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');
    alert(td);
  });
});