Jquery attr('src') undefined in IE 8 (works in FF)

Question

This has gotten so far,that I will sum up what we found out:

• Inside the event handler the attribute src cannot be read in IE8 (FF works fine), neither with

Answer 1

And why don't you easily use one working?

alert(jQuery(this).children('#Image_center').attr('src'));

change children to find

alert(jQuery(this).find('#Image_center').attr('src'));

It is probably the easiest solution, and when it work, why wouldn't you use it?