parent().attr("id");
        window.alert(containerId);
    }
});

You can also have the callback function called in the context of the container itself:

$.ajax({
    // ...
    context: $(this).parent().get(0),
    success: function(msg) {
        // Now, 'this' refers to the container element.
        var containerId = $(this).attr("id");
        window.alert(containerId);
    }
});