elRTE

I am trying to save using ajax but I cant seem to grab the id to grab the content to save it. I am using multiple instances which are opened in a jquery ui dialog box.

$('.edit_area').click(function() { // open dialog on click
                data = $(this).html();
                var dialog = $('<div/>').dialog({
                    title : 'Panel Editor',
                    width : 600
                });
                // create element for elRTE
                var rteInDialog = $('<div>'+data+'</div>');
                // put element inside dialog
                dialog.append(rteInDialog);
                // create elRTE on element
                rteInDialog.elrte(opts);
                $('.el-rte').css('width','600px');

The problem comes when I try to save it.

elRTE.prototype.ui.prototype.buttons.save = function(rte, name) {
    this.constructor.prototype.constructor.call(this, rte, name);
    this.active = true;
    this.command = function() {
        //this.rte.save();
        var panel = $(this).elrte('val');           
        $.ajax({
            type: "POST",
            url: "ajax.php",
            data: 'edit=1&panel=' + panel,
            cache: false,
        });
    }

    this.update = function() { }
}

How can I grab the id of the div from where the editor pulled the data from and then how do I grab the content from the editor.

Thanks