Get the current jQuery selector string?

Question

When calling a custom plugin, how can I get the current selector string?

$(\'my_selector p\').my_plugin();

Would like to output my_se

Answer 1

Being deprecated, the official advice is to add the selector as a parameter in your function call: https://api.jquery.com/selector/

Plugins that need to use a selector string within their plugin can require it as a parameter of the method. For example, a "foo" plugin could be written as

$.fn.foo = function( selector, options ) { /* plugin code goes here */ };

and the person using the plugin would write

$( "div.bar" ).foo( "div.bar", {dog: "bark"} );

Redundant, yes, but it's always reliable.