how can $(this) not be the element that triggered the event in a jquery click handler?

Question

I have a simple click handler

$(\'#test\').click( ev => {
   var $test = $(this);
   console.log($test         


        

Answer 1

Arrow functions do not bind this, arguments etc. MDN.

An arrow function expression has a shorter syntax compared to function expressions and lexically binds the this value (does not bind its own this, arguments, super, or new.target).