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

In the most recent version of jsTree (checked at 3.3.3), you can do this to get an array of IDs:

var ids = $('#tree').jstree('get_selected');

This will return, for example, ["selected_id1", "selected_id2", "selected_id3"]. If you want to get the selected nodes (not IDs), you can do this:

var nodes = $('#tree').jstree('get_selected', true);

The current docs contain more information.