JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Danny Chernyavsky

HTML

<div id="timeline">
    <ul>
        <li class="timeline-event" data-event_id="1282">
             <div>Event Body</div>
        </li>
    </ul>
</div>

JavaScript

$el = $('#timeline ul').find("li.timeline-event").data('event_id');
console.log($el);    // returns 1282

$el = $('#timeline ul').find("li.timeline-event[data-event_id='1282']");
console.log($el);    // returns undefined