jQuery get id of visible element

Sam Deering
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jQuery code snippet to get id of visible element.

Use the visible selector to get the visible element.

:visible

Use the not selector to get the elements that are not visible.

:not(:visible)

For Example, to get the id of the form that is currently in view.

var $visibleForm = $('form:visible'),
    formId = $visibleForm.attr('id');
console.log(formId);