Comments on: jQuery: How to get the ID of an element. http://www.tequilafish.com/2007/12/04/jquery-how-to-get-the-id-of-your-current-object/ Ran-dumb ramblings of me... Tue, 28 Jun 2011 04:37:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Vasim Padhiyar http://www.tequilafish.com/2007/12/04/jquery-how-to-get-the-id-of-your-current-object/comment-page-1/#comment-12875 Vasim Padhiyar Wed, 01 Jun 2011 04:50:04 +0000 http://www.tequilafish.com/2007/12/04/jquery-how-to-get-the-id-of-your-current-object/#comment-12875 how to get id of all same class name element ? for example : i want to find id of all div from its classname... thnaks Vasim Padhiyar how to get id of all same class name element ?

for example :

i want to find id of all div from its classname…

thnaks

Vasim Padhiyar

]]> By: astaza http://www.tequilafish.com/2007/12/04/jquery-how-to-get-the-id-of-your-current-object/comment-page-1/#comment-10469 astaza Sat, 19 Mar 2011 00:16:34 +0000 http://www.tequilafish.com/2007/12/04/jquery-how-to-get-the-id-of-your-current-object/#comment-10469 hello how to get and random id for element not have id thank you hello how to get and random id for element not have id
thank you

]]> By: Alex L http://www.tequilafish.com/2007/12/04/jquery-how-to-get-the-id-of-your-current-object/comment-page-1/#comment-6058 Alex L Fri, 17 Sep 2010 21:26:27 +0000 http://www.tequilafish.com/2007/12/04/jquery-how-to-get-the-id-of-your-current-object/#comment-6058 I'm trying to do the following: photoName = $("#photoName").attr('var'); $("#" + photoName).remove(); <div id=""> <a href="#" rel="nofollow"> <div id="photoName" var=""> </a> can't make it work. I’m trying to do the following:

photoName = $(“#photoName”).attr(‘var’);
$(“#” + photoName).remove();

<div id="”>

<div id="photoName" var="”>

can’t make it work.

]]> By: Raviraj Deora http://www.tequilafish.com/2007/12/04/jquery-how-to-get-the-id-of-your-current-object/comment-page-1/#comment-5958 Raviraj Deora Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:42:11 +0000 http://www.tequilafish.com/2007/12/04/jquery-how-to-get-the-id-of-your-current-object/#comment-5958 very helpful..Thanks a lot.. very helpful..Thanks a lot..

]]> By: mekwall http://www.tequilafish.com/2007/12/04/jquery-how-to-get-the-id-of-your-current-object/comment-page-1/#comment-5957 mekwall Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:12:27 +0000 http://www.tequilafish.com/2007/12/04/jquery-how-to-get-the-id-of-your-current-object/#comment-5957 Why make it hard (and slow) when it's already simple (and fast)? var currentId = this.id; Why make it hard (and slow) when it’s already simple (and fast)?

var currentId = this.id;

]]> By: Anup Dutta http://www.tequilafish.com/2007/12/04/jquery-how-to-get-the-id-of-your-current-object/comment-page-1/#comment-5828 Anup Dutta Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:08:08 +0000 http://www.tequilafish.com/2007/12/04/jquery-how-to-get-the-id-of-your-current-object/#comment-5828 Thanks a lot Thanks a lot

]]> By: Robert (Jamie) Munro http://www.tequilafish.com/2007/12/04/jquery-how-to-get-the-id-of-your-current-object/comment-page-1/#comment-5493 Robert (Jamie) Munro Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:56:05 +0000 http://www.tequilafish.com/2007/12/04/jquery-how-to-get-the-id-of-your-current-object/#comment-5493 @Dylan Are you really saying that: var RowID = $(this).closest(“tr”).attr(‘id’); var ErrorDate = $(‘#’ + RowID + ” td.ErrorDate:first”).text() ; is easier than: var ErrorDate = $(this).closest(“tr”).find(“td.ErrorDate:first”).text(); If you want to pull more than one piece of data from the row, then, rather than keeping the ID, you shuold keep the jQuery object for the row like: var $row = $(this).closest(“tr”); var ErrorDate = $row.find(“td.ErrorDate:first”).text(); @stuntant I agree that using this.id is better in many cases, but it doesn't work if you want to do somethng like: $(this).parent().attr('id'); @Dylan Are you really saying that:

var RowID = $(this).closest(“tr”).attr(‘id’);
var ErrorDate = $(‘#’ + RowID + ” td.ErrorDate:first”).text() ;

is easier than:

var ErrorDate = $(this).closest(“tr”).find(“td.ErrorDate:first”).text();

If you want to pull more than one piece of data from the row, then, rather than keeping the ID, you shuold keep the jQuery object for the row like:

var $row = $(this).closest(“tr”);
var ErrorDate = $row.find(“td.ErrorDate:first”).text();

@stuntant I agree that using this.id is better in many cases, but it doesn’t work if you want to do somethng like:

$(this).parent().attr(‘id’);

]]> By: Richard http://www.tequilafish.com/2007/12/04/jquery-how-to-get-the-id-of-your-current-object/comment-page-1/#comment-4704 Richard Sat, 29 May 2010 03:39:12 +0000 http://www.tequilafish.com/2007/12/04/jquery-how-to-get-the-id-of-your-current-object/#comment-4704 Works! Thanks for your tip dude. Works! Thanks for your tip dude.

]]> By: Morne http://www.tequilafish.com/2007/12/04/jquery-how-to-get-the-id-of-your-current-object/comment-page-1/#comment-4567 Morne Thu, 13 May 2010 05:37:30 +0000 http://www.tequilafish.com/2007/12/04/jquery-how-to-get-the-id-of-your-current-object/#comment-4567 No Em that's not what he meant :) No Em that’s not what he meant :)

]]> By: EM http://www.tequilafish.com/2007/12/04/jquery-how-to-get-the-id-of-your-current-object/comment-page-1/#comment-4337 EM Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:27:02 +0000 http://www.tequilafish.com/2007/12/04/jquery-how-to-get-the-id-of-your-current-object/#comment-4337 @stuntant ... um... I'm not javascript expert, but don't you mean: var currentId = this.getAttribute('id') ? @stuntant … um… I’m not javascript expert, but don’t you mean:
var currentId = this.getAttribute(‘id’)
?

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