jQuery get an element by its data-id

You can always use an attribute selector. The selector itself would look something like:

a[data-item-id=stand-out]

Yes, you can find out element by data attribute.

element = $('a[data-item-id="stand-out"]');

This worked for me, in my case I had a button with a data-id attribute:

$("a").data("item-id");

Fiddle

$('[data-item-id="stand-out"]')