What does "this" stand for here?

Question

Given the code:

$(element, document).mousedown(function() {
        $(this).attr('id'); // get id of the element

});

how to rewrite the code without using this?

Answer 1

what is THIS stands for?

In this context, this points to the element that you are currently defining the mousedown property for.

I can't see a reason not to use it here. Can you elaborate on what you want to do?