jQuery .hasClass() method fails for SVG elements

Question

I have a set of SVG elements with the classes node and link. My program should detect whether an element has the node class or the l

Answer 1

Works. But be sure to close the function

$(".node").hover(function(evt){
    console.log($(this).attr("class")); //returns "node"
    console.log($(this).hasClass('node')); //returns false
}, function(){console.log("Done");});

http://jsfiddle.net/X6BPX/