jquery target 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: set data attribute with a string jquery

alert($('#outer').html());   // alerts <div id="mydiv" data-myval="10"> </div>
var a = $('#mydiv').data('myval'); //getter
$('#mydiv').attr("data-myval","20"); //setter
alert($('#outer').html());   //alerts <div id="mydiv" data-myval="20"> </div>

Example 4: find element with data attribute jquery

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

Example 5: jquery get data attribute

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


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

Example 6: custom attribute jquery selector

$("ul[data-group='Companies'] li[data-company='Microsoft']") //Get all elements with data-company="Microsoft" below "Companies"

$("ul[data-group='Companies'] li:not([data-company='Microsoft'])") //get all elements with data-company!="Microsoft" below "Companies"