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copied!<p><strong><em>[updated]</em></strong><br> The problem is that you are using the wrong tool for the job (namely the event.target property). This will return the element that the event happened <strong>on</strong>.. but not the element in the bubbling phase that handles the event... you need to use the <code>event.currentTarget</code>.. But in jQuery's case this is also the same as the <code>this</code> keyword inside the handler ...<br> ref: <a href="http://api.jquery.com/event.currentTarget/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://api.jquery.com/event.currentTarget/</a></p> <p>Have a read at the <a href="http://www.quirksmode.org/js/events_order.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Event order</a> as explained at quirksmode. Special attention to <em><a href="http://www.quirksmode.org/js/events_order.html#link6" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Use of event bubbling</a></em> and <em><a href="http://www.quirksmode.org/js/events_order.html#link10" rel="nofollow noreferrer">currentTarget</a></em> <hr /> <strong><em>[previous answer]</em></strong><br> Make sure that inside the <code>.click</code> method you use a function pointer or an anonymous function ..</p> <p>so </p> <pre><code>$("a").click( function() {/*...*/} ); // anonymous function </code></pre> <p>or </p> <pre><code>function some_function() { //... } $("a").click ( some_function ) // function pointer </code></pre> <p>but <strong>not</strong></p> <pre><code>$("a").click ( some_function() ) // unless some_function returns a function pointer.. </code></pre>

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