update attribute that is html

Question

I have a anchor <a></a> with an attribute rel. in the rel value there is html, such as <a rel="html=<div>This is a test</div>. I want to update html inside of rel value, I can update the actual change on the page but if i go to the next slide and come back, its back to what it was before because the rel value is not updated. I am not sure how to go about doing this. Any suggestions, I am using Clearbox by the way.

Example(I know the html is incorrect on here, but it is correct on my page. I just need to know how to update it through jquery or any other way)

<a rel="html=<div class="testclass"> This is a test</div></a>

a piece of the html element (not the a) Needs to be changed to

<a rel="html=<div class="testclass"> No more testing </div></a>

`rel` is not a place to put arbitrary data. In fact, you shouldn't be storing HTML markup within HTML attributes. — BoltClock, Nov 30 '11 at 19:31
That's not even valid HTML. Your first `a` tag never gets closed. Should at least be ` This is a test"> `. — Smamatti, Nov 30 '11 at 19:32
If you want to put HTML in your rel, which you shouldn't do, at least escape your quotes, and close the rel attribute like so ` This is a test">link` — jValdron, Nov 30 '11 at 19:34
I did, i just wrote that for an example. Just image that the quotes are not there like that, just know that the html is all correct, but how do I update it — user516883, Nov 30 '11 at 19:37

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 30 '11 at 19:39

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You can (But SHOULDN'T) do that with

this.rel = 'html=<div>But you shouldnt do that</div>';

JSFiddle here

answered Nov 30 '11 at 19:39

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 30 '11 at 19:44

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I think you need to avoid the use of double quotes inside another double quotes, if you are using double quotes to wrap a string use single quotes inside that string and vice versa.

See this --> http://jsfiddle.net/Galled/rXKCL/14/

answered Nov 30 '11 at 19:44

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update attribute that is html

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