Question

I have this button:

<button type="button" class="themeChanger" data-themeValue="grid" value="Grid">
   <img src="templateImages/Icon_200.png" />                
</button>

And this jQuery:

$(".themeChanger").click(function () { 
    alert($(this).attr("data-themeValue")); 
    alert($(this).data("themeValue")); 
});

For some reason the first alert shows “grid” like it should, but the second shows undefined. Is there something stupid I’m missing?

Answer 1

I think data will look on lowercases: alert($(this).data("themevalue")) //grid

or if you want to use themeValue you need to use:

edit:

I was wrong, it doesnt have anything to do with lowercases, you can use themeValue if you are having the attribute: data-theme-value then you call itwith $(element).data(“themeValue”)

<button class="themeChanger" data-themeValue="Theme1" data-theme-value="Theme2"></button>

$(".themeChanger").click(function() {
    var el = $(this);

    alert($(this).data("themeValue")); //Theme2
    alert($(this).data("themevalue")); //Theme1
});