Getting title attribute with jQuery

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assume that I have this list:

<ul id="carousel"> 
    <li><a title="hey"><img src="image.png"/></a></li>  
</div>

And now my jQuery script:

$(function() {  
    $("#carousel a").click(function(){
    var url = $(this).attr('title');
    alert(url);

    });
});

This doesn't work, it works for other attributes such as "alt", "rel" etc. I will be greatful for any assistance.

Attributes, not tags. <title> is a tag, and it has a very different meaning to the title attribute. — Quentin
– Quentin, Commented Dec 29, 2009 at 22:23

Brian Campbell · Accepted Answer · 2009-12-29 22:24:52Z

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Works for me in Safari 4 on Mac OS X. What browser are you using? Does the example I linked to fail for you?

answered Dec 29, 2009 at 22:24

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Florim Maxhuni · Accepted Answer · 2009-12-29 22:28:37Z

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Your example is perfect (because I did try it and it works) , if you using IE8 try to cleare the cache.

answered Dec 29, 2009 at 22:28

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ChaosPandion · Accepted Answer · 2009-12-29 22:31:32Z

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I believe it will not work in Firefox because of your invalid markup (as seen in Brian Campbell's link). IE8 seems to work fine following the same link. It would seem that IE8 does not care about closing the <ul>.

answered Dec 29, 2009 at 22:31

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