Question

There is a nice standard jQuery function for toggling a class on a link. Imagine a new background colour being added to the a link.

$(document).ready(function(){
        $('.blocklink a').click(function(){
            $(this).parent().find('a').removeClass('active');
            $(this).addClass('active');
            return false
        });
    });

Simple but I was wondering if we could save some significant time for scripts such as these considering how often something like this is needed. — these

$(document).ready(function(){
            $('.blocklink a').click(function(){
                $(these).removeClass('active');
                $(this).addClass('active');
                return false
            });
        });

Is there a way to create the term these as a filler for whatever is the initial group of elements specified in a .click(function .scroll(function .mouseenter(function etc… etc…

Answer 1

To put it simply: No.

But you can use .siblings() ti simplify it a little bit.