The use of the "this" keyword is always a bit tricky to wrap your head
around, but these two posts helped me to understand things at a
fundamental level:
"this" in general javascript :
http://www.quirksmode.org/js/this.html
and a bit more jQuery specific:
http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-en/browse_thread/thread/d670a83c308961d3/92e29565dff28d32
Somebody might be inclined to write this up for the tutorial part too.
Regards
Angelo
On Jul 6, 5:22 pm, "Josh Nathanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If each of your target td's has a class "clicktd"...
>
> $(".clicktd").click(function() {
> $(this).siblings("td:eq(1)").children("div.class").show();
>
> });
>
> Something close to that should work...someone will jump in and correct me
> I'm sure!
>
> Basically on an event such as click, $(this) will point to whatever was
> clicked, so that's the starting point for any DOM traversal that follows.
>
> -- Josh
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rick Pasotto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "jquery" <jquery-en@googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 3:35 PM
> Subject: [jQuery] tutorial needs additional material
>
> > In the main tutorialhttp://docs.jquery.com/How_jQuery_Worksthe third
> > section is "3. Callbacks, Functions, and 'this'" however there is no
> > discussion or even a mention of 'this'.
>
> > Could someone who understands it help this newbie out?
>
> > The specific thing I'm trying to figure out is, given a lists of <tr>s
> > how can I attach a click() to the first <td> of each <tr> that does a
> > show() on a div.class in the third <td> of that <tr>?
>
> > --
> > "I'll take unequal justice to equal injustice any day."
> > Rick Pasotto [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.niof.net
