jQuery click event on parent, but finding the child (clicked) element

You need to pass event object to function to get the item that triggered the event, event.target will give you the source element.

Live Demo

 $('#p').bind('click', function(event) {
    alert(event.target.id);
 });

or

Live Demo

$('#p').bind('click', function(event) {
    alert($(event.target).attr('id'));
});

Edit

The first method event.target.id is preferred over second $(event.target).attr('id') for performance, simplicity and readability.