<div id="test"></div>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
alert($('#test').id);
});
</script>
Why doesn’t the above work, and how should I do this?
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<div id="test"></div>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
alert($('#test').id);
});
</script>
Why doesn’t the above work, and how should I do this?
The jQuery way:
In your example:
Expand snippet
Or through the DOM:
or even :
and reason behind usage of
$('#test').get(0)in JQuery or even$('#test')[0]is that$('#test')is a JQuery selector and returns an array() of results not a single element by its default functionalityan alternative for DOM selector in jquery is
which is different from
.attr()and$('#test').prop('foo')grabs the specified DOMfooproperty, while$('#test').attr('foo')grabs the specified HTMLfooattribute and you can find more details about differences here.