I would also suggest looking into this page: http://james.padolsey.com/javascript/extending-jquerys-selector-capabilities/
and this plugin http://plugins.jquery.com/project/EnhancedAttributeSelectors although it (still) does not do exactly what you want ... Regards 2009/3/25 Richard D. Worth <rdwo...@gmail.com>: > You may want to look at this plugin by Ariel Flesler for accessing css > rules: > > http://plugins.jquery.com/project/Rule > > http://flesler.blogspot.com/2007/11/jqueryrule.html > > - Richard > > On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 2:42 AM, Alexandre Plennevaux > <aplennev...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> hello! >> >> i first posted this in the mailing list but no replies tells me my answer >> is no, so this becomes a "feature request" >> >> imagine i style the :hover pseudo-class of an element via css: >> >> .myitem{ >> background-color:green; >> } >> .myitem:hover{ >> background-color:red >> } >> >> Is it possible to retrieve the background-color property of the >> elemnent's :hover class via jquery? >> >> i tried the obvious : http://jsbin.com/idudi/edit >> >> $(function(){ >> var temp = $('#myitem:hover').css(' >> background-color'); >> alert("color is "+temp); >> >> }); >> >> But that didn't work. It returns the default state. >> >> the reason i'm asking this feature, is because semantically/structurally, >> the best place to store a css property is obviously in the CSS, not in some >> sort of metadata. >> It occurred me while doing an interaction prototype for my school website >> : http://pixeline.be/test/heaj/colormap/colorfade.html >> each link has its background color fade to a custom color. I could only >> store it as metadata or custom attribute, i wish i could have just retrieved >> it from the css. >> >> thank you for listening ! >> >> Alexandre >> >> > > > > > -- Dusan Jovanovic http://dbj.org ------------------------- "html e-mail is expensive" ™ This email originates from Dusan B. Jovanovic. It, and any attachments, may contain confidential information and may be subject to copyright or other intellectual property rights. It is only for the use of the addressee(s). You may not copy, forward, disclose, save or otherwise use it in any way if you are not the addressee(s) or responsible for delivery. If you receive this email by mistake, please advise the sender and cancel it immediately. Dusan B. Jovanovic may monitor the content of emails within its network to ensure compliance with its policies and procedures. Any email is susceptible to alteration and its integrity cannot be assured. Dusan B. Jovanovic shall not be liable if the message is altered, modified, falsified, or edited. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
