knockoutjs get element id through click event
You actually can get access to the event object via a KO click handler.
<button id="somebutton" data-bind="click: log">Click Me </button>var ViewModel = function() { this.log = function(data, event) { console.log("you clicked " + event.target.id); }};ko.applyBindings(new ViewModel());http://jsfiddle.net/madcapnmckay/e8JPT/
Hope this helps.
The answer of madcapnmckay is not completely correct. You can better use currentTarget: it will return the original bound element instead of a child element, when i.e. you have a div with nested elements in it.
See this question
Update
As @Ryan mentioned - event.currentTarget is not available for IE8. For <= IE8 support you can use:
var target = (event.currentTarget) ? event.currentTarget : event.srcElement;