jquery selector data attribute code example

Example 1: jquery get data attribute value

/* html */
<a data-id="123">link</a>

/* js */
$(this).attr("data-id") // returns string "123"

$(this).data("id") // returns number 123 (jQuery >= 1.4.3 only)

Example 2: jquery select by data attribute

$('div[data-key=value]');

Example 3: jquery select element with data

$('[data-attribute="value"]');

Example 4: jquery data attribute

/* html */
<a data-number="123">link</a>

/* js */
$(this).attr("data-number") // returns string "123"

$(this).data("number") // returns number 123 (jQuery >= 1.4.3 only)

Example 5: find element with data attribute jquery

$("ul").find(`[data-slide='${current}']`)

Example 6: jquery get data attribute

<a data-id="123">link</a>


var id = $(this).data("id"); // Will set id to 123