Question

var generic_lookup_Enr_Rds_Section2009_selected = function(id, to_s) {
  $(".cross-reference-section-value-id").text(id);
  $(".cross-reference-section-value").text(to_s);
  $(".cross-reference-section-value").css('display', 'inline');
  $("#modal_popup").dialog("destroy");
  $(".cross-reference-clear-img").removeData([id, to_s]);
};

By this javascript, i bring the id and the string and stored into the label field in my html page. Now, I hide the id by the css attribute. I am just to displaying the string. I added a image of clear symbol next to the string. When i click that image, it should clear the both id and string fields and hide the image icon.

Answer 1

It’d be much easier not to hide an id, just to store it in another place instead. For example:

var generic_lookup_Enr_Rds_Section2009_selected = function(id, to_s) {
    $("#cross-reference-section-value").data('id', id);
                                       .text(to_s);
                                       .css('display', 'inline');
    $("#modal_popup").dialog("destroy");
};

To access this property just use the same .data method:

var id = $("#cross-reference-section-value").data('id');