get value of data attribute jquery 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 set data attribute value

//<div id="myElementID" data-myvalue="37"></div>
var a = $('#myElementID').data('myvalue'); //get myvalue
$('#myElementID').data('myvalue',38); //set myvalue

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: javascript get data-id attribute

//get data-id attribute in plain Javascript
var element = document.getElementById('myDivID');
var dataID = element.getAttribute('data-id');

//get data-id using jQuery
var dataID = $('myDivID').data('data-id');

Example 6: find element with data attribute jquery

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