Question

I have the following

<div id="entries_list">
    <div id="entry_51" class="entry" data-entry_id="51">
        some text
    </div>
</div>

I am making entries_list sortable using jQuery UI. I need to do something when the user ‘drops’ an entry div, which can be done by:

$("#entries_list").sortable({
    stop: function(event, ui) {
        console.log(ui);
    }
});

What is the easiest way to access the data-entry_id attribute of the entry div from within the stop function? The console ouput of ui looks like this:

Answer 1

try

alert(ui.item.attr("data-entry_id"));