What about using the metadata plugin and storing data in the class attribute? A little hackish (in HTML5 can use the data attribute, which is more proper...):
http://plugins.jquery.com/project/metadata In addition to rel, you could also use the title attribute on the anchor, no? Scott On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 4:47 PM, WalterGR <walte...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sep 22, 6:38 am, Liam Potter <radioactiv...@gmail.com> wrote: > > or this > > > > <a href="#" rel="foobarbaz">show details</a> > > > > $("a").click(function(){ > > var rel = $(this).attr('rel'); > > > > } > > > > now you have passed foobarbaz to jquery. > > This works only if I don't already need to use "rel". > > I feel like there _must_ be a better way... Certainly this attribute > "abuse" isn't a jQuery best practice? > > Walter
