Cleaning up finding elements in Backbone Views

gistfile1.js

// Add this to your backbone view:

   selectors: {
        form: '.ui-page-active form',
        backbutton: '.ui-page-active .back',
        ...all your selectors...
    },
    
    $find: function(key) {
        if (this.selectors.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
            return this.$(this.selectors[key]);
        }
        return this.$el;
    },

// Then use this.$find('form') or whatever to find the element you need. 
// This way your view isn't scattered with selectors and it's easy to configure them.