Getting initial selector inside jquery plugin

Question

I got some help earlier regarding selectors, but I\'m stuck with the following.

Lets say you have a plugin like this

$(\'#box\').customplugin();
         


        

Answer 1

Just a heads-up: .selector() is deprecated in jQuery 1.7 and removed in jQuery 1.9: api.jquery.com/selector. – Simon Steinberger

Use the .selector property on a jQuery collection.

var x = $( "#box" );
alert( x.selector ); // #box

In your plugin:

$.fn.somePlugin = function() {

    alert( this.selector ); // alerts current selector (#box )

    var $this = $( this );

    // will be undefined since it's a new jQuery collection
    // that has not been queried from the DOM.
    // In other words, the new jQuery object does not copy .selector
    alert( $this.selector );
}

However this following probably solves your real question?

$.fn.customPlugin = function() {
    // .val() already performs an .each internally, most jQuery methods do.
    // replace x with real value.
    this.val(x);
}

$("#box").customPlugin();