I'm not sure about this but I think you can use your own manager in order to keep spaghetti code to a minimum. Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/8C5wR/1/ function ClickManager(element) { this.el = $(element); this.check = function(){ if (this.el.hasClass('class1')) { console.log('class 1 detected'); } if (this.el.hasClass('class2')) { console.log('class 2 detected'); } if (this.el.hasClass('class3')){ console.log('class 3 detected'); } }; } (function(){ $('.class1, .class2, .class3').on('click', function(){ manager = new ClickManager(this); manager.check(); }); })(); Maybe others can weigh in to point out possible fallouts of this.