Get web part Id with javascript client OM

Question

Do you know how to get the current web part Id with the javascript client OM API ?

Or an idea for a work-around ?

Thanks

Answer 1

Your Web Part will have an element attribute called webpartid so you can use this to select all Web Parts, like this (jQuery):

$('[webpartid]');

To select your own specific Web Part you could add something specific in the markup you can use to select it, for example an empty/hidden element with a specific class, like <span class="my-hack"></span>, then your Web Part can be selected like this (jQuery):

$('[webpartid]:has(.my-hack)');
 // or
$('.my-hack');
// or
$('.my-hack').closest('[webpartid]');