How to get the data-id attribute?

Question

I\'m using the jQuery quicksand plugin. I need to get the data-id of the clicked item and pass it to a webservice. How do I get the data-id attribute? I\'m using the .

Answer 1

If you are not concerned about old IE browsers, you can also use HTML5 dataset API

HTML

My Awesome Div

JS

var myDiv = document.querySelector('#my-div');

myDiv.dataset.info // "some info here"
myDiv.dataset.otherInfo // "more info here"

Demo: http://html5demos.com/dataset

Full browser support list: http://caniuse.com/#feat=dataset