How do I use the data- attribute to pass values with jQuery?

Question

I\'d like to know more about using data-* attributes with HTML and its use within jQuery. I\'m simply trying to retrieve data-attribute-name=\"a value\" with .data() and

Answer 1

You can find any element attribute using

$("#someID").attr('attr1') [or] $("#someID").attr('data-attr-1');

to target based on if the element has the attribute, you can do:

$("[attr1]") or $("[attr1='this is attr 1']") , which will return the element (not the attribute value)