Question

Is it possible to read a value from an element like this for ie

<div id="element" winner="first"></div>

So i can get the “first” value from winner?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

You can, but you should use data attributes to store custom data:

<div id="element" data-winner="first"></div>

Now, you can use the .data() method:

$('#element').data('winner');  // "first"

If you can’t use data attributes, you can use the .attr() method:

$('#element').attr('winner');  // "first"