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Ricky Doy
Ricky Doy

Reputation: 51

Selecting An Attribute From The Clicked href

On a page I have multiple links all with a tracking code attached. The tracking code is different on every link. When I click on a link I want to select the tracking code attached to that href. If I just use 

$('.bannerLink').attr('data-trackingcode')

It'll just select the first link rather than the one I click on. How do I select the one I just clicked on 

<div class="container">
<div>
<a href="someLink" class="bannerLink" data-trackingcode="trackingCodeA">
<img src="//someImage.jpg" alt="Cereals">
</a></div></div>

<div class="container">
<div>
<a href="someLink" class="bannerLink" data-trackingcode="trackingCodeB">
<img src="//someImage.jpg" alt="Cereals">
</a></div></div>

<div class="container">
<div>
<a href="someLink" class="bannerLink" data-trackingcode="trackingCodeC">
<img src="//someImage.jpg" alt="Cereals">
</a></div></div>

Upvotes: 2

Views: 37

Answers (2)

Rory McCrossan
Rory McCrossan

Reputation: 337560

You can use the this keyword to reference the clicked element within the click event handler function. Try this:

$('.bannerLink').click(function() {
    var trackingCode = $(this).data('trackingcode');
});

Note the use of data() to access the data-* attribute is preferred over attr().

Upvotes: 3

Cesar Bielich
Cesar Bielich

Reputation: 4945

$(document).on('click','.bannerLink',function() {
    $(this).attr('trackingcode')
});

Upvotes: 0

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