Question

<div id="ChosenCategory" class="chosen">
   <div class="cat_ch" name="1">
   <div class="cat_ch" name="2">
   <div class="cat_ch" name="3">
   <div class="cat_ch" name="5">
   <div class="clear"> </div>
</div>

I want to loop though div.cat_ch How?

This one fails:

    $("div").each(function () {
       alert("FW");
       alert($(this).attr("name").val());
    });

Answer 1

http://jsfiddle.net/2TRxh/

I think your issue lies with the attempt to get the val off the div after you get the attribute $(this).attr("name").val(). Using .val() on a div doesn’t make sense. If you remove that $(this).attr("name") returns the name property off the divs. You can further specify the div’s to loop through by using the class selector in your each rather than just div. $(".cat_ch").each(function () {}); This has been shown in various other answers to this question.