backbone.js - events, knowing what was clicked

Question

In one of my backbone.js view classes, I have something like:

...

events: {
  \'click ul#perpage span\' : \'perpage\'
},

perpage: function() {
  // Access the          


        

Answer 1

ev.target can be misleading, you should use ev.currentTarget as described on http://www.quirksmode.org/js/events_order.html