[jQuery] Re: "id" is not a function?

[Abel Tamayo]

First: are you sure parentElt is a jQuery object (not the same than a DOM
object).
Second: I would use parentElt.attr("id") instead (or $(parentElt).attr("id")
in case the variable is not already a jQuery object).
Hope this helps.

On 4/18/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Hi,

I have this expression

var parentElt = $("#newTabText").parents("td.topTab:first");
alert(parentElt.id());

and I'm getting a JS error on the second line, "id" is not a
function.  I have verified, through another alert statement, that
"parentElt" is non-empty, contains a value, and has an "id"
attribute.  What expression should I write to get the proper id?

Thanks, - Dave