Actually, I had a bit more of a think about it and you can do this:
$("table td")
.filter(":nth-child(4),:nth-child(5),:nth-child(8)")
.css('background-color', 'red');
Slightly more compact, especially if you have a few more columns.
Karl Rudd
On 3/8/07, rolfsf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> thanks! that gives me a little opening
>
> r.
>
>
>
> Karl Rudd wrote:
> >
> > You can combine the selectors with a ",":
> >
> > $("table td:nth-child(4), table td:nth-child(5), table
> > td:nth-child(8)").css('text-align', 'right');
> >
> > Karl
> >
> > On 3/8/07, rolfsf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >> okay, so I went about it a different way, because my class wasn't working
> >> for
> >> some reason:
> >>
> >> $("table td:nth-child(4)").css('text-align', 'right');
> >>
> >> but now, if I want to do the same thing to, say, the 4th, 5th and 8th
> >> column... is there an easier way then repeating the above 3 times?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> rolfsf wrote:
> >> >
> >> > If I wanted to find all <td> in the 4th column of a table and add the
> >> > class .txt_right to them, would I do something like this:
> >> >
> >> > $('table td:nth-child(3)').addClass('txt_right');
> >> >
> >> > it doesn't seem to be working, so I must have something wrong
> >> >
> >> > thanks!
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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