One problem could occur when there are 20 or more <select> elements, each with 50 or more options on a page. If someone were to attach an event handler ( e.g. blur() ) to all :input elements, that would be a huge number of elements being bound. It probably would produce unexpected behavior, too.
--Karl ____________ Karl Swedberg www.englishrules.com www.learningjquery.com On Jan 6, 2009, at 10:14 AM, Paul Bakaus wrote: > Hey guys, > > I figured recently that the :input selector matches select boxes but > no options. Since we use it to cancel events in jQuery UI, > some users reported select boxes not to work when draggables are > used, for example. > > See the bug report here: http://dev.jquery.com/ticket/3791 > > Do you see any reason why adding <option> to the matched elements > would be problematic? > > Thanks, > Paul > > -- > Paul Bakaus > UI Architect > -- > http://paulbakaus.com > http://www.linkedin.com/in/paulbakaus > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery Development" group. To post to this group, send email to jquery-dev@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to jquery-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
