How can I get the ID of an element using jQuery?

Question

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Answer 1

id is a property of an html Element. However, when you write $("#something"), it returns a jQuery object that wraps the matching DOM element(s). To get the first matching DOM element back, call get(0)

$("#test").get(0)

On this native element, you can call id, or any other native DOM property or function.

$("#test").get(0).id

That's the reason why id isn't working in your code.

Alternatively, use jQuery's attr method as other answers suggest to get the id attribute of the first matching element.

$("#test").attr("id")