Is it possible to reverse jquery '$(this)' into javascript 'this'?
How can this be done?
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jQuery is set based, and lets you access the elements of that set using either indexer notation ([]) or the get method.
So if you have a jQuery set:
var set = $(this); ...you can access its elements via set[0] through set[set.length - 1] and via set.get(0) through set.get(set.length - 1) (get also supports negative indexes for indexing from the end).
In the case of $(this), of course, you don't need to use $() at all — just use this directly. This is true whenever you have a raw DOM reference, whether this or event.target or whatever.
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jQuery or $ is primarily just a wrapper function that returns a jQuery object. So removing the $ is all you need to get the normal DOM element this.
this // DOM ELement $(this) // jQuery object this // Again just a DOM Element You need not do anything more. this will always be the primitive DOM Element, it's because you're wrapping it, that it returns you a jQuery object.
jQuery offers .get which does the same too, but offers the convenience of getting a specific element if this is a collection.
$(this)[0]or$(this).get(0)thisto start?