Question

I want to be able to mouse over a <div> and use JavaScript to get the information (for example the id) and store it in a variable.

What would be the most efficient way to make this happen?

Answer 1

This sould do it for you :

$('div').mouseover(function(){
   var content = $(this).html();
   var id = $(this).attr('id');
   alert('the element\'s ID is: '+id+'and content is: '+content);
});