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

Answer 2

You can get any attribute you want. ev works as this:

perpage: function(ev) {
        console.log($(ev.target).attr('name'));
}

Answer 3

Normally on an event bind, you would just use $(this), but I'm fairly sure Backbone views are set up so that this always refer to the view, so try this:

perpage: function(ev) {
   alert($(ev.target).text());
}

REALLY LATE EDIT: You probably want to use $(ev.currentTarget). See dicussion on pawlik's answer below