Event

<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
  <script src="http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/underscore.js/1.3.3/underscore-min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
  <script src="http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/backbone.js/0.9.2/backbone-min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
  <script src="http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/backbone-localstorage.js/1.0/backbone.localStorage-min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> 
<script type="text/template" id="search_template">
  <label>Search</label>
  <input type="text" id="search_input" />
  <input type="button" id="search_button" value="Search" />
</script>

<div id="search_container"></div>

<script type="text/javascript">
  var SearchView = Backbone.View.extend({
    initialize: function(){
      this.render();
    },
    render: function(){
      var template = _.template( $("#search_template").html(), {} );
      this.$el.html( template );
    },
    events: {
      "click input[type=button]": "doSearch"
    },
    doSearch: function( event ){
      // Button clicked, you can access the element that was clicked with event.currentTarget
      alert( "Search for " + $("#search_input").val() );
    }
  });

  var search_view = new SearchView({ el: $("#search_container") });
</script>