easy peasy and perfectly logical.... but what is Oliver's doing? is
the attribute assigned to the object and then lost when the current
$() is done? it would work from one line to the next, right?
Just curious. You answer is perfect!
On 12/30/06, Matt Stith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> easy peasy:
>
> set the value:
>
> $(element).attr('kids',new_value);
>
> and to retrieve the value:
>
> $(element).attr('kids');
>
>
> On 12/30/06, Oliver Boermans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > What is the best way to attach and access my own properties to DOM
> > elements within the confines of jQuery?
> >
> > I'm attempting to write a script which iterates through a multi-level
> > multi-nested ordered list. Starting from the deepest level and working
> > up, I want to store an accumulated value on each element - based on
> > the number of children each ol / li contains.
> >
> > Storing the values within a .each() is working okay:
> > this.kids = count;
> >
> > But retrieving these values is proving to be a problem - for me at
> > least... My JavaScript knowledge gets patchy outside basic DOM
> > manipulation.
> >
> > If this doesn't make sense please quiz me!
> >
> > Is there a better way to handle this kind of thing?
> >
> > Cheers
> > Ollie
> >
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