get event in jquery code example

Example 1: jquery on click get element

$(document).on("click",".appDetails", function () {
   var clickedBtnID = $(this).attr('id'); // or var clickedBtnID = this.id
   alert('you clicked on button #' + clickedBtnID);
});

Example 2: jquery event listener

// There are quite a few abstracted versions of the following
$('element').on('event', function() {
	// Do something
});

// Where 'event' is something such as 'click', 'hover' etc

// They are abstracted as seen below
$('element').click(function(){
	// Do something
});
$('element').hover(function(){
	// Do something
});

// etc...