Question

Is there a way to retrieve the selector as a string “myClass” within a plugin.
I tried the selector property but it returns empty string.

I didn’t even find documentation about that selector property can someone point me to some ?

Or am i in the wrong path ?

I call plugin with

    $(".myClass").myPlugin();​

Link to code:
http://jsfiddle.net/zs4mY/1/

Answer 1

There is no docs for it but it has stayed the same from jQuery 1.0 to jQuery 1.7.2

(function($) {
    $.fn.myPlugin = function(options) {
        var settings = $.extend({}, options),
            selector = this.selector;
        this.each(function() {
            console.log(selector); //This is a different function, `this` is not the same `this` anymore
        })
    }
})(jQuery);
$(".myClass").myPlugin();​

http://jsfiddle.net/zs4mY/4/

I would not rely on this at all in a plugin though. There are too many other ways to make a jQuery object where selector is meaningless or not available.

$("body").siblings("div").prev("ul").nextAll("lol").selector
//"body.siblings(div).prev(ul).nextAll(lol)"
$("<div>").selector
//""