Filter element based on .data() key/value

Question

Say I have 4 div elements with class .navlink, which, when clicked, use .data() to set a key called \'selected\', to a value of

Answer 1

your filter would work, but you need to return true on matching objects in the function passed to the filter for it to grab them.

var $previous = $('.navlink').filter(function() { 
  return $(this).data("selected") == true 
});