Does 'this' refer to the element that called this function?

Question

In the snippet below I use $(this) to refer to the element in which the function is being called from. I know it is not correct because I printed out the values an

Answer 1

That's what the obj parameter is for in the onSelect function, so you'd reference $(obj). Just for reference, this will refer to the associated input field.

For reference, see: http://jqueryui.com/demos/datepicker/ > Events > onSelect