How can I get the ID of an element using jQuery?

Question

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Answer 1

This is an old question, but as of 2015 this may actually work:

$('#test').id;

And you can also make assignments:

$('#test').id = "abc";

As long as you define the following JQuery plugin:

Object.defineProperty($.fn, 'id', {
    get: function () { return this.attr("id"); },
    set: function (newValue) { this.attr("id", newValue); }
});

Interestingly, if element is a DOM element, then:

element.id === $(element).id; // Is true!