I am trying to get the ID of `item1` but it does not return the ID in the code below. Is there a ways to get the ID of a higher-level function?

I assume that the code is trying to get the ID of `popup` but that is both not needed and does not exist. Can I get the higher-level function's ID or can I pass it down to the lower function as a parameter?

```
$(".item1").live ("click" ,function(){
    $('.popup_pre_loading').css('display','none');
        $('.popup').fadeIn( 800, function(){
        alert((this).attr('id'));//need this for URL param
      });
      return false;
});

```

Please note that this code works when the the alert box is directly within the `item`'s function.