include shortcode values in Thickbox form

Question

I have a shortcode that is built using a Thickbox form with various inputs that return the values. This works fine. However, I would like the existing values (if present) to re-populate the form if the user opens it again.

Here is an example of my shortcode:

[schema type="person" name="Andrew Norcross" description="I make interwebs" ]

I have a working jQuery match function to find the shortcode if it exists:

var code = $('div#wp-content-editor-container textarea').text().match(/\[schema(.*)\]/g);

the code above does get the entire shortcode as a string, but I'm at a loss for how to process it efficiently to get the values I want.

so what I want to accomplish:

1. check for a specific part inside the shortcode data (i.e. name="Andrew Norcross")
2. get the value inside the quotes and insert it into the field on the form

I've tried a few ways but nothing seems to function as expected.

Answer 1

Try something like this...

var code = $('div#wp-content-editor-container textarea').text().match(/\[(schema.*)\]/); code = '<' + code[1] + '>'; alert($(code).attr('description'));​​​​ 

Answer 2

I would look into using jQuery's .data() function. Because its a shortcode, you can't really store values from the form into the 's data attributes and retrieve them that way, storing them with the .data() function seems like your best bet.

http://api.jquery.com/data/