Getting the class of the element that fired an event using JQuery

Question

is there anyway to get the class when click event is fired. My code as below, it only work for id but not class.

Answer 1

Careful as target might not work with all browsers, it works well with Chrome, but I reckon Firefox (or IE/Edge, can't remember) is a bit different and uses srcElement. I usually do something like

var t = ev.srcElement || ev.target;

thus leading to

$(document).ready(function() {
    $("a").click(function(ev) {
        // get target depending on what API's in use
        var t = ev.srcElement || ev.target;

        alert(t.id+" and "+$(t).attr('class'));
    });
});

Thx for the nice answers!