Question

I used this selector in a function and I don’t even know exactly what it means, but it worked – here is my piece of code:

else if($(this).hasClass('list')) {
        listItem.stop(true,true).fadeOut(333, function(){ 
        var $this = $(this);
        if(listItem.hasClass('grid')) {
            $this.find('h1', this).insertBefore($this.children());
        }

Answer 1

You can use a context in the $() function, like this:

$('element', this)

It will then only search among the decendants of the element that this referens to.

It’s equivalent to using the find method:

$(this).find('element')

Using find with two parameters is pointless, though. It will only ignore the second parameter.