Question

hello i have some problem with jquery val()

when i click on div , jquery don’t show value just white page, what is incorrect ?

html

<div class='item' value='first test'>test</div>

jquery

$(".item").click(function() {
  var item_id = $(this).val();
  document.write(item_id);
});

i know i can use id but i have more than 1 div’s

i dont know maybe div don’t support value ?
please help me with this problem or write some similar solution.

Answer 1

div doesn’t support value, try data- attributes.

<div class="baz" data-foo="bar">

$('.baz').data('foo')