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Victor Ngo
8,324 PointsWhat's the difference between this and $this? Isn't the former sufficient to select the object of the method?
I can't seem to see the difference between <em>$(this)</em> and <em>this</em>. Wouldn't just <em>this</em> be enough to target the method's object even if the object is a jQuery element?
2 Answers
Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsThis the below stack overflow thread answer your question?
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1051782/jquery-this-vs-this
Codye Watson
16,835 PointsGreat question Victor. I learned from this question as well.
Victor Ngo
8,324 PointsVictor Ngo
8,324 PointsAh I've found that this specific comment in the thread you've provided helped me understand this.
*$() is the jQuery constructor function.
this is a reference to the DOM element of invocation.
so basically, in $(this), you are just passing the this in $() as a parameter so that you could call jQuery methods and functions.*