Question

Can I select the element by its function?

for example

HTML

<button id="saveButton" onClick="javascript:fnSave(this)>
    Save
</button>

then javascript

function fnSave(element){

console.log($(element).attr('id'));

}

clicking the button will result : saveButton

Answer 1

You can do that with using the currentTarget – like this:

save = function(object){
    console.log($(object).attr('id'));
}

And, you would call this from your HTML like you mentioned – just including the quote:

<button id="saveButton" onClick="save(this)">Save</button>