Question

Can i do that ?

     var gender = $('.ImdbAddArtist').click(function() {
  alert(this.id);
});

I use below code, but it s a little bit strange.

Can i have button’s ids from their name?

Answer 1

Yes. Your code will work fine:

//Bind click event handler to all elements with class of 'ImdbAddArtist'
var gender = $('.ImdbAddArtist').click(function() {
    /* When clicked, alert the value of the 'id' property of 'this'.
    'this' refers to the element that was clicked. */
    alert(this.id);
});

As long as the clicked element has an id attribute, you will get an alert showing that value. If it doesn’t have an id attribute, you will get a blank alert.

Here’s a working example.