i want to send an ajax query in which i pass the element to update: $.ajax({url: _href,data: "rel=" + escape("#myId a.myClass")})
On Nov 27, 8:58 am, Suni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I dont think there is any easy way to do that. > > A single DOM element could have 10 different selectors that match it > (or others with it). Such a function could return just "#myId", or > maybe "div.foobar a". > > Why would you need to do this in the first place? Once you've selected > an element you generally should _avoid_ selecting it again with a > selector string (why bother the extra overhead of re-selecting since > you already have the element selected?). You can just pass the object > as a parameter to whatever functions you might need. > > What are you trying to accomplish? > > -- > Suni