jquery-events

I have a page the shows a list of local cafes. When the user clicks on a certain cafe, a modal dialog is shown, that already has the "cafe name" pre-filled. The page contains many cafe names, and the form should contain the "cafe name" that he clicked on. Following is the list of cafe names generated as text with link button <table class="table table-condensed table-striped"> <tbody> <tr> <td>B&Js </td> <td>10690 N De Anza Blvd </td> <td> <a class="btn btn-primary" data-toggle="modal" onClick="$('#createFormId').modal('show')" >Announce</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>CoHo Cafe </td> <td>459 Lagunita

I'm using the following code to detect when a dynamically generated button is clicked. $(document).on("click",".appDetails", function () { alert("test"); }); Normally, if you just did $('.appDetails').click() you could use $(this) to get the element that was clicked on. How would I accomplish this with the above code? For instance: $(document).on("click",".appDetails", function () { var clickedBtnID = ?????? alert('you clicked on button #' + clickedBtnID); }); bipen As simple as it can be Use $(this) here too $(document).on("click",".appDetails", function () { var clickedBtnID = $(this).attr(

I have click events set up like this: $('.dialogLink') .click(function () { dialog(this); return false; }); The all have a "return false" Can someone explain what this does and if it's needed? When you return false from an event handler it prevents the default action for that event and stops the event bubbling up through the DOM. That is, it is the equivalent of doing this: $('.dialogLink') .click(function (event) { dialog(this); event.preventDefault(); event.stopPropagation(); }); If '.dialogLink' is an <a> element then its default action on click is to navigate to the href . Returning false