$('#id').data('jqplot') does return undefined

[helmut8080]

Hi,

according to http://www.jqplot.com/examples/selectorSyntax.php

$('#chart1').data('jqplot');

should return the jqplot object after creating a plot by $.jqplot("chart1", data, options). The chart is shown as expected on the page.

However, for

$(window).resize(function()
 {
    var chart = $('#chart1').data('jqplot');
    alert(chart)
  });

I get "undefined", although $('#chart1') returns a valid node with e.g. $('#chart1').jqplot returning the jqplot function. Am I doing something wrong?

For some reasons I need to retrieve the jqplot object from dom and I can not use the jqplot object returned by $.jqplot("chart1", data, options).

Thanks,

Helmut