Question

I’ve searched a bit, but I’m not sure how to write the question to find the answer I want.

Given the following jQuery snippet:

$('input').blur(function(e){
  //can i get $('input') from within e?
  $('input').val('');
});

How can I re-use the $('input') selector – typically it’s available within this ?

Answer 1

Within your callback this is the dom element and $(this) is the jQueryified dom element.

Unless you’re using e somewhere else I think this would work:

$('input').blur(function(){
  $(this).val('');
});