javascript - Set the name of a Jquery selector as a string in a variable -

i'm quite noob @ jquery i'm trying set variable based on name of form element.

i.e. variable = "someform" based on example:

<form id="hello" name="someform" > first name: <input type="text" name="firstname" /> last name: <input type="text" name="lastname" /> email: <input type="text" name="email" /> <input type="submit" value="subscribe" /> </form> 

i'm using following code doesn't seem work:

var formname = 0; $('input').parentsuntil('form', this).focus(function() {var formname = this.name;}) if (sttime == 0) { // ensures cannot start form multiple times     var sttime = new date();     stdelay = sttime - lotime;     alert(formname); } 

thanks in advance!

the focus event not bubble, see http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/events/blurfocus.html#t06

couple of other issues:

1. the formname variable being assigned inside event handler isn't same variable first line since you're re-declared it, exists inside scope of event function.
2. parentsuntil return ancestors until form element, not element presumably want.

your code out of context it's difficult understand how formname , timer variables should used , should declared, should work event:

$('form :input').focus(function() {     formname = $(this).parents('form').attr('name'); }); 

:input jquery selector matches <input> types, along <textarea> , <select>