Question

The following code returns the above.

var b = $(c).parent();

The div id is a color code, when the user clicks to a new section, the jQuery updates a background color. I need to return just the color code of the Id?

I’am sure the answer is embarrassingly simple.

Answer 1

To access the ID you can use jQuery’s attr() method: [Documentation]:

var bId = $(c).parent().attr("id");

Or you could get at the raw DOM element and grab the ID:

var bId = $(c).parent().get(0).id
//OR
var bId = $(c).parent()[0].id