nice! of course, managing another mini-plugin isn't really much more
convenient (for me, at least) than just reusing the two lines i posted
when i need this. i think Jack (and myself, once he mentioned it) was
suggesting that jQuery already supported this idiom, not that he
lacked a solution. :)
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 9:07 AM, Andrea
Giammarchi<andrea.giammar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Add this instantly after jQuery inclusion if you need it, and problem
> solved, isn't it?
>
> $ = jQuery = (function($){
> function jQuery(selector, context){
> var r = $.apply(this, arguments);
> return context && $(context).is(selector) ? r.andSelf() : r;
> };
> jQuery.prototype = $.prototype;
> $.extend(jQuery, $);
> return jQuery;
> })(jQuery);
>
> Regards
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Nathan Bubna <nbu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 8:22 PM, Karl Swedberg<k...@englishrules.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi Jack,
>> > One way you could do it is to use the .andSelf() method:
>> > $(context).find('selector').andSelf();
>> > http://docs.jquery.com/Traversing/andSelf
>>
>> that's fine if you already know the self matches the selector. but if
>> you're not sure, it's more like:
>>
>> var $found = $(context).find('selector');
>> if ($(context).is('selector')) $found = $found.andSelf();
>>
>> i have a few of places where i have to do this and would also be happy
>> to see a feature that simplified it.
>>
>> > --Karl
>> > ____________
>> > Karl Swedberg
>> > www.englishrules.com
>> > www.learningjquery.com
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Jul 30, 2009, at 5:10 PM, Jack Bates wrote:
>> >
>> > i wish there were a convenient way to apply a selector to an element
>> > and its descendants
>> >
>> > the following works, except that it excludes the context element,
>> > whether it matches the selector or not,
>> >
>> > $('selector', context)
>> >
>> > the following applies the selector to the context element and its
>> > descendants, but additionally applies it to the context element's
>> > siblings and their descendants,
>> >
>> > $('selector', context.parentNode)
>> >
>> > may i file a ticket, for applying the selector to the context element,
>> > as well as its descendants?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
> >
>
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