Pass $this to function

Question

How can I pass the $this (the self keyword) to a function in Jquery

$(document).ready(function() {

    $('.nav a').click(function() {
        var direction = $(this).attr("name");
        submit_form($(this))
    }); 

    function submit_form(this)
    {
        // do some stuff with 'this'
    }       
});

Answer 1

Wrapping it in $() makes it a jQuery object. You would want to do something like

submit_form(this);

function submit_form(obj)
{
    // Work with `obj` as "this"
    // Or wrap it in $() to work with it as jQuery(this)
}