Getting the class of the element that fired an event using JQuery

Question

is there anyway to get the class when click event is fired. My code as below, it only work for id but not class.

jsfiddle code here

Answer 1

Try:

$(document).ready(function() {
    $("a").click(function(event) {
       alert(event.target.id+" and "+$(event.target).attr('class'));
    });
});