Question

So I’ve got a plugin I’ve been working on that takes a select box and then hides it and makes a div with anchor links in it. (The dropdown part and such is working just fine).

When I create the anchor elements, where should I store what option value they represent? When they are clicked, I need to be able to put the data back into the select box.

Ideas? Opinions?

Answer 1

The data function is handy.

// Store
$('#some_selector').data('foo', 'bar');

// Retrieve
var value = $('#some_selector').data('foo');