How do I get the id of the selected node in jsTree?

Question

How can I get the id of the selected node in a jsTree?

function createNewNode() {
  alert(\'test\');
  var tree = $.tree.reference(\"#basic_html\");
  select         


        

Answer 1

Unable to get harpo's solution to work, and unwilling to use Olivier's solution as it uses internal jsTree functions, I came up with a different approach.

$('#tree').jstree('get_selected').attr('id')

It's that simple. The get_selected function returns an array of selected list items. If you do .attr on that array, jQuery will look at the first item in the list. If you need IDs of multiple selections, then treat it as an array instead.