richthegeek / jquery.unique-element-id

A simple jQuery plugin to get a totally unique ID for any element

jquery.unique-element-id.js

This is a very simple jQuery plugin that generates a totally unique ID for an element. This is useful if you're working with a variable number of elements on a page and need to differentiate between them programatically. I used it recently to keep track of a large number of setTimeout timers, for instance.

Include the file in your page:

<script type="text/javascript" src="/javascripts/jquery.unique-element-id.js"></script>

And then call the .uid() method to generate a unique ID:

console.log( "The .some_element_selector UID is: " + $('.some_element_selector').uid() );
console.log( "The .other_element_selector UID is: " + $('.other_element_selector').uid() );

This plugin is licensed under the MIT license, which means you can do absolutely anything you want with it, assuming you keep the copyright notices intact. Enjoy!