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Here is small plugin to show where I am having an issue.
Obviously this just prints the current selector to the console.

1. (function ($) {   
   
2. $.fn.testSelector = function () {
3.     console.log(this.selector);
4.     }
5. }(jQuery));

Everything works how I would expect it to in the following example.

1. $('#myid > p').mouseup(function(){
2.       $('#myid').testSelector();
3. });   // prints #myid
   

This prints #myid in console just like it is suppose to.

However if I use the $(this) it returns an empty string.

1. $('#myid > p').mouseup(function(){
2.       $(this).testSelector();
3. });   // prints an empty string
   

This make sense, as 'this' is referring to the selected DOM object, though it is very inconvenient.
The plug-in I have been working on requires having access to the selector string in both scenarios.

I am wonder if any body know of a way of consistently passing or storing the selector string in a way that can be accessed from $(this)?

Any help would be appreciated.