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JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Simple Lightbox Perform: Part 3

Posted by Mike R
Mike R
699 Points

What if I wanted the actual Name of the attribute?

With the following code:

var imageLink = $(this).attr("href");

I know the .attr("href") will return the value of this attribute.. but what if I actually wanted the "href" the attribute name?

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,608 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,608 Points

You already know the name is "href" = you need to have the name already to identify the attribute.

Or do you want to get a list of ALL attributes the element has? If so, that would be:

var attribute_list = this.attributes;  // no JQuery needed

attribute_list would then be a NamedNodeMap, each item in the list would have a .name and a .value property, among other things.

Sergey Podgornyy
Sergey Podgornyy
20,660 Points
Sergey Podgornyy
Sergey Podgornyy
20,660 Points

If you need to get link from image tag, you need to get attribute src