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Getting the ID of the element that fired an event using jQuery

How do we find out what triggered an event?

I want to find out if a search input was triggered using the enter key or by clicking on a button.

Answer 1

I assume your binding to the search input using jQuery handlers as such. So just pass the event type along. For more information, pass the entire event object along:

$("input.Search").click(function(event) {
    doMySearch(this, "click");
}).keyup(function(event) {
    doMySearch(this, "keyup");
}); 

function doMySearch(element, eventtype) {
   ...
}