[jQuery] jqModal: how to get the attribute of the trigger link?

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hi friends!

i would like to use the jqModal plugin in an addressbook-like
application, where, from the list of contacts, clicking on an icon
next to a contact show the full contact information in a jqModal
window.

the html  i have is unobtrusive:


<a href="fetch_contact_details.app.php?contact_id=8" title="Click to
read all  contact data" class="view jqModal">&nbsp;&nbsp;</a>

jqModal gets its parameters like this:

$().ready(function() {
  $('#ex2').jqm({ajax: 'examples/2.html', trigger: 'a.ex2trigger'});
});

so what i need is to replace 'examples/2.html' by the value of $
(<trigger>).attr('href')

But i'm either not seeing the obvious or it seems like it is not
possible because jqModal extends the modal window element (receiving
the loaded data), not the clicked element - the trigger.


$('#modalWindow').jqm({ajax: $(this).attr('href'), trigger:
'a.jqModal'});

does not make the ajax call work.


Any idea how i can make it work? jqModal is a wonderful plugin i would
hate to have to use thickbox again.

thanks,

Alexandre