Thanks for clarifying this. The very same section in Brandon's post
had me confused, and also had me writing $(".these",$those[0])
since.
On Aug 16, 4:46 am, James Padolsey <jamespadol...@googlemail.com>
wrote:
> Thanks for your reply John. :)
>
> On Aug 14, 1:24 pm, John Resig <jere...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > That can't be true, right? It doesn't "search the whole doc".
>
> > Correct, it only searches the limited sub-set.
>
> > > The "context" property may be "document" but ".myClass" is only
> > > searched for within "#myContainer", right? (this is how I see it,
> > > after looking at the source)
>
> > > I think the main reason people (including me) are confused is because
> > > the "context" property does not correspond with the "context"
> > > parameter. I'm not too bothered about it but it seems to be causing
> > > confusion elsewhere.
>
> > Correct - regardless of what's passed in as the context argument, it must be
> > translated into a single DOM node, which will act as the root against
> > queries will be executed. This node is what is stored in .context.
>
> > --John
>
>
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