Button Click Example

Creates an input button and assigns a click event to it.

by Julian

HTML

<input type="button" id="button" value="Click Me" />

<table id="myTable1">
<tbody>
  <tr>
    <td id="1">
      cell 1
    </td>
     <td id="2">
      Get the id of this cell
    </td>
     <td id="3">
      cell 2
    </td>
  </tr>
</tbody>
</table>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
  $("#button").click( function()
           {
           var td=$(this).closest('table').attr('id');//find table id
             alert(td);
           }
        );
});