Question

i have a datalist in my page. it has Hyperlink

<a href='#' class="lnkviewcontentclick" id="contentlink" runat="server" recid='<%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"link")%>' >Click</a>

and my script is

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready(function () {
        $(".lnkviewcontentclick").click(
        function (event) {
            event.preventDefault();
            if (confirm("Are you sure you wish to delete this user?")) {
                var lnk = $(event.target).attr('recid');
                alert(lnk);
            }
        });
    });
</script>

but the it return undefined

the above code got worked in php

pls help

Answer 1

In a click callback, you can use this instead of event.target to get the element. Event.target is used when events bubble up.